DMLab music sessions at Z-arts
DMLab supports the development of new accessible musical instruments for Disabled musicians. Drake Music holds meetings every month, led by…
Suffragette City 2020
Saturday March 7th sees the return of Suffragette City – the women-led all-day music event at The Refuge, which raises…
Union City Blue
[From the vaults: a blog for Pop ‘Til You Drop , 2011] “Tunnel to the other side / It becomes…
A host of heavenly angels
I woke up at five-ish this morning, for some reason thinking about Kirsty Maccoll. I have always been a huge…
Hungry Heart
[From the vaults: a blog for Pop ‘Til You Drop, 2011] “I took a wrong turn and I never came…
Mauerstadt 30: Stories from the Berlin Wall
Saturday November 9th 2019 marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This free afternoon event at YES, Manchester, celebrates this anniversary…
Big Strings Attached Vol. whatever
Last year I was a given a novel called Nod by a friend. It’s a dystopian affair that tells the…
Unity is Strength: Manchester & Salford Women’s TUC and other stories
This is a podcast about rebel women of the trade union movement. It’s inspired by the recent discovery of a…
The Lapsed Clubber Podcast: Recording the memories of Manchester’s original rave community
The Lapsed Clubber Audio Map is an online platform that allows members of Manchester’s original acid house community to share…