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Fans love Salford legend Christopher Eccleston’s heartfelt rendition of John Cooper Clarke poem

By Oliver Youd 1st April 2020 Lifestyle, News 0 comments

Actor Christopher Eccleston has taken to Instagram to share a rendition of John Cooper Clarke’s ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ as the UK enters its second week of lockdown to the due Coronavirus.

Literature festival Words Weekend called off over coronavirus fears

By Caleb Staples 11th March 2020 Breaking News, Theatre 0 comments

Words Weekend due to take place at The Lowry this month has been called off due to coronavirus fears. Organisers […]

Literary Festival Words Weekend is coming to Salford

By Caleb Staples 10th March 2020 Lifestyle, Theatre 0 comments

Words Weekend is set to take over The Lowry from the 27th til the 29th March. The literary festival returns […]

Creative writing workshops inspired by LGBT+ History Month

By Zaynah Esat 20th February 2020 Uncategorised 0 comments

Creative writing workshops used poetry, prose and plays to celebrate LGBT+ history month in Salford. The sessions on February 12 […]

Dr John Cooper Clarke. Image credit: Bryan Ledgard

John Cooper Clarke to perform at Latitude festival

By Ellie Shannon 4th December 2019 Lifestyle, News 0 comments

The Bard of Salford is set to perform at the Latitude festival in Suffolk next year, he joins Liam Gallagher, HAIM […]

Poetry Emergency ii brings a day of radical poetry to Salford

By Caleb Staples 26th November 2019 Art, Theatre 0 comments

Credit: Poetry Emergency The two-day poetry festival, Poetry Emergency, returned to Salford bringing workshops and performances to the New Adelphi […]

Poetry based comedy ‘Don’t Bother’ showcases this weekend

By Elizabeth Fagan 22nd November 2019 Art, Comedy, Interviews, News, Theatre 0 comments

Balancing spoken word and comedy, multi-award winning performer Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin returns to Salford this weekend with his latest show ‘Don’t Bother’ […]

Michaela Violet (left) & Will Stevenson (right) hosting Switchblade Poetry. Credit: Dec Place / Switchblade Poetry

Switchblade Poetry hosts open mic for mental health charity

By Caleb Staples 21st November 2019 Features, Health, Poetry, Theatre 0 comments

Credit: Switchblade Poetry Below The Peer Hat on Faraday Street, there is a stage surrounded by mismatched chairs, a person […]

“I was rapping from the age of 11″ – Salford poet performs in Berlin

By Emma-Rose Logan 26th February 2019 Lifestyle 0 comments

A University of Salford student performed his spoken word poetry at the British Council Literature Seminar in Berlin last month.

Salford vigil for Transgender Remembrance Day

By Brandon Mawson 22nd November 2018 News 0 comments

An evening was held in Salford on Tuesday this week in respect of Transgender Remembrance Day which pays tribute to those who have lost their lives as a result of trans phobic violence and discrimination.