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As a man who, throughout my teens and student years in Manchester, argued passionately that The Who were simply the best live ...

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Fran Yeoman is head of journalism at Liverpool John Moores University where she loves putting the next generation of journalists in the North through their paces. Before returning to her native ...

A new BBC Radio 4 comedy show marks the broadcasting debut of The Delightful Sausage, aka Chris Cantrill and Amy Gledhill.

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Main image: Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument (installation view), Secession, Vienna, 2024. Photo: © Ali Cherri Studio, courtesy the artist and Imane Farès, Paris.