I must have seen Nuts In May over 20 times since first watching it as a film student back in my late teens. Back then, I was an outsider trying to understand where I fitted in. Mike Leigh’s films help...

However determined I am to make progress with my 20 Books of Summer stack, there’s always room for a few distractions. July proved to be one of those months, with four books finding their way…

Liverpool writer Jeff Young has attracted a dedicated readership in recent years, following publication of two books that powerfully and hypnotically catalogue late-1970s Europe and his native Merseys...

A bereaved father and son bond over greyhound racing in an east Durham town in terminal decline

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Explore the vibrant Small Distractions club at Wax, where literary salons meet a lively music scene in Leeds.

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It’s an annoying choice: either lug around a heavy tome or try to remember when the paperback version is coming out, says freelance writer Larry Ryan

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The great sculptor worked as a war artist in the 1940s, sketching people sheltering from bombings. Now his powerful underground drawings are opening the vast, renovated sheep barn gallery at his Arcad...

Along the back alleys, down by the underpass, hidden in ginnels, or the places where many wouldn’t dare venture after dusk, that’s where you’ll find George Shaw walking in the shadows. His work is foc...

Liverpool writer Jeff Young has attracted a dedicated readership in recent years, following publication of two books that powerfully and hypnotically catalogue late-1970s Europe and his native Merseys...