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Ending to rows of standing audience members and cheers as the actors bowed, Lynn Nottage and Jade Lewis' tapestry of working-class life made its mark on Manchester.
'By transcending a definitive structure, Porter’s novel articulates the universality of grief, and makes it astoundingly clear that grief is not something to get over, but rather, a process, where no one experience is ever the same.' Featured in the Spring 2024 issue of Bookseller’s Association, Bookselling Essentials magazine.
A haunting exploration of the failings of the housing system, His House (2020) is a captivating modern horror classic.
'So ingrained in the patriarchal structure is the dismissal of victims and the assumption of innocence for men that there are now conspiracy theories making their way through the internet, like wildfire, of the establishment and the mainstream media working to take Brand down. Instead of hearing and respecting victims, the patriarchy prefers to weave an outlandish web of theory and turn the threat and danger on itself, to avoid discussion of the real crisis of sexual violence against women.'
'A slow Sunday morning didn’t feel very slow when my heart was pounding from pressure to use the time wisely - as if my sobriety only meant something if I was spinning gold from it.'
I can't help but be worried about the future of the qualities, the quirks, and the very essence of what AI seeks to replace.
Under a glistening mirror ball, RGM had the pleasure of witnessing Wunderhorse's vibrant gig at Manchester's Deaf Institute on Friday night. Fresh off a tour supporting alt-rock greats Pixies, Wunderhorse is coasting through their sold-out headline U.K. & Ireland tour. The Deaf Institute is know
'Lad banter is a cover-up. It is a pathetic excuse for accepting dangerous and violent rhetoric. We need to care enough to want to stop it in its tracks. The more we allow these ideas to go undetected, the more we allow acts of nauseating and infuriating brutality to take place. Silence is indeed violence.'
After a long, grey winter, the sun has come out and graced the pavements of Manchester - finally! The start of summer in the city greets you with open arms. An air of eagerness and excitement that you can almost taste.