Preview: Refract Festival, Waterside Arts, Manchester
Curated by Waterside Arts, Refract is an exciting festival of work that takes place in and around Sale in Trafford – and features a number of LGBT+ artists.
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Andrew McMillan: the language of pain
Hadley Stewart sits down with Andrew McMillan to discuss his latest poetry collection, pandemonium, and how he hopes to provide a language to the abstract daemons in our lives.
Matt Cain: it’s never too late to find love
Matt Cain takes us on a journey of self-discovery and searching for a long-lost love, in his latest novel The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle.
Doctor Who Time Fracture, an immersive theatre experience
Doctor Who Time Fracture is a new ground-breaking immersive theatrical adventure, which plunges attendees into the incredible universe of Doctor Who
Drag Up! A course to help you create your own drag persona
City Academy launches Drag Up, a 6-part online drag course led by Camille Toe to guide those who want to learn the drag craft explore and unleash their inner drag queen or king persona.
Podcast review: Accessories! by Minty from Leeds
We check out the new podcast Accessories! from drag queen and designer Minty from Leeds.
Friday Fiction: Matthew Eden’s ‘The Home Tree’
Matthew Eden’s short story of two boys’ home tree of secrets and companionship.
Friday Fiction: Call for Submissions!
We are seeking submissions for a new regular column: Friday Fiction.
Interview: Caleb Everett: ‘you know she keeps a diary – and it all goes in’
Gerry Potter has a good, old-fashioned chinwag with fellow Mancunian scribe Caleb Everett.
Book review: The Moston Diaries, Caleb Everett
Gerry Potter reviews Caleb Everett’s autobiographical chapbook, The Moston Diaries, from Superbia Books.