7 of the Best Songs – 14 July 2021
John Preston’s seven best new songs of the week include Kari Faux, Garbage, Megan Thee Stallion, We Made It, Class Actress, Marina and Slayyter.
Spotlights
6 chic wedding decoration ideas to steal
Fancy a chic wedding without all the cost? Check out our tips on sprucing up your venue for a chic but affordable look.
Backyard cinema – where camp, creativity and whimsy collide
Backyard cinema, the immersive cinema experience in London has reopened its boarding gates since lockdown, and is truly a collision of camp, creativity and whimsy.
Northern Pride Online 2.1 is calling for drag performers to apply now
Attention those in the north of the England! Northern Pride is calling out for drag performers for the Northern Pride Online 2.1 event on 24 July 2021.
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.
Manchester Walking Tours: a stroll through the city’s queer history
Hadley Stewart catches up with Joshua Val Martin, the founder of Free Manchester Walking Tours, to talk about the city’s LGBT+ history.
5 home delivery options for the Easter weekend
We round-up our favourite home delivery food options ahead of the long Easter weekend
Friday Fiction: Matthew Eden’s ‘The Home Tree’
Matthew Eden’s short story of two boys’ home tree of secrets and companionship.
Corn Exchange Manchester to mark fifth birthday by helping guests to celebrate missed occasions
To celebrate its fifth anniversary, the Corn Exchange Manchester is inviting its guests to share their stories of missed celebrations or to nominate deserving individuals to be granted a surprise Corn Exchange treat.
Album review: Lady Gaga Chromatica
While Chromatica may suggest her early work’s spikier edges may have been sandpapered off for good, this was probably part of Lady Gaga’s game-plan all along.