Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Choir project unites former mining towns for a summer tour
Harmony as local history—without forcing everyone into costume drama.
Massed choirs from former mining towns rehearse a summer tour that mixes hymn traditions with new commissions about work after the pits.
Directors banned fake soot makeup and leaned on living voices instead.
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