Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Spoken-word night in Leeds packs a community hall again
Open mics, childcare corners and poems that sound like the city.
A Leeds spoken-word night outgrew its old basement and moved into a community hall—complete with a childcare corner that lets more parents perform.
The best poems sounded locally specific without requiring a glossary.
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