Annelouisekershaw365
I’m Anne Louise Kershaw a freelance writer; Music Editor of Blankpages and Manchester's Finest & I write for Guardian Northerner and Clash Magazine amongst others . I'm Senior Editorial & Designer for Carel Press.
This is my blog where I write about music, theatre, fashion, arts & culture, gender & equality. Every time I blog I post a picture because i'm obsessed with my camera.
Latest Tweets
- very boring tweet I know but do like to share my baking dilemmas with everyone when there's nobody about to see my dramatics! #bakingdrama 5 hours ago
- Going to use whole milk instead of the full amount of yoghurt in my soda bread. Guessing ill regret this! 5 hours ago
- How is it possible not to get up and dance to Michael Jackson #smoothcriminal #dirtydiana Good choice @KevBurkeGuitar 10 hours ago
- Whoever is seeing @bipolarsunshine tonight at @AntwerpMansion will have a great night!!! Gutted I can't catch any of his Manchester dates :( 2 days ago
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Recent Posts
- Exclusive interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie
- Twitter: Procrastination, productivity and pain
- The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
- The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!
- Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
- I interview Shell Zenner – The godmother of new music
- Bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the art world!
- I discuss ‘Madchester’ with Dave Haslam
- Blank Media Collective Projector Series
Monthly Archives: March 2011
81 – Top of The Pops to return
81/284 People of a certain age will have jingle, jangle, jewellery, jewellery memories of Top Of The Pops, presented by Jimmy Saville. Others will have flicked and fond memories of Noel Edmonds or even more 80s inspired bad bleach dreams … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Reviews, TV
Tagged Cable & Wireless, Chart Show, Genius, Peter Gabriel, Satalite, Solsbury Hill, The Independent Online, Top OIf The Pops, Tv
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80 – Friendly Fires – Live those days tonight
80/285 Following on from their self-titled debut album Friendly Fires are set to release their nemesis second album. Pala, on the 15th May 2011. Their first release let loose a set of respectably decent, though far from ground breaking, electro/indie … Continue reading
79 – It’s time Jim but not as we know it
79/286 Following the general floaty euphoric state the Elbow gig left us in this weekend, we had a bit of a shock last night to discover the clocks had gone forward. It is nothing new for me and my other … Continue reading
Posted in Health & fitness
Tagged Brough, Build A Rocket Boys!, Castleton, Elbow, Hope, Mountain Bike, Riding, The New Review, The Observer, Time
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78 – Elbow Live at the MEN Arena, 25 March 2011 – A review
78/287 I have been looking forward to this gig for months. I wanted the tickets so bad I paid extra for them on ebay (not out of first choice obviously, I’m not that weird). In the week leading up to … Continue reading
77 – A song to set a mood – The Beach Boys, Wouldn’t it be nice
77/288 I received a text this morning from my other lovely half saying I should look up Wouldn’t it be nice by the Beach Boys and have a listen. He said how much it reminded him of him and me … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged America, Beach Boys, Sun, Ventura Highway, Wouldn't it be nice
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76 – I Hollaback! Or rather I feel awkward and venomous
76/289 Making the most of the sunshine, yesterday after working, me and my partner decided we’d get kitted up and go off for a decent mountain bike up in the peaks. It’s great living so close (well 45 mins away) … Continue reading
75 – Human League – Never let me go (actually do right now)
75/290 The following comment was left underneath one of the many classic Human League videos on YouTube: “I am stuck in the 80s. I still have an 80s haircut, wear 80s clothes and of course listen to great 80s music … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Reviews
Tagged 5 Star, 80s, 90s, Asleep in the Back, BMX, Build A Rocket Boys!, Button Moon, Cast of Thousands, Chelsea Girl, Don't You Want Me Baby, Elbow, Fraggle Rock, Grifter, Leaders of the Free World, Lebanon, Love Action, River Island, Seldom Seen Kid, Society Now, The Guardian, The Human League, the Independent, The Scotsman, The Scottish Herald, The Telegraph, The Yorkshire Post
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74 – Elizabeth Taylor dies, another hole in our cultural comfort blanket
74/291 Within what feels like minutes, people all over facebook and twitter have changed their profile pics to various beautiful images of Elizabeth Taylor; people are tweeting humorous quotes by her; YouTube clips of her finest film moments are posted … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Film & Theatre, News
Tagged Adverts, Blanket, Classic Hollywood, Collapse into Now, Culture, Death, Elizabeth Taylor, Films, Glamour, Heritage, Hollywood, Identity, Marriages, Models, Music, Oasis, Popular Culture, R.E.M, Race, Religion, Tv
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73 – The return of Chelsea Girl
73/292 Pinging into my email this morning was news that River Island are re-launching the iconic Chelsea Girl label. For those of you who think Chelsea Girl is an over-enthusiastic supporter with a penchant for wearing footy strips, think again. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion
Tagged 70s, 80s, C&A, Charity Shop, Chelsea Girl, Clockhouse, Clothes, Market, River Island, Sisters, Teenagers, Trends, Vintage, Youth
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