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.
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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
Author Archives: annelouisekershaw365
Exclusive interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie
It is both suitable and exciting that on International Women’s Day and on the eve of an extensive tour I post my interview with one of the best British front women on the scene. Talking with Skin from Skunk … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Music, Pop Culture
Tagged Academy 1, Black Traffic, International Women's Day, Manchester, Music, Skin, Skunk Anansie
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Twitter: Procrastination, productivity and pain
Like your best bitched about local bus service, having written one piece about twitter, another follows quickly after. Of course I would have written it a damned site quicker had I been able to stay off the bleeding thing. But … Continue reading
Posted in Leisure, Pop Culture
Tagged Daughter, Eiffel Tower, Manchester Evening News, Paris, twitter, View
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The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
At a recent social gathering there was a consensus of horror when I revealed my phone. It is a complete brick, a rubber one at that, for no matter how many times I have gone at its life, it has … Continue reading
The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!
It is fitting that Manchester’s Royal Exchange theatre begin the New Year by closing its winter season with ‘The Accrington Pals’ as themes of opportunity and finality, new horizons and brutal endings rifle through it. Inspired in part by a … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Theatre, Reviews, Theatre
Tagged Manchester, Peter Whelan, The Accrington Pals, The Royal Exchange, Theatre, World War I, WWI
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Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
December is upon us which means, for those festive resistors out there, that you can now happily get into the tinsley swing of things without feeling you are robbing November of its identity. One event to begin festivities is the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Carol Ann Duffy, Fairy Tales, Grimm, Manchester, Royal Exchange Theatre
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The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
Find a review of The Country Wife that doesn’t include the word romp and i’ll eat my hat (disclaimer: I totally wont). Don’t get me wrong, this restoration comedy is certainly full of frolics, fun and feistiness (and the implication … Continue reading
I interview Shell Zenner – The godmother of new music
When I ask Shell Zenner to explain a bit about what she does, the first thing she replies with is “Well, I’m a bit of a new music obsessive”. Anyone who knows Shell Zenner and the work she does will … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Guardian Northerner, Independent, Manchester, Music, Shell Zenner, Sherlock Holmes, Stealing Sheep
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Bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the art world!
Following a fantastic summer of arts in Manchester, three students plan to further expand the musical and artistic landscape of the city. For the social butterflies amongst us, summer has been wonderfully rammed with artistic excitement. Organisations like Blank Media … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Music
Tagged Blank Media Collective, Classical Music, Guardian Northerner, Music, RNCM
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I discuss ‘Madchester’ with Dave Haslam
What springs to mind when you imagine ‘Manchester’ music? The gospel according to google images is quite telling when you search the term. Similarly the immense success of this summers Stone Roses resurgence certainly demonstrates how closely we hold our … Continue reading
Blank Media Collective Projector Series
Anyone even semi-familiar with the Manchester art scene will be more than aware of Blank Media Collective. Whether it be in their Blankspace gallery on Hulme St, in their magazine Blankpages or on their website, Blank Media Collective have, since … Continue reading
