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 1 day ago
- Going to use whole milk instead of the full amount of yoghurt in my soda bread. Guessing ill regret this! 1 day ago
- How is it possible not to get up and dance to Michael Jackson #smoothcriminal #dirtydiana Good choice @KevBurkeGuitar 1 day 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
Category Archives: News
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
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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60 – Comment is Free – A scary fact for most feminists
60/305 Jessica Reed from the Guardian’s Comment Is Free, kindly tweeted about a piece today written by feminist writer Jill Filipovic, for Comment is Free America. In her article Traditional marriage is dead. Let’s celebrate which basically explored how “A … Continue reading
Posted in Gender & Equality, News
Tagged Feminism, Jessica Reed, Jill Fillipovic, Lykke Li, Marriage, Obama, R.E.M, The Guardian, What's The Frequency Kenneth, Women, Wounded Rhymes
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52 – Anti-gay couple cannot become foster parents
52/313 The best response to the news that Anti-gay Christian couple lose battle to become foster parents was: “Good. I have a LOT of religious tolerance but only for tolerant religions,” by random commenter Chris Horner. I couldn’t have put … Continue reading
Posted in Gender & Equality, News
Tagged Adam Thorp, Anti-gay, Asleep in the Back, Cast of Thousands, Chris Horner, Christians, Elbow, Foster care, Gay, Hazelmary Bull, Homosexuality, Leaders of the Free World, Mr and Mrs Johns, nine Lessons From the Dark, Peter Bull, Seldom Seen Kid, Sexuality, Straight, the Independent
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30 – Gary Moor – Grief by proxy
30/335 “Guess what,” said Kevin my partner before he was even fully through the door. “I know” I replied. We both knew and it was the first thing we wanted to tell each other. Gary Moore has died, he was … Continue reading
Posted in Music, News
Tagged Death, Echo and the Bunnymen, Funeral, Gary Moore, Killing Moon, Parisienne Walkways, Still Got The Blues
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21 – The Daily Mail Tattoo Scandal
21/344 There is something deeply disturbing about the Daily Mail (yes I know the sentence should end there) and its obsessive condemnation of women with… wait for it… Tattoos! The most recent victim was regular journo-fodder Cheryl Cole, who underneath … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Gender & Equality, News, Pop Culture
Tagged Amy Winehouse, Beatles, Body Art, Cheryl Cole, Chuck Berry, Daily Mail, Gender & Equality, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Peaches Geldof, Prejudice, Race, Tattoos
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20 – Stop Press! Gay couple with baby
20/345 The hot topic on several non-serious news sites this morning was the story of the US supermarket Harps, who placed a ‘Family shield. To protect young Harps shoppers’ in front of a magazine picturing Elton John, David Furnish and … Continue reading
Posted in Gender & Equality, Music, News, Pop Culture
Tagged 1, baby, Beatles, Daily Mail, David Furnis, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, family, Gay rights, GLAAD, Johann Hari, Kathy Griffiths, LGBT, Prejudice, Strawberry Fields Forever
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