Northern Soul

Britain’s new role as a bastion of black culture

2 August 2025 9:00 am

Two books take us from race riots and Teddy Boys to the current ‘Jamaicanisation’ of our cities – and the inflection now hip among white British teenagers

An unlikely comeback: Rare Singles, by Benjamin Myers, reviewed

10 August 2024 9:00 am

Dinah, a soul aficionado from Scarborough, persuades the forgotten elderly singer ‘Bucky’ Bronco to be guest of honour at a special concert. But will it all be hugely embarrassing?

See it and sleep

18 October 2014 9:00 am

Take tissues to The Best of Me, I’d read, as it’s such a weepie, so I took tissues, being a…