Greg Thorpe

A weekly digest of all the creative goings-on at Salford's independent artist community.

My short story '1961' was selected for this annual anthology.

Contributor to Time Out Manchester Shortlist 3rd edition.

Beta Bandidos | John Maclean's 'Slow West' reviewed by Greg Thorpe.

I surveyed an exciting year of Visual Arts at Manchester's premiers culture venue, HOME.

Maxine Peake in the role of the Prince of Denmark in Hamlet at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

The Reveal Meal, or You are what you eat, or If music be the food of love, play on, or Eat junk, become junk, or An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Simon Callow talks about his dramatisation of the life of Christ for the Manchester Evening News.

My short story '1961' appears in this collection alongside work by Douglas Coupland and Emma Jane Unsworth. 'Like an episode of Mad Men scripted by Carver - Nicholas Royle, novelist.

Thoughts on books I have read.

Amazon blurb and promotional emails for Little Black Font Book 2 by Alex Haigh.

I produced the catalogue for Cornelia Parker at the Whitworth, 2015. Sourcing imagery, managing photography, copyediting, proofreading, copywriting, final assembly and briefing designer.

Islington Mill

A playlist and article I wrote for the 'Right Here, Right Now' exhibition at The Lowry, Salford, where I also DJ'd.

Blog piece for blog.Zesty.co.uk