-THE PRINCIPAL HOTEL, MANCHESTER- Recent years have brought changes to the top of Oxford Road. The Cornerhouse is now a university building and The Palace hotel has become The Principal. As I pass the legendary former cinema en route to this weekend’s Louder Than Words festival just across the road, on the strange alternate-reality scale […]
Louder Than Words celebrates that essential, magical relationship between music and writing. Whether it’s Guy Garvey talking lyrics; Edwyn Collins performing his own music or Hugh Cornwell talking about life in The Stranglers, the Festival has something for anyone with a love for music, and the way words are used to inform and contribute to […]
The Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing grows louder each year. This year it will take place between Friday 10th to Sunday 12th November 2017 at the Principal Hotel, Manchester, and is now in its fifth edition; this remains the only festival that delves into our enduring love affair between music and the written word. […]
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