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STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

STAT16/17
DOUBLE ISSUE

JANUARY 2025

“IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED?!”

Our gluttonous society is always asking for more. Why don’t you cover this? Why don’t you cover that? To capitulate and enfuriate, we present to you the next logical step in MORE MORE MORE – something mental, something silly: a beautiful, buldging bumper issue. So full of culture were we, that it all could simply not be contained in a regular printed offering. No, we had to release two issues at once.

Issue 16/17 has got a bit of everything. Blowjobs in Berghain. Black pudding throwing competitions. Rebellions. An aeroplane made in a garden. A man living in a loft. Corporate espionage and karaoke. Stone skimming societies and foul-mouthed market stalls. Plus, reviews on music, literature, and even a flipping videogame, if you can believe it.

So, lo and behold! This orange dossier of North West culture. Goodbye 2025, you’ve really been rotten.

Contents include: The Man Who Built an Aeroplane; Lem; Blood, Sweat & Black Pudding; The Life and Times of a Bickershaw Park Ranger; Blow Jobs, Bust-ups & Berghain; Who Were The Economic League?; The Scouse Stone Skimmers of Sefton Park; The Indigent; An Assessment of the Arts Fair; A Stopfordian Sing-Song; The Foul-Mouthed Clickbait of Clitheroe Fucking Market. PLUS reviews of music, film, literature and video games.

***

Featuring work by: Edie Barnabas, Olivia Bernstein, Tom Branfoot, Davey Brett, Becky Brookfield, Joseph Conway, Mark Cunliffe, Rhys Delany, Sue Denim, Sam Fairbrother, Hayley Flynn, Cath Garvey, Dex Chait Grodner, Ted Richards, Hayley Scott, Connor Seed, Georgina Tyson, Phoebe Verity, Kayla Victoria.

128 pages, 100gsm eco-grey innards, 160gsm orange binding card with black elastic band. Printed in Leigh, limited to 200 copies.

***

Grab one at the link int’ bio. Or subscribe via Patreon.

BLACKPOOL TOWER SCARF 🗼

Limited edition, one of only 30.
Update: 2nd run of 50 more.
Grab one at link int bio x

You pull up your jacket along the promenade, where the old white paint peels and cracks in filo layers. A nippy cold snap and you’ve been found unprepared. If only there were a garment to wrap across your nape. You look upward, and see the red rust and salt on the North West’s giant, aching bones of steel and cast iron. You hear them, don’t you? The signals. There are messages in every bulb of Blackpool Illuminations. They’re telling you to buy this scarf.

BLACKPOOL TOWER IS A GUN.

Black, white, and burnt umber knitted football scarf made from 100% soft acrylic yarn.High quality full jacquard knit. Roughly 160cm in length. Limited edition, one of only 30.

Design by Thomas Steeles [@steeles_graphics]
Modelled by Talie Lauren [@thebritpopprincess]

BLACKPOOL TOWER SCARF 🗼

Limited edition, one of only 30.
Update: 2nd run of 50 more.
Grab one at link int bio x

You pull up your jacket along the promenade, where the old white paint peels and cracks in filo layers. A nippy cold snap and you’ve been found unprepared. If only there were a garment to wrap across your nape. You look upward, and see the red rust and salt on the North West’s giant, aching bones of steel and cast iron. You hear them, don’t you? The signals. There are messages in every bulb of Blackpool Illuminations. They’re telling you to buy this scarf.

BLACKPOOL TOWER IS A GUN.

Black, white, and burnt umber knitted football scarf made from 100% soft acrylic yarn.High quality full jacquard knit. Roughly 160cm in length. Limited edition, one of only 30.

Design by Thomas Steeles [@steeles_graphics]
Modelled by Talie Lauren [@thebritpopprincess]

BLACKPOOL TOWER SCARF 🗼

Limited edition, one of only 30.
Update: 2nd run of 50 more.
Grab one at link int bio x

You pull up your jacket along the promenade, where the old white paint peels and cracks in filo layers. A nippy cold snap and you’ve been found unprepared. If only there were a garment to wrap across your nape. You look upward, and see the red rust and salt on the North West’s giant, aching bones of steel and cast iron. You hear them, don’t you? The signals. There are messages in every bulb of Blackpool Illuminations. They’re telling you to buy this scarf.

BLACKPOOL TOWER IS A GUN.

Black, white, and burnt umber knitted football scarf made from 100% soft acrylic yarn.High quality full jacquard knit. Roughly 160cm in length. Limited edition, one of only 30.

Design by Thomas Steeles [@steeles_graphics]
Modelled by Talie Lauren [@thebritpopprincess]

BLACKPOOL TOWER SCARF 🗼

Limited edition, one of only 30.
Update: 2nd run of 50 more.
Grab one at link int bio x

You pull up your jacket along the promenade, where the old white paint peels and cracks in filo layers. A nippy cold snap and you’ve been found unprepared. If only there were a garment to wrap across your nape. You look upward, and see the red rust and salt on the North West’s giant, aching bones of steel and cast iron. You hear them, don’t you? The signals. There are messages in every bulb of Blackpool Illuminations. They’re telling you to buy this scarf.

BLACKPOOL TOWER IS A GUN.

Black, white, and burnt umber knitted football scarf made from 100% soft acrylic yarn.High quality full jacquard knit. Roughly 160cm in length. Limited edition, one of only 30.

Design by Thomas Steeles [@steeles_graphics]
Modelled by Talie Lauren [@thebritpopprincess]

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

STAT — BUILDING A NEW CULTURE

To change politics we must first change culture.

Culture is never stationary. It’s changeable, often unpredictable. Beyond the art we make and the shoes we wear, the cultural is also the political. A shared culture is how we understand our place in the world, our history, and our possible futures.

Socially and economically, we have become fragmented. High streets are vacant, employment is sparse and unsociable, many of us spend hours sitting at home tired, lonely, and on our phones. Where towns like Wigan were once bustling cultural hubs to the Northern soul and rave scenes, today we barely find a PopWorld.

It’s not surprising people look backward, picking vague memories from the cultural scraps of yesteryear. Globalisation and the continued privatisation of our built environment has chipped away at our regional idiosyncrasies over the years. Across the country, the globe, people have been deprived of something intangible, something meaningful – the culture has changed.

None of this is inevitable, though. We can build a new culture. One where we see each other more often, and in spaces where we can develop shared knowledge, common understanding, clear strategies. We can create a sustainable regional ecosystem of support, pleasure, one where we labour for the things important to us. One where we can critically celebrate our regional history, the traditions, the slang, the folk tales: the things we built and everyone who helped build them. One where we can identify our mistakes and go forward into an exciting new future.

STAT has always been a tool for building this new future. We don’t do this to make money. Our aim is to bring our regional community together, to help define and document the culture happening across the North West today, to get you out of the house and into the lives of new pals.

We’ve got a battle ahead of us, and a lot of hard work to do, but together we can change the world.

LET’S BUILD A NEW CULTURE

patreon.com/statzine

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Better Things Aren’t Possible, Despite What I Said Earlier.

Opinion by Brandon Hayes [@branhayes]

A look into the future of Andy Burnham’s Labour Party.

“Recently, clips surfaced of Greater Manchester Mayor and prospective Labour leader, Andy Burnham, saying he’d like to scrap VAR in football. It should come as no surprise that a man who voted for the Iraq War would be against a live action replay of something being put before a panel of judges.”

images from Mr. Burnham’s personal instagram

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

CREWE CITY EMO: How UNIVERSITY Built the Country’s Least Likely Music Scene

words by Marty Hill

From playing Xbox on stage to becoming exponents of the forgotten North, @abandcalleduniversity have managed to give Crewe some clout.

“The early buzz around UNIVERSITY seems mad when you look at where they came from but makes so much sense when you revisit the songs themselves. Squalling walls of guitar trade blows with sections of real, wise-beyond-their-years melodic sections. It’s angry and weird enough to attract the alternative crowd but smart and nerdy enough to reach into other circles far beyond.”

cover image - @leximackayphotos

full article at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

VERMIN

7PM, FRIDAY 22ND MAY
THE KINGS ARMS, M3 6AN
Solidarity pricing from £8-12
🎟️ tickets:
https://fatso.ma/ffj5x
and link in bio x

DOORS 7PM, 8PM START

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STAT and Greater Manchester Tenants Union present an evening to Keep the City Centre Weird.

There is a tendency to see art on the stage – music, theatre, performance – as somehow detached from political organising. We bemoan the loss of our venues and curse our ballooning rents, but we forget they are the product of the same evil: bastard landlordism.

Your landlord hates you and hates the art you like. If they got their way, the city would be a new build metropolis forged from noise complaints, gentrification, and corner shops subjugated to the aesthetic approval of yuppies.

Like pests, we scurry about in dark corners, praying that the City doesn’t fumigate the small, messy dens we have left. WE ARE VERMIN TO THEM.

LINEUP

PHILIP’S RAT 🐀 (VASILY RATMANSKY & LYDIA PHILLIPS)

– Ratmansky @vas_epepvstasy is an American-Ukrainian composer, curator, performer and educator currently based in Berlin. His work concentrates on the experiential side of music, working with different stages, audiences, interactive set-ups and sound goals. He has recently worked with ensembles like Hauen und Stechen, Unfeed-Format, the Commission for New and Old Art, and many others.

Phillips @patbychance plays lots of instruments. She organised the arts programme at The World Transformed 2025 and is a founding member of The Commission for New and Old Art.

Ratmansky and Phillips will be performing together in 'Bow Down' at The Black Lights festival in June.

HEDGEHOG 🦔 @hedgehogtheband

– Hedgehog is a Manchester-based quintet plumbing the depths of neurodivergent post-folk. Listeners will spot the sounds of noise, free improvisation and children’s music, hiding within the cracks of poetry and
song.

RATHOG ❓

– A rat king confluence of the previous two acts. Not to be missed.

+ support

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

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image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Man Who Built (And Crashed) An Aeroplane

words by Hayley Flynn [@skylinermcr]

Pilfering machinery from Parkside colliery, Ashton-in-Makerfield’s Geoff Martlew built a plane, crashed another, and won a Queen’s Commendation.

‘Geoff crashed a plane onto the M62 sometime in the 80s and traumatically amputated a driver in the process, commenting that: “he cut a lads leg off with one of the propellers. Everybody thought he would get prosecuted but he ended up getting a Queens Commendation.”’

read full story at statmagazine.org
also in print - STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

—
image sources:

“Mr Martlew and Lorna”
Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 3rd March 1972

“The remains of the shattered Citroen stand in the slow lane”
Liverpool Echo, 8th June 1988

“Jim Anderton presents the awards to Mr Martlew (right) and Mr Blount (left)”
Manchester Evening News, 22nd February 1989

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

The Indigent: Agitators, Dinosaurs & Rural Resistance

words by Tom Branfoot [@tombranfoot]

Not far from Warrington, the village of Lymm is littered with a radical history of working class resistance.

“Agitators gathered at Lymm Cross on a bitter January 16th in 1817 to voice their discontent. The protestors – branded thieves, vagabonds, and drunkards by the newspapers – opined on political and socio-economic issues affecting the labouring classes. These included poverty, enclosure, the mechanisation of textile production, universal suffrage, the Corn Laws, and ruthless penalties for poaching. We’ll never know truly how many participated in the uprising, but at least 50 were reported in attendance.”

READ in full at statmagazine.org
IN PRINT as part or STAT16/17

links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

BLOWJOBS, BUST-UPS & BERGHAIN: A Chat with Wigan DJ Wes Baggaley

words by Edie Barnabas [@edie_barnabas_]

Dodging bricks in Blackpool to sucking dicks at Berghain, DJ Wes Baggaley [@wesbaggaley707] looks back on his time as a young, queer Wiganer.

“Listening to Wes Baggaley talk about his youth is to be confronted by his gallows humour. His accent reminds you that, although he played NTS Radio over the weekend and has played Berghain on several occasions, he cut his teeth on the streets of the North West.”

all photographs — Morgan Pugh Photography

full article at statmagazine.org / in print
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

REVIEW: Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani) — Alina Akbar [solo exhibition]

words by Yushra Rashid [@_yushra]
images by @d.w3rt

Queen of the Night (Raat Ki Raani)
Alina Akbar [@lean0161]
Haji Cash & Carry, Rochdale
26 – 29 March 2026

“Alina Akbar’s debut solo exhibition explores the intense emotions and companionship between young Muslim girls in a car after nightfall.“

full review at statmagazine.org
links int’ bio x

Club Beats, Tinnitus & Sweet Treats:
Attending @theblacklights.uk Pre-Cursor

“Have you ever heard music like this before?!”

Last weekend, armed only with esoteric sticks of Blackpool rock, the STAT team ventured into the Salford inlands for a long night at The Black Light’s Pre-Cursor – a 10-hour “psychic dry run” for the full festival in June – catching sets from a cherry-picked coterie of artists native to The White Hotel climate. STAT reports their findings back on this enigmatic entrée here – with what one attendee called our signature “shit-eating narcissism”.

FULL GUIDE to The Black Lights
at statmagazine.org

TICKETS to The Black Lights
at @resident_advisor

links int’ bio x

Club Beats, Tinnitus & Sweet Treats:
Attending @theblacklights.uk Pre-Cursor

“Have you ever heard music like this before?!”

Last weekend, armed only with esoteric sticks of Blackpool rock, the STAT team ventured into the Salford inlands for a long night at The Black Light’s Pre-Cursor – a 10-hour “psychic dry run” for the full festival in June – catching sets from a cherry-picked coterie of artists native to The White Hotel climate. STAT reports their findings back on this enigmatic entrée here – with what one attendee called our signature “shit-eating narcissism”.

FULL GUIDE to The Black Lights
at statmagazine.org

TICKETS to The Black Lights
at @resident_advisor

links int’ bio x

Club Beats, Tinnitus & Sweet Treats:
Attending @theblacklights.uk Pre-Cursor

“Have you ever heard music like this before?!”

Last weekend, armed only with esoteric sticks of Blackpool rock, the STAT team ventured into the Salford inlands for a long night at The Black Light’s Pre-Cursor – a 10-hour “psychic dry run” for the full festival in June – catching sets from a cherry-picked coterie of artists native to The White Hotel climate. STAT reports their findings back on this enigmatic entrée here – with what one attendee called our signature “shit-eating narcissism”.

FULL GUIDE to The Black Lights
at statmagazine.org

TICKETS to The Black Lights
at @resident_advisor

links int’ bio x

Club Beats, Tinnitus & Sweet Treats:
Attending @theblacklights.uk Pre-Cursor

“Have you ever heard music like this before?!”

Last weekend, armed only with esoteric sticks of Blackpool rock, the STAT team ventured into the Salford inlands for a long night at The Black Light’s Pre-Cursor – a 10-hour “psychic dry run” for the full festival in June – catching sets from a cherry-picked coterie of artists native to The White Hotel climate. STAT reports their findings back on this enigmatic entrée here – with what one attendee called our signature “shit-eating narcissism”.

FULL GUIDE to The Black Lights
at statmagazine.org

TICKETS to The Black Lights
at @resident_advisor

links int’ bio x

Club Beats, Tinnitus & Sweet Treats:
Attending @theblacklights.uk Pre-Cursor

“Have you ever heard music like this before?!”

Last weekend, armed only with esoteric sticks of Blackpool rock, the STAT team ventured into the Salford inlands for a long night at The Black Light’s Pre-Cursor – a 10-hour “psychic dry run” for the full festival in June – catching sets from a cherry-picked coterie of artists native to The White Hotel climate. STAT reports their findings back on this enigmatic entrée here – with what one attendee called our signature “shit-eating narcissism”.

FULL GUIDE to The Black Lights
at statmagazine.org

TICKETS to The Black Lights
at @resident_advisor

links int’ bio x

Club Beats, Tinnitus & Sweet Treats:
Attending @theblacklights.uk Pre-Cursor

“Have you ever heard music like this before?!”

Last weekend, armed only with esoteric sticks of Blackpool rock, the STAT team ventured into the Salford inlands for a long night at The Black Light’s Pre-Cursor – a 10-hour “psychic dry run” for the full festival in June – catching sets from a cherry-picked coterie of artists native to The White Hotel climate. STAT reports their findings back on this enigmatic entrée here – with what one attendee called our signature “shit-eating narcissism”.

FULL GUIDE to The Black Lights
at statmagazine.org

TICKETS to The Black Lights
at @resident_advisor

links int’ bio x