STAT - ISSUE 08
published 28th April 2023
People across the North West are working away on projects, events and publications which will never get the recognition they deserve because Manchester hogs the limelight. At STAT we’re swinging that light back, and pointing it over ther’ look...
editor
Pete Mercer
commissioning editor
George Francis Lee
design
Max Coupe / Pete Mercer
contributors
Mike Blue
Dave Dutton
George Francis Lee
Jacob Longcake
Adam Lord
Megan Traynor
Laeth Quellin
Stephen Welsh
cover art
Pete Mercer
CONTENTS
Atherton
> piece on modern life in ex-mining towns by Adam Lord
The Banquet Below
> part. 1 of a series by Laeth Quellin
Coal Seams & Queer Dreams
> discoveries of LGBTQ+ history by Stephen Welsh
Life in a Northern Town...
> a love letter to Runcorn by Megan Traynor
The Story Board
> a collection of short stories sourced from the public
Big Trouble in Little Widnes
> a tale of identity theft by Mike Blue
Edited Excerpts from Lancashire Laughter and Tears
> excerpts from a newly published book by Dave Dutton, with pictures
REVIEWS
by George Francis Lee
> I was born by the sea - an album by Richie Culver (Nov 2022)
> Lancashire Stories - by Multiple Authors (Nov 2022)
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