The three-piece from Liverpool will be supporting Richard Ashcroft at his second show at Robin Park Arena on July 21, ...

No mere documentarian, his goal was to inform his pronouncements on socialism for the book published as The Road to Wigan Pier. Now everyone can relive the bad old days at the Wigan Pier ...

But it’s a long time since Wigan Pier drew huge crowds. And for those anxious to witness its revival, their patience will have to be tested further yet. The council this week said that it is ...

Work on the iconic Wigan Pier, that was promised redevelopment back in 2019, is finally set to start in early 2023. Plans for the site, known as the inspiration for George Orwell’s 1937 novel ...

Plans for a multi-leisure destination at Wigan Pier are one step closer with the announcement of a partnership and tenancy contract with arts and culture centre, the Old Courts. The Old Courts is ...

Eighty years after George Orwell set off on The Road to Wigan Pier, The Wigan Pier Project is recreating his journey using 21st-century technology. Throughout the anniversary year, we will be ...

Pictures showing the inside of Wigan Pier nightclub have been released, showing the famous venue just days before its planned demolition. Inside the Wigan Pier Nightclub Credit: Wigan Council ...

The hard-cover book of George Orwell’s “Road to Wigan Pier” was due at the Hull Central Library all the way back in 1974. What would’ve been a hefty fee was eliminated thanks to the ...

We are retracing the journey George Orwell made in his book, The Road to Wigan Pier, throughout 2017 to tell modern stories of working and unemployed poverty. They'll appear in a regular series in ...

March 8th marked the 75th anniversary of the publication of George Orwell’s 1937 landmark The Road to Wigan Pier, a work of extreme candor on pre-war poverty in England. It is a cherished ...

The comparison by the BBC of Britain under a future Tory Government to the privations of the Great Depression in George Orwell’s Road to Wigan Pier sparked fury in the Cabinet. George Osborne ...