Passers-by and drivers will have noticed that the clock in the tower of the former Orwell building at Wigan Pier has ...

Video: Memories of Wigan Pier nightclub as bulldozers standby for demolition The nightclub attracted hundreds of ravers from across the north west in the 1990s and many of you are sad to see it go.

It's 50 years since Wigan Casino hosted the first of its legendary Northern Soul all-nighters.

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 thank… ...

This weekend, there will be another opportunity for Northern Soul fans to transport back to the 60s with a special all-day Wigan Casino party and exhibition at Kimpton Clocktower Hotel ’s Refuge.

Canal-side walkways, houses, a food hall and events venue are all part of plans to bring Wigan Pier 'back to life' ...

Alessandro Michele's Northern Soul dancers bring on the boogie in the style of Malian artist Malick Sidibeì in their pre-fall campaign.

Today’s slide show:Wigan Pier The Orwell, the pub at Wigan Pier Manchester’s emergence as the site and center of the industrial revolution was based on the “three C’s”: coal, cotton, and ...

OVER the past few weeks, debates over British fiscal policy have been conducted under the shadow of George Orwell's "The Road to Wigan Pier", a powerful description of the poverty he found in the ...