Natalie Bradbury

Natalie Bradbury

Selected Writing

I have many years’ freelance writing experience, beginning my career writing for local newspapers. Over the past decade and a half, I have developed a specialism in arts and cultural criticism, features writing and local interest journalism. I have written for local, regional and national publications, as well as specialist titles, including Manchester Confidential, Big Issue in the North, The Co-operative News, Creative Tourist, The Modernist, Corridor8, A⁠-⁠N and Art Monthly. I have also been commissioned by individual artists, galleries and other organisations.

From 2019 – 2021 I was one of the core writing team for the Fourdrinier, a publication founded by Paper Gallery in Manchester, and from 2016 – 2021 I was a core writer for print and online publication Manchester Review of Books, focusing primarily on architecture, art and urbanism.

Off the Map: Déirdre Kelly & Carolyn Curtis Magri at the Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery

déirdre kelly & carolyn curtis magri

New Century Hall: From Co-operative Hall to Teenage Disco

the modernist

Gladly Beyond: Ten Obstructions, Rogue Studios, Manchester

ten obstructions

Recipes for Baking Bread: Sara Nesteruk

sara nesteruk

Andrew Bibby Draws Lessons from the Legacy of Co-operative Housing

co-operative news

The Chester Tapestry

the modernist

Shy Radicals: Tom Dream

art monthly

The Artist as Crime Scene Investigator: Carolyn Curtis Magri’s Forensic Drawings

the fourdrinier

The Turnpike: Planting Cultural Seeds in Leigh

the turnpike

Playing with Words: A Three-way Conversation Between Natalie Bradbury, Laura Hopkinson & Darren Nixon

the fourdrinier

Flights of Fancy: A Three-way Conversation Between Natalie Bradbury, Laura Hopkinson & Darren Nixon

the fourdrinier

the fourdrinier

art monthly

Annie Bamford Tomlinson: Co-operator, Campaigner, Journalist

co-operative news

Linderism: Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

the fourdrinier

Study of Co-operative Architecture Shows How the Movement Changed England

co-operative news

Around the North in Sound: Noizechoir’s Graphic Scores

the fourdrinier

The Explosive and the Anodyne in Manchester’s Public Art: B of the Bang and Dad’s Halo Effect

shock city

What Does the Future Hold? Revisiting the Tarot Deck in Contemporary Art

the fourdrinier

Inky Fingers: Talking Fanzines with Shy Bairns

the fourdrinier

Darren Nixon: Painting and Collaboration

the fourdrinier

Amalia Pica: Private & Confidential, New Art Gallery, Walsall

the fourdrinier

Rings of Saturn: Hondartza Fraga’s Cassini Images

the fourdrinier

Physical Land, Visual Landscapes

the fourdrinier

Art by the Metre: Jenny Steele’s Wallpaper for Crosby Library

the fourdrinier

Making Connections: Jade Montserrat on Art on the Underground

the fourdrinier

An Education through Art: Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the National Arts Education Archive

the modernist

Chris Paul Daniels: Northern Lights, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool

corridor8

SS Norris, Stockport

skyliner

Herstory: Women Artists from the Collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Touchstones, Rochdale

corridor8

Andy & Peter Holden: Natural Selection

corridor8

Mary Griffiths: Wild Honey, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

corridor8

Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson: In the Family of the Carbons, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

art monthly

School Prints: The Hepworth Wakefield

corridor8

Sex and the Landlord

the sociological review

Sam Meech: Time Back Way Back, Signal Film & Media, Barrow-in-Furness

corridor8

Henry & Joyce Collins’ BHS Murals: Bringing Art to the High Street

the modernist

How Co-operative Architecture has Shaped Britain’s Skylines

co-operative news

Carel Weight RA: Artist, Advisor, Collector and Benefactor, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle

corridor8

New Era for Turnpike Gallery, Leigh: “Art and Culture are a Catalyst for the Town”

a–n

From Camouflage to Coventry: The Art of Steven Sykes

the modernist

Pictures for Schools: Forgotten but not Quite Gone

the modernist

Greater Manchester Police Museum

creative tourist

Three Years of Bolton’s International Neo:artprize

neo:artprize

Woman’s Outlook: Educating the Modern Housewife

the modernist

the skinny

The Medium and the Message: Keywords at Tate Liverpool

the skinny

Architecture on the Carpet: The Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings

the modernist

Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900–2000

the modernist

Interview: Paulette Terry Brien of the International 3

corridor8

Small Museums #4: Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum

creative tourist

Dan Graham: Past Future Split Attention, Manchester International Festival

corridor8

Manchester International Festival: Art as Experience

the skinny

Manchester Bike Month: Saddle Up

the skinny

Manchester History: The Bees, The Bees!

creative tourist

Jane & Louise Wilson: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

corridor8

Manchester Music: Delia Derbyshire Day at Band on the Wall

creative tourist

The White Poppy: Pacifism and the Co-operative Women’s Guild

the working class movement library

The Decorated School: Re-evaluating the Role of Art in the Classroom

the modernist

Get Dirty, Look at Art: The Irwell Sculpture Trail

creative tourist

Daniel Fogarty’s Totem: Work, Leisure and the Art of Being Useful

bureau

Sixties Film: Showing a Modern Britain

the modernist

William Mitchell: Artist, Designer, Inventor

the modernist

An Evening with Steve Reich, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

muso

A Mother Tongue, Esperanto: A Language for All

the modernist

A Woman’s Place: King’s Arms, Salford

manchester mule

B of the Bang: 2005–2009

manchester mule

Thomas Paine: Champion of the Common Man, Salford Museum & Art Gallery

manchester mule

Severe Cutbacks at the MEN

manchester mule

Selected Writing

I have many years’ freelance writing experience, beginning my career writing for local newspapers. Over the past decade and a half, I have developed a specialism in arts and cultural criticism, features writing and local interest journalism. I have written for local, regional and national publications, as well as specialist titles, including Manchester Confidential, Big Issue in the North, The Co-operative News, Creative Tourist, The Modernist, Corridor8, A⁠-⁠N and Art Monthly. I have also been commissioned by individual artists, galleries and other organisations.

From 2019 – 2021 I was one of the core writing team for the Fourdrinier, a publication founded by Paper Gallery in Manchester, and from 2016 – 2021 I was a core writer for print and online publication Manchester Review of Books, focusing primarily on architecture, art and urbanism.

Off the Map: Déirdre Kelly & Carolyn Curtis Magri at the Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery

déirdre kelly & carolyn curtis magri

New Century Hall: From Co-operative Hall to Teenage Disco

the modernist

Gladly Beyond: Ten Obstructions, Rogue Studios, Manchester

ten obstructions

Recipes for Baking Bread: Sara Nesteruk

sara nesteruk

Andrew Bibby Draws Lessons from the Legacy of Co-operative Housing

co-operative news

The Chester Tapestry

the modernist

Shy Radicals: Tom Dream

art monthly

The Artist as Crime Scene Investigator: Carolyn Curtis Magri’s Forensic Drawings

the fourdrinier

The Turnpike: Planting Cultural Seeds in Leigh

the turnpike

Playing with Words: A Three-way Conversation Between Natalie Bradbury, Laura Hopkinson & Darren Nixon

the fourdrinier

Flights of Fancy: A Three-way Conversation Between Natalie Bradbury, Laura Hopkinson & Darren Nixon

the fourdrinier

the fourdrinier

art monthly

Annie Bamford Tomlinson: Co-operator, Campaigner, Journalist

co-operative news

Linderism: Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

the fourdrinier

Study of Co-operative Architecture Shows How the Movement Changed England

co-operative news

Around the North in Sound: Noizechoir’s Graphic Scores

the fourdrinier

The Explosive and the Anodyne in Manchester’s Public Art: B of the Bang and Dad’s Halo Effect

shock city

What Does the Future Hold? Revisiting the Tarot Deck in Contemporary Art

the fourdrinier

Inky Fingers: Talking Fanzines with Shy Bairns

the fourdrinier

Darren Nixon: Painting and Collaboration

the fourdrinier

Amalia Pica: Private & Confidential, New Art Gallery, Walsall

the fourdrinier

Rings of Saturn: Hondartza Fraga’s Cassini Images

the fourdrinier

Physical Land, Visual Landscapes

the fourdrinier

Art by the Metre: Jenny Steele’s Wallpaper for Crosby Library

the fourdrinier

Making Connections: Jade Montserrat on Art on the Underground

the fourdrinier

An Education through Art: Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the National Arts Education Archive

the modernist

Chris Paul Daniels: Northern Lights, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool

corridor8

SS Norris, Stockport

skyliner

Herstory: Women Artists from the Collection of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Touchstones, Rochdale

corridor8

Andy & Peter Holden: Natural Selection

corridor8

Mary Griffiths: Wild Honey, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

corridor8

Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson: In the Family of the Carbons, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

art monthly

School Prints: The Hepworth Wakefield

corridor8

Sex and the Landlord

the sociological review

Sam Meech: Time Back Way Back, Signal Film & Media, Barrow-in-Furness

corridor8

Henry & Joyce Collins’ BHS Murals: Bringing Art to the High Street

the modernist

How Co-operative Architecture has Shaped Britain’s Skylines

co-operative news

Carel Weight RA: Artist, Advisor, Collector and Benefactor, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle

corridor8

New Era for Turnpike Gallery, Leigh: “Art and Culture are a Catalyst for the Town”

a–n

From Camouflage to Coventry: The Art of Steven Sykes

the modernist

Pictures for Schools: Forgotten but not Quite Gone

the modernist

Greater Manchester Police Museum

creative tourist

Three Years of Bolton’s International Neo:artprize

neo:artprize

Woman’s Outlook: Educating the Modern Housewife

the modernist

the skinny

The Medium and the Message: Keywords at Tate Liverpool

the skinny

Architecture on the Carpet: The Curious Tale of Construction Toys and the Genesis of Modern Buildings

the modernist

Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900–2000

the modernist

Interview: Paulette Terry Brien of the International 3

corridor8

Small Museums #4: Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum

creative tourist

Dan Graham: Past Future Split Attention, Manchester International Festival

corridor8

Manchester International Festival: Art as Experience

the skinny

Manchester Bike Month: Saddle Up

the skinny

Manchester History: The Bees, The Bees!

creative tourist

Jane & Louise Wilson: Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

corridor8

Manchester Music: Delia Derbyshire Day at Band on the Wall

creative tourist

The White Poppy: Pacifism and the Co-operative Women’s Guild

the working class movement library

The Decorated School: Re-evaluating the Role of Art in the Classroom

the modernist

Get Dirty, Look at Art: The Irwell Sculpture Trail

creative tourist

Daniel Fogarty’s Totem: Work, Leisure and the Art of Being Useful

bureau

Sixties Film: Showing a Modern Britain

the modernist

William Mitchell: Artist, Designer, Inventor

the modernist

An Evening with Steve Reich, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

muso

A Mother Tongue, Esperanto: A Language for All

the modernist

A Woman’s Place: King’s Arms, Salford

manchester mule

B of the Bang: 2005–2009

manchester mule

Thomas Paine: Champion of the Common Man, Salford Museum & Art Gallery

manchester mule

Severe Cutbacks at the MEN

manchester mule