The Shrieking Violet issue 19

Third birthday edition.

Manchester-based filmmaker Richard Howe continues his series on mental health in the movies by looking at Jesus' Son, directed by Alison Maclean.

Natalie Bradbury visits the National Football Museum to find out what it has to offer a non-sports fan.

Anouska Smith offers a guide to some of the best places to drink tea in Manchester.

Simon Sheppard profiles Pierre Baume, a 19th century radical and eccentric (imaginatively illustrated by Dominic Oliver).

Kenn Taylor considers some of the implications of the privatisation and fragmentation of our railway system.

Photographer James Robinson provides the Shrieking Violet with its first animal feature, 'Perros y gatos'.

Architect Joe Austin pays tribute to three post-war murals in London and Coventry, by Dorothy Annan, Gordon Cullen and William Mitchell, and highlights the often-uncertain future of public artworks like these.

Liz Buckley reviews Stanya Kahn's exhibition 'It's Cool, I'm Good', currently on in the Cornerhouse galleries.

Read the first chapter of Matthew Duncan Taylor's novel 'Godfrey'.

Find out more about the Video Jam project from its founder, artist Sarah Hill.

A recipe for delicious apricot and poppy seed bread from Shrieking Violet favourite Bakerie in the Northern Quarter.

The cover is by Hannah Bitowski, who is based at the Royal Standard in Liverpool.

Contact email: natalie.rose.bradbury@googlemail.com