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Even These Things, Royal Exchange, Manchester
It’s hard to write about love. In doing so, there’s inevitably a discomfiting...
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Wellies, Beethoven and Mary Poppins: Sir Stephen Hough at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
At the Sir Stephen Hough piano recital at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, I noticed a man in...
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Work out like a gladiator: Chester’s Roman rumba
At the beginning of 2026, a crowd gathered at Chester’s Roman Amphitheatre to bring in the New...
50 years on: Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Back in early 2001, David Nolan was enjoying a decent career as a documentary producer for Granada...
50 years on: Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall, Manchester
Back in early 2001, David Nolan was enjoying a decent career as a documentary producer for Granada...
A pairing of Chicken and Crémant: Butter Bird, Manchester
Chicken is having a moment. I’m not sure the birds themselves would agree, but there are...
‘I embrace wonky things’ Hannah Baxendale on joy, collaboration and bobbles
On a gloomy Sunday in Sale, south Manchester, Hannah Baxendale opens her front door in a red...
