Monthly Archives: October 2013
Chef Tony takes a walk on the Wild(bloods) side
CHEF TONY SAYS: With this recipe it’s worth knowing a good butcher. When I say good I don’t mean the one that gives the best price, I mean the one who knows his stuff.
Read the full story..James Martin comes to Manchester
“Northerners like bigger portions.” Ain’t that the truth. But when James Martin says so, this truism takes on a whole new resonance.
Read the full story..Martha Tilston, Parenthood and Wagamama
Speaking over the phone from her home in Cornwall, Martha Tilston commences the interview by ushering her two small daughters away. Music is marbled right through Tilston’s family.
Read the full story..The Manchester Man
There’s a street in the heart of Manchester called ‘Scotland’. Just ‘Scotland’. Not Scotland Road, Scotland Street or Scotland Avenue. Where are you going? Oh, I’m going to Scotland, it’s right next to the River Irk and not far from Victoria Station.
Read the full story..Northern Soul – The Launch Party
Oooh, I do like a good do. And so it was that Northern Soul ‘officially’ launched to an unsuspecting public last month.
Read the full story..Mark Radcliffe gets back to his roots
Mark Radcliffe‘s self-confessed career highlight came in 2006 when he won Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes with a suspiciously Cornish-sounding Shane MacGowan.
Read the full story..Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Long Day’s Journey Into Night is the latest show in the Bolton Octagon’s new season. This emotionally complex and conflict-ridden play is at times difficult to deal with, making it compelling theatre.
Read the full story..Poetry and Scones at The Midland
Among the plethora of festivals that Manchester now hosts and boasts, the Literature Festival is neither as loud as the International Festival nor as beery as the Food and Drink Festival. It does not possess the quiet cool of the Jazz Festival or the bloody horror of Grim Up North. What it does possess is the grace and grandeur that only writers can provide.
Read the full story..The Veloplan
Have you ever set yourself a plan for the year to come? I have. Traditionally these commitments are made on New Year’s day and are broken well before February is out. This plan is different.
Read the full story..The Hallé and Shostakovich…the Power and the Glory
Earlier this month the Hallé opened its 155th season. It would be reasonable to expect that the orchestra, one of the undoubted cultural crown jewels of Manchester, wanted to start things off with a bang, so to speak.
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