Monthly Archives: July 2015
Win lunch for two at Manchester House
WIN A SET LUNCH FOR TWO PEOPLE AT MANCHESTER HOUSE
Read the full story..Review: PLAY it! Manchester, MOSI
Back in the late 90s I was stuck on a level of Tomb Raider.
Read the full story..Photo Gallery: St Mary’s Lighthouse, Whitley Bay
Sat on a tiny island just North of Whitley Bay, St Mary’s Lighthouse is a favourite haunt on the North East coast.
Read the full story..Last orders at Intermezzo…
On a cloudless June day in Newcastle, the news sounded like a church bell: unable to secure an extension of its lease, Intermezzo Coffee Bar is to close in April 2016.
Read the full story..Review: All Our Friends are Dead, The Kings Arms, Salford
It’s quite the daunting experience being the only 17-year-old at a pub-theatre. But All Our Friends Are Dead at Salford’s Kings Arms made me realise that I’m just as twisted as everyone else in the audience.
Read the full story..Our Deirdre: a love letter to the Street’s first modern woman
I’ve been trying to work out why I was terribly moved by the death and subsequent tributes to Anne Kirkbride.
Read the full story..Win a set of books by crime writer Kerry Wilkinson
WIN A SET OF BOOKS BY CRIME WRITER KERRY WILKINSON, AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING JESSICA DANIEL SERIES SET IN MANCHESTER
Read the full story..Review: Manchester Film Festival 2015
There have been a few goes at this in past years. All have floundered on the jagged coastline of disinterest, underfunding, crap location, terrible films or bad timing.
Read the full story..Review: Common, Manchester
In Manchester’s Northern Quarter, there’s a certain kind of vibe.
Read the full story..Pre-Theatre Eats: Royal Exchange, Manchester
In the first of a new series focusing on pre-theatre eats in the North West, Northern Soul’s Guy Kilty visits three restaurants within a stone’s throw of Manchester’s Royal Exchange.
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