Monthly Archives: November 2015
A Brine Romance: Inside the Lion Salt Works
For many years, I thought I could take it or leave it. It wasn’t something I needed to discuss.
Winter Wonderland Afternoon Tea, Cloud 23, Manchester
I had the highest afternoon tea in Manchester.
Wonderland & Other Adventures: Julie Hesmondhalgh
I’m sitting in the Royal Northern College of Music, a leading international conservatoire a mile south of Manchester city centre. Next to me is Julie Hesmondhalgh.
Review: The Sip Club, Stretford, Manchester
As Storm Barney battered Manchester, I set out like an intrepid explorer to discover a mysterious bar in Stretford.
Chips ‘n’ Gravy: braving the Big Smoke
As a Manchester lass, I faced a bit of a struggle when it came to choosing my university.
Review: The BFG, Bolton Octagon
There’s no two ways about it: in the field of children’s literature, Roald Dahl is, well, a giant.
Photo Gallery: Newcastle’s Grainger Town
A gorgeous black and white gallery of Newcastle’s Grainger Town by Phil Pounder. Of Grainger Town’s 450 buildings, 244 are listed, of which 29 are grade I and 49 are grade II*. Just lovely.
Review: Whitby Goth Weekend
Back in the late 80s I used to stride out of my parents’ house in tie-dye leggings, thick black eye liner and clumpy boots. It caused a bit of a stir in my small town in Cheshire – though that wasn’t difficult to do back then.
The Last Act of Love
“We read to know we’re not alone.” If, like me, you sat in a darkened cinema in the early 1990s watching Shadowlands, all the while trying to stifle unrelenting tears, then you may remember this line.
Review: The Barber of Seville, Jenůfa, Kiss Me, Kate, Salford
Kiss Me, Kate opens with Another Op’nin’, Another Show, a hymn to hoofers and thespians everywhere.
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