When Bonnie Raitt launched her career in the late 60s, she took her lead not from flash-in-the-pan chart-botherers but from the blues and folk greats she would see on the Boston club circuit, people like Muddy Waters,...
Read MoreWhen you think of Harold Pinter’s plays, what comes to mind? The Pinter Pause? Naturally. Dysfunctional relationships? Probably. Brutal dialogue? Maybe. But what about humour? Last night, at the Royal Exchange’s...
Read MoreThe trouble with coriander is this: it’s a herb that divides opinion. If you like, it’s the Marmite of the herb world: you either love it or hate it and it tends to provoke a strong reaction in people, rather than...
Read MoreThere’s really no better way to spend a sunny, Sunday afternoon in Manchester in June – in my humble and correct opinion – than in the dark. Not everyone likes the sun, you know. In fact, there are roughly 50 people...
Read MoreIsn’t it always the way? You wait for one Northern comedy hero and then two come along at once. I was at Oldham Coliseum to see one of Sheffield’s greatest exports, John Shuttleworth, and, as I got settled into my seat,...
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