There can be few places as profoundly lonely as the stage in a one man production. In the end everything – script, direction and production – is dependent on the performance of just one individual. The creation of a unique...
Read MoreGrilled Bury black pudding with crispy bacon salad and wholegrain mustard dressing CHEF TONY SAYS: a classic pub favourite using not only a Lancashire favourite but a product from my home town. You will see this dish on...
Read MoreMaybe I’m a bit jaded or maybe I’ve had too many meals that were overpriced, overcooked and, praise the lord, over quickly, but I never expect very much from city centre dining. So it’s really, really nice to...
Read MoreWhen I first picked up Susan Hill’s gothic masterpiece, The Woman in Black, I was so unnerved by the novel I had to limit my reading to daylight hours. That book freaked the bejaysus out of me. And so it was with a mixture...
Read MoreAfter the success of her first novel, I Have Waited, and You Have Come, a troubling account of the impact of rising sea levels on a northern English county, author Martine McDonagh (who, by the by, once managed legendary...
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