Author: Hayley-Jane Sims
It’s just not cricket: sexism in sport
As you may have already noticed, I like to big up women who play sport.
A Summer of Sport: Let’s Hear it for the Women
Hey, summer. It’s nice to see you.
Avert your eyes, I’m a feminist
Feminism. Only recently have I become aware of the sheer terror this word can inflict on people.
Work, Work, Work: the unrelenting struggle for success
So you’re miserable in your job and desperate to fulfil your dream of being *insert perfect career here*? I hear you.
A hairdresser with a difference: Bury’s Grönn Hair Salon
If you’ve bobbed about Bury recently, you might have seen an intriguing new shop front on Bolton Street.
What Pride means to me
Hurrah! The Manchester gay celebrations are almost upon us.
Book review: We Go Around In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire
Manchester? Check. Lesbians? Check. Gangsters? Oh, go on then. Reading the blurb of this debut novel by Jules Grant, a former barrister from Manchester, is more than enough to pique my interest.
Olly Knights, lead singer of Turin Brakes, talks to Northern Soul
It’s been 15 years since an intriguing noise lulled soothingly out of my radio. It prompted me to obsessively listen to said radio until said song was played again and I could put a name to the tune
Ramsbottom Chocolate Festival: nom, nom, nom…
Ramsbottom certainly knows how to appeal to the masses: chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate.
Man-Woman of Manchester: an extraordinary story
In 1859 the body of a man by the name of Harry Stokes washed up in the River Irwell. Upon examination, it was discovered that twice-married Stokes was biologically female and had been successfully living the life of a Victorian man in Manchester.
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