Author: Robert Hamilton
Food Review: Canto, Ancoats, Manchester
It was a disgustingly wet Friday 13th and the day after the General Election when I found Helen Nugent, Editor of Northern Soul, at the bar of Canto.
Opera Review: Dialogues des Carmelites, RNCM, Manchester
As tradition would have it, here at the OperaWatch office our Christmas celebrations start when the tickets for the Royal Northern College of Music’s December production arrive.
Opera Review: Bluebeard’s Castle by Béla Bartók and Sinfonetta by Leoš Janáček, Opera North, Huddersfield Town Hall
The first thing that greets you as you leave Huddersfield Train Station is the tall statue of the short Harold Wilson, well 5’ 8” according to Google.
Festive Food Review: Comptoir Libanais, Spinningfields, Manchester
Comptoir Libanais nestles comfortably among Spanish and Thai fare in The Avenue, the fast-growing eating and drinking destination in Manchester’s Spinningfields.
Review: The Greek Passion by Bohuslav Martinü, Opera North, The Lowry, Salford
Saturday night was going to be big.
Food Review: Bill’s Restaurant, Spinningfields, Manchester
Bill Collison says that his new restaurant is his 79th although he is keen to stress that it’s not a chain. “Each one is different, each one has its own soul.”
Food Review: Erst, Ancoats, Manchester
There’s a buzz about eating out in Manchester city centre.
Preview: OperaWatch, Autumn 2019
As the month of November approaches, we are well and truly into Autumn which can mean only one thing: the return of a new opera season.
Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton
About this time last year, I took retirement.
Review: The Intelligence Park, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
There is an old joke that goes like this.
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