One of the great pleasures of this job is the occasional invitation to evenings such as this. I call it ‘informative imbibing’, wherein you take in as much information as you do drink. My advice is to carry a notebook and...
Read MoreThe excitement in the office at OperaWatch was palpable. After an away day in Lancaster, we were back on home turf with the return of Opera North at The Lowry. The Spring season always marks the beginning of our year when all...
Read MoreIt’s the end of a fantastic spring season by Opera North at Salford’s Lowry. My companion tonight is The Blonde (The Brunette and The Blonde are both called Susan, so hair colour helps me to distinguish between them). Both have...
Read MoreIn a new series called Hamiltonic, Northern Soul’s Gin Correspondent Robert Hamilton samples the best gin and talks to the people who make it. This week, he chats to the good folk at Arbikie Gin and sips a few samples....
Read MoreOh, the irony! I had to miss the Marx Brothers’ A Night at the Opera for a night at the opera. The film contains one of my all-time favourite shticks: “there ain’t no sanity clause”, which Chico says to Groucho at the...
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