Author: Robert Hamilton
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.”
Read the full story..Food Review: Erst, Ancoats, Manchester
There’s a buzz about eating out in Manchester city centre.
Read the full story..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.
Read the full story..Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton
About this time last year, I took retirement.
Read the full story..Review: The Intelligence Park, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
There is an old joke that goes like this.
Read the full story..Hamiltonic: Defiance Distillery, Woodend Mill, Oldham
As a professional drinker and gin correspondent, I do not drive.
Read the full story..Review: Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2019 launch, Bistrotheque
On my way to the launch of Manchester’s 22nd Food & Drink Festival, I ponder whether Manchester could become the Lyon of the North.
Read the full story..Food and Drink Review: Three Little Words, Manchester
There was a time when Watson Street was the preserve of garages and mechanics, a through road for MOTs and traffic avoiding the gridlock on Deansgate.
Read the full story..Hamiltonic: Bolton Gin and Rum Festival
Sunday was the day of rest, according to biblical doctrine.
Read the full story..Food Review: Patisserie Valerie, Albion Street, Leeds
This is a bit of a nostalgic trip for me. In the late 70s I studied Fine Art at Leeds Polytechnic when art schools were still the ‘sandboxes of the disaffected’.
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