Author: Stephanie Alderson
Review: The Music of Star Wars Episodes I – VII, The Hallé, Manchester
I have a confession. I flippin’ love film music.
Read the full story..A guide to Pokémon Go
Is your child chirping on about Charizard? Is your bezzie boasting about battles? Are your gal pals glued to their phones more than usual?
Read the full story..Canny Cards and Mint Mugs: Northern Soul talks to Wot Ma Like
Do you ever feel frustrated that all Mother’s Day cards say Mum instead of Mam? Or annoyed that your flatmates don’t know what you mean when you say “Mek us a brew”?
Read the full story..Review: PLAY it! Manchester
Flex your thumbs gamers, Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry’s celebration of more than 30 years of video gaming is back and this year there are even more games to play.
Read the full story..For the love of gaming
A warm, spring breeze lifts my hair as I crest the hill and, turning, wait for my friends to catch up.
Read the full story..Review: Tampopo, Corn Exchange, Manchester
In Manchester’s newly refurbished Corn Exchange there is an underground den of East Asian delights.
Read the full story..Review: The River Restaurant, Lowry Hotel, Salford
The Lowry Hotel is posh. As in porter-opening-your-taxi-door kind of posh. It’s probably the poshest posh in Manchester City Centre. And the food is posh too.
Read the full story..Winter Wonderland Afternoon Tea, Cloud 23, Manchester
I had the highest afternoon tea in Manchester.
Read the full story..Fenwick’s Christmas Window
“The boards are up,” my grandma tells me earnestly over the phone. “They’ve started building the Fenwick’s window.”
Read the full story..Review: Pizza Express, First Street, Manchester
On a balmy October day the editor of Northern Soul and her deputy sit on the astro-turfed terrace of First Street’s Pizza Express sipping cool drinks in the afternoon sun. Yep, you read that right – sun in October! In Manchester!
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
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