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Gardening is glorious
My Gran used to say that the best thing about gardening was the anticipation.
Read the full story..“Libraries are hanging on by their fingernails.” Author Patrick Gale talks to Northern Soul
The novelist Patrick Gale knows how to write an opening line.
Read the full story..Gardening is good
It may sound a bit twee, but my garden is my sanctuary. Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed, overworked or overwrought, I open the back door, step outside and immediately feel better.
Read the full story..Food Review: Northcote, Langho, Blackburn
I am many things but I am not a good cook.
Read the full story..Review: The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the adventures of Mog the Forgetful Cat, Z-arts, Manchester
As I looked at the oversized cat flap, built to let children into Mog the Forgetful Cat’s world, I let out a sigh.
Read the full story..Review: LEGOLAND, Trafford Centre, Manchester
It’s four years since I last took my niece to LEGOLAND at Manchester’s Trafford Centre.
Read the full story..Review: The Black Bull, Sedbergh
Is Sedbergh a town that can’t make up its mind?
Read the full story..The spirit of the north: actress Holliday Grainger talks to Northern Soul
It’s not all about the glamour when you’re a famous actress, as I find out when I chat to Holliday Grainger. “I was in Mauritius yesterday and now I’m in Blackburn,” she tells me.
Read the full story..Northern noir: crime author M.W. Craven talks to Northern Soul
Morse, Vera, Poirot and, um, Kojak.
Read the full story..Festive Food Review: The Creameries, Chorlton, Manchester
The first time I ate Mary-Ellen McTague‘s food I was not long back in the North and nursing a bad break-up as well as a conscious uncoupling from my long-term London job.
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