ginnel; ˈɡɪn(ə)l/ noun; Northern English a narrow passage between buildings; an alley I love a good ginnel. I like the sound of the word, what it conjures up, and the myriad of totally brilliant ginnels in the North of...
Read MoreNew Year’s resolutions for the students among us are made, not in January as you’d expect, but in September. Stationery is fawned over and purchased with last Christmas’s WHSmith gift cards, library books are checked out only to...
Read MoreI’ve officially finished my first year of university. The initial exams are behind me and the results are a looming source of anxiety that I’m pushing firmly to the back of my mind. First year has gone by at a ridiculous pace so...
Read More‘As you dry your clothes once again Upon the radiator What makes Britain great Makes Manchester yet greater’ Manchester by The Beautiful South You know how it is. Monday morning. You wake up, rub sleep from your eyes...
Read MoreAn unfortunate flirtation with glandular fever left me bedbound for most of the Christmas holidays, meaning this Easter is the first time I’ve really spent time in Manchester since moving down South. So, this latest blog is an...
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