It’s the first week of relaxed lockdown restrictions, according to Boris Johnson’s roadmap to freedom, and, despite the odd speed bump in Bolton and Blackburn, we’re allowed to eat indoors (with certain restrictions) and even...
Read MoreAccording to my records (random scraps of paper in a Clarks shoebox) it has been some months since I broke bread with Helen, esteemed editor of Northern Soul. Regular readers of mine (hi Fred) will know of my recycled joke about...
Read MoreWe’ve all done it. Looked longingly at a menu and thought, “I could eat all of that”. The beauty of this tapas-style feast is, you can. Lunya in Manchester has been celebrating the best of Spanish cuisine and delivering it...
Read MoreI really like Polish food. My first girlfriend was Polish and her mother used to feed me bigos and kabanos and sauerkraut and pierogi. I loved it. I loved her daughter too, but it didn’t work out. Sigh. I did learn a little...
Read More“I’ve let my parents down. My son down. In fact, sorry to everyone who knows me.” Oh dear. Michelle, my Northern Soul colleague, didn’t enjoy our trip to Manchester’s All Star Lanes quite as much as I...
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