I love being in a museum when it’s closed – there’s all manner of weird sights and sounds after hours. And so, once again, the fifth year of the Football Writing Festival afforded the opportunity to witness Michael...
Read MoreWhen I was little, I played football for my primary school in North London. Once, during a tournament in 1984, our mixed team was disqualified after getting through to the semi-finals. The girls were told to “go and find a...
Read MoreWhen the shiny invitation to the Leesa North West Football Awards dropped on the mat at Northern Soul Towers, I stepped forward. As Sports Correspondent, this is my Oscars for goodness sake, with everyone from the National...
Read MoreBittersweet, the latest exhibition from The Portico Library, looks at the abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates in Manchester and the discussions that were taking place at the time. The exhibition, which sees writer, lecturer...
Read MoreHotel Football and its new sibling Cafe Football are a marketing executive’s dream: a hospitality project backed by real life legendary Manchester footballers with football in the title and football memorabilia. ...
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