‘One sure way to bring people together is to give them a really good enemy.’ When I was six or seven, my mother sat me down in front of an old black and white film and said, “you must watch this.”...
Read MoreWhen I first moved to Manchester, I stumbled drunkenly into The King’s Arms one night and asked whereabouts in Manchester I was, only to be greeted with surly grimaces from the locals and told in no uncertain terms that I was,...
Read MoreIf you’re putting on a big, family-friendly theatre production at this time of year, essentially you’re faced with two options. You can go for a full-on, traditional “It’s behind you!” panto, or else you can...
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