Hotels
Review: The Lowry Hotel Spa, Salford
It’s been more than a decade since I first visited The Lowry Hotel Spa.
Restaurant review: The Lowry Hotel, Salford
Say the words ‘hotel food’ and what springs to mind?
Review: Afternoon Tea at Cloud 23, Manchester Hilton
Rejoice! There’s an afternoon tea offering in Manchester that eschews crustless cucumber sandwiches and dry scones. It’s the autumnal-themed tea at Hilton Deansgate.
Review: The Forest Side Hotel, Grasmere
Aptly named, this four-star hotel and acclaimed restaurant in the Lake District sits in the lee of a steep slope of trees.
Bar brawls and fighting dogs: Northern Soul samples the cocktail menu at Manchester’s Store Street
When you check into a hotel in Manchester and they tell you their bar is themed around local history, you can imagine the usual suspects: cotton, trains, bees, football, the Haçienda.
Review: Sunday Best at The Principal Hotel and The Refuge, Manchester
Recently, I came across a snap of the new signage on the old Palace Hotel building. It was posted on Instagram and the photographer had commented how it was odd to see another name on the iconic, Victorian building.
Review: Mulled Wine Scrub at The Lowry Hotel, Salford
The last time I was offered a full body massage, I was staying on Gili Trawangan, an island just off the coast of Bali. It was so brutal that I felt like I’d accidently entered a wrestling competition – and lost.
Review: Hilton Manchester’s Science Lab Afternoon Tea
Technology – apparently it’s all in the cloud these days. Never was this more the case than up on Cloud 23 in the Hilton on Manchester’s Deansgate.
Review: The River Restaurant, Lowry Hotel, Salford
The Lowry Hotel is posh. As in porter-opening-your-taxi-door kind of posh. It’s probably the poshest posh in Manchester City Centre. And the food is posh too.
Review: St Mary’s Inn, Northumberland
One day last month I woke up in an asylum.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
Hurrah and huzzah! Entries for the 2018 Northern Soul Awards, to be held at Manchester Cathedral on November 15th, are now open. And it won’t cost you a penny. For more information, visit our awards website. #NSAwards18
The Northern Soul Poll
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