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Manchester’s Open City photography day
Photo by Andrew Brooks Now this is an event which is right up my street. After spending a considerable amount of money on a beautiful Nikon I still haven’t read the instruction booklet (much to the amusement of my friends). Manchester’s Cityco has organised an Open City photography day which gives up to 100 people the chance [...] -
A Raisin In The Sun reviewed
Lorraine Hansberry’s famous drama, A Raisin in the Sun, came to the Royal Exchange in Manchester over the past month and I was sent to discover what the play was really about. Hansberry’s family drama focuses on a black family, the Youngers, who reside on the Southside of Chicago in 1959. Even though the family work [...] -
Five things I’ll remember about Manchester in 2009
So it’s the end of another decade. You can tell you’re getting old when you say ANOTHER decade. Ah I remember the heady days of New Year’s Eve in 1999, with the ridiculous fear that the world as we know it might end because of a date setting. Manchester Is Ace was born last December, which [...] -
Factory Manchester: is this 1989?
Sooo Factory Manchester is back? Well, it seems so judging by the Facebook group I am a member of, which now has 3853 members. Fac251 is a new indie and rock and roll club from Peter Hook (nicely timed in with his Hacienda book then!), designer Ben Kelly and Funktion One. Now don’t all shout at me, [...] -
Get wordy with Manchester Literature Festival
Manchester Literature Festival has some really great events this year, and I’m gutted that I’ve been too busy to get to any of them yet. The city has an incredibly rich history of writing and literature, including A Clockwork Orange writer Anthony Burgess, Elizabeth Gaskell, Janette Winterson and one of my favourites, Withington-based writer Melvin [...] -
Festival Finale Weekend at Albert Square
Paul Heathcote, who was giving a chef demo at St Ann’s Square. We’re now in the middle of Manchester Food and Drink Festival , after it launched last week with a glitzy bash at Manchester Art Gallery. Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows I’m doing some freelance PR work for the festival so I’ve been watching [...] -
Angels With Manky Faces, Library Theatre Manchester
UPDATE…I’ve just heard the play is being performed again which is great news for anyone who missed it first time round because it was sold out. Angels With Manky Faces will be performed at the Dancehouse on Friday, November 6 at 8pm and Sunday, November 8 at 3pm and 7pm. Tickets are £10 (£9 concs). Dancehouse [...] -
Zouk’s Slumdog Millionaire charity extravaganza
There was lots of food, lots of drink and lots of cool belly dancers. Yes this was raising money for charity the fun way. None of this making people wear orange tabards, giving them clipboards and making them chase you down the street for your bank details. No sir, there are more genteel ways of engaging [...] -
Bread and Butter (or how piadinas changed my life)
Two weeks ago I didn’t even know what a piadina was. Now I’d eat them for breakfast, lunch and tea if I could (yes really). After months of wanting to go and check out Bread and Butter in the Northern Quarter I finally got there. One lunchtime visit was thwarted because it was just too [...]