Things to do in Manchester

I love Manchester. I may not have one of those posters in my window proclaiming my allegiance, but that doesn't mean I don't heart m...

Now, obviously I like to hope each finely-crafted, perfectly-honed blog post that I send out into the world is unique - an impeccable nugget...

To all intents and purposes, October used to be a pretty boring month. A safe month. A well-behaved haven of quiet nights in and abstinence ...

So, 1983. I've got to be honest, I don't really have many clear memories of 1983; I was alive, certainly, and probably perfectly hap...

This time last week, I was bemoaning the heat. A short walk into Didsbury and back had rendered me virtually unconscious, able to do little ...

Now, I am aware that over the last few years, I have inadvertently acquired something of a reputation as a bon viveur; indeed, a casual glan...

Now, I am obviously aware that my reputation for restraint and abstinence became irreparably tarnished some time ago, and that starting up a...

As previously noted, I have a weakness for booking theatre tickets during the week, when I am too tired to do anything other than slump lang...

If there's one thing the good people of Britain enjoy, it's a nice queue. We just can't resist it. It's the reason that I sa...

There's no two ways about it; the Manchester Gastroclub is a very fine thing. Katie Brunt's merry band of convivial eaters take ove...

I fear that we have all done it: blithely organised an evening out for a school night with little thought for practicalities or potential af...

You know you're in for a good night when your friend (and partner in crime for the evening) posts "tonight I'm gonna party like...

I must come clean and admit - perhaps to no-one's great surprise - that I didn't study anything to do with business at school. Inste...

It strikes me that, by and large, hotel restaurants must be a tricky thing to get right. I fear that for many of us, raised on a diet of sit...

Now obviously I am fully aware that, by and large, it pays to be forward-thinking and look to the future rather than the past. There is no p...