Things to do in Manchester

In food terms, I can't really think of any item so potentially varying in quality as a sausage. A quality banger is a thing of beauty, c...

Now, I know there's a serious risk that many of you will be as fed up with Mr Liz's epic "Birthday Fortnight" (which, inci...

A few years ago, I decided that birthdays were just too much fun to be restricted to one day per annum, and enthusiastically adopted the tra...

Sometimes, just sometimes, British food takes a bit of a beating. As I type this, I'm picturing a manicured fleet of whippet-thin Italia...

As previously discussed, there are certain words in the English language that quite naturally collocate; in other words, they go together, l...

I think we're probably all familiar with the term "D-Day", a phrase which originated from the invasion of Normandy during Worl...

Anyone who uses social media will pretty much be aware by now what a double-edged sword sites such as Twitter can be. Particularly if you...

First of all, apologies for the longish silence (or, alternatively: you're welcome). Things to do in Manchester has been away, on a spir...

Now, I realise that for regular readers, it's about the time of the month that I entertain you with tales of testicle-eating and squirre...

I often think I should have been born in the nineteenth century, perhaps around 1836 or similar. True, I'm not sure about the whole outs...

I'll be honest: this may be a shorter blog post than normal. It may be shorter than normal, because I am tired. I am tired because of Mo...

One of the very nicest things about getting older is that you're allowed to like whatever music you want, without fear of recrimination....

Now, in my (almost) five years of writing this blog, I have discovered it to have two key advantages. Firstly, it is an excellent displaceme...

Now don't get me wrong - I like a four day weekend as much as the next person. More, possibly, if that next person is a responsible, gro...