Things to do in Manchester

There's been a growing consensus over the last few years that, whilst Didsbury remains a pretty nice place to live, it doesn't neces...

We all have our weaknesses. One of mine is cheese, although to be honest this has now gone so far as to be regarded as a way of life rather ...

There are few things in life so satisfying as a really good pie. Indeed, whilst I would like to make bold claims that my defection from the ...

There are many, many things I love about Manchester. I consider it to be absolutely the perfect size, for example - large enough to have lot...

A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be a judge at The Great Didsbury Bake Off, a position for which I felt I had been in training my enti...

There's been a lot of talk in the last couple of weeks about blogger integrity. This began with an interesting piece from Jay Rayner abo...

Now, truth be told, I am pretty fond of Winter. I like that I have a birthday in November, for example, and that throughout December the pr...

Never let it be said that I am not a true professional. Not content to educate eager young minds all day, every day during the week, I choos...