I love that our patron saint in England is St George. What nationality do you think he was? Not English of course. St George ...

Over recent years there have been rumblings of an Ideal revival, possible as a feature film, but for its anniversary it’s ...

At the last, in bridling against the bridal, it subversively snatches the bouquet. With its flattened vowels and rounded ...

Russell T Davies, it’s fair to say, has the gift of the gab. A master of the press release soundbite and its carnivalesque come-hither call, more importantly he’s an eloquent and impassioned disputant ...

There were other Barbie movies. Before the one that didn’t quite live up to the existential dread promised by its trailer, there was an entire parade of them, each an incremental step forward in the ...

Any, Body, Home, the current group show of work by female artists at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, doesn’t make it easy for the visitor. While a significant part of the exhibition is contained ...

Steady in its ways though it might seem now, as recently as 1866 the River Irwell rose beyond its bounds in Lower Broughton, flooding much of the area including the then recently-instituted Peel Park.

And so to the hottest dining ticket in town, Bangkok Diners Club, upstairs in the Edinburgh Castle pub in Manchester’s Ancoats. It’s a new venture from husband and wife team Ben and Bo Humphreys from ...

Whenever the English gather, the talk soon comes round to the best ‘full English’. Along with the ubiquitous Sunday Roast, this collection of eggs, bacon, sausage and beans with various add-ons such ...

It’s July 2025, the hottest day of the year, and I’m clearing out my desk in the OperaWatch office at Northern Soul Towers. After 12 years as Northern Soul’s Opera Correspondent, I’m stepping down.

I never feel that summer has really started until I’ve been to the outdoor show in Lancaster’s Williamson Park. The Dukes have been producing a family show in these bucolic surroundings almost ...

As a man who, throughout my teens and student years in Manchester, argued passionately that The Who were simply the best live band in the world and that their 70s’ albums were pretty close to perfect ...