For three seasons of Line of Duty, Craig Parkinson played one of the most obnoxious characters on British telly. Snide, obsequious and ruthless, Matthew ‘Dot’ Cottan was a bent copper, embedded in a team dedicated to...
Read MoreU2 rolled into town as part of their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour and turned Manchester Arena into the smallest large venue around. As Bono explained in his introduction, the band first performed in the city back in 1980, at...
Read MoreNow in its ninth year, Just So Festival, an annual festival for children and their families, returned to Rode Hall in Cheshire earlier this month. It combines theatre, live music, craft, clowning, storytelling, dance,...
Read MoreArchie Swift installed our oven when we came back to Manchester. Archie is a bloke who gets things done. My wife grew up on the same street as Archie, Rosemary and their kids – the ‘always welcome’ family. So when we needed...
Read MoreNorthern Soul’s Head Photographer Chris Payne heads to Manchester Cathedral and takes some atmospheric snaps of the historic and beautiful building. Manchester Cathedral has been centre stage in its city’s...
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