Karen Connolly shares a brew with Dave Haslam in his favourite ‘secret’ cafe, Fig + Sparrow on Manchester’s Oldham Street. Miserable Dave. Groovy Dave. Two of the monikers slapped on Dave Haslam in his early DJing days in...
Read MoreNot content with the success of his critically acclaimed UK tour of 2014, Dr John Cooper Clarke is back in his home town this weekend. He’ll be headlining at Manchester’s O2 Apollo on March 21 where he will be joined by some of...
Read MoreTampopo has brought its signature brand of Pan Asian cuisine to Manchester’s Exchange Square. Karen Connolly takes her ‘hard to please’ 13-year-old son for lunch. Having fed my child a carefully thought-out organic, free-range...
Read MoreThe Whisky Sessions, Manchester’s newest music festival, debuts at the Victoria Warehouse next month with I Am Kloot as a headliner. Karen Connolly reveals what else is in store and chats to Kloot frontman, John Bramwell. With a...
Read MoreKaren Connolly – and likely the rest of Manchester – spent the weekend at a sun-soaked Festival No.6 where the magical village of Portmeirion played host to an eclectic mix of entertainers. It was all a bit like...
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