I love being in a museum when it’s closed – there’s all manner of weird sights and sounds after hours. And so, once again, the fifth year of the Football Writing Festival afforded the opportunity to witness Michael...
Read MoreWhen I was little, I played football for my primary school in North London. Once, during a tournament in 1984, our mixed team was disqualified after getting through to the semi-finals. The girls were told to “go and find a...
Read MoreWhen the shiny invitation to the Leesa North West Football Awards dropped on the mat at Northern Soul Towers, I stepped forward. As Sports Correspondent, this is my Oscars for goodness sake, with everyone from the National...
Read MoreWhat would my 14-year-old self say? My most recent Saturday ‘big night out’ was spent with a 50-something gent at a 50th birthday party, with a playlist solely supplied by BBC Radio 2. But this was a special party: the 50th...
Read MoreBittersweet, the latest exhibition from The Portico Library, looks at the abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates in Manchester and the discussions that were taking place at the time. The exhibition, which sees writer, lecturer...
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