I first met Ben at The Gin Society do at Manchester Cathedral a few weeks ago. Ben is the commercial and sales manager of Bashall Spirits, based in the Ribble Valley village of Bashall Eaves. Proud of their name and...
Read MoreOn the eve of the EU referendum in 2016, Richard Mantle, the general director of Opera North, warned of the detrimental effect a no vote would have on the “enormous talent pool which is Europe”. So far, there has been no...
Read MoreComptoir Libanais nestles comfortably among Spanish and Thai fare in The Avenue, the fast-growing eating and drinking destination in Manchester’s Spinningfields. On weekend evenings it can resemble something that...
Read MoreThe first thing that greets you as you leave Huddersfield Train Station is the tall statue of the short Harold Wilson, well 5’ 8” according to Google. Despite the fact I heckled him in 1974, I’ve always thought of him as the...
Read MoreAs tradition would have it, here at the OperaWatch office our Christmas celebrations start when the tickets for the Royal Northern College of Music’s December production arrive. We have the usual office party with all the...
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