I’ve had some posh dinners in my time but I have never, ever been served a meal perched on a dish of artificial turf, all enveloped in a haze of dry ice. Until, that is, I went to the newly-launched Manchester House....
Read MoreKate Rusby is something of a legend, which is some going for someone who is the same age as I am (39, since you ask). Occasionally known as the Barnsley Nightingale, Rusby has been described as the “first lady of young...
Read MoreSome musicians have the ability to write songs that gnaw at your heart. Kathryn Williams is one of them. Ever since Williams released her second album Little Black Numbers – made for the grand sum of £3,000 and nominated for a...
Read More“Northerners like bigger portions.” Ain’t that the truth. But when James Martin says so, this truism takes on a whole new resonance. Having made his name as a TV chef, appearing on such shows as Ready Steady...
Read MoreMark Radcliffe’s self-confessed career highlight came in 2006 when he won Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes with a suspiciously Cornish-sounding Shane MacGowan. It’s not a bad claim to fame for a Bolton-born DJ,...
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