Manchester Blog

Traditionally Manchester has always sat slightly behind London as the capital of cool in Britain. Sure we’ve consistently produced some of the countries most popular and exciting bands and musicians that will forever be etched in musical history.
It is also home to one of the biggest football clubs in the world, but in [...]

The White Room in Manchester has launched a free course aimed at helping 18-24 year olds start in the media sector by designing original iPhone applications.
The course is backed by Manchester Council, The Cornerhouse and Manchester Metropolitan University. And it will also teach a range of business skills
Over $3bn worth of mobile phone [...]

This is an interesting concept, and they’re looking for people from Manchester too.
Dinner Date producers are asking us Mancunions some key questions:
Are you single?
Are you looking for love?
Do you love good food?

If you can answer yes to those 3 questions then ‘Dinner Date’ sounds like a no-brainer.
Dinner Date is the new show where [...]

Well, it’s a done deal. Heaton Park will have a new sports development.
Of the 3 councillors I contacted 1 replied immediately and one after they’d attended the planning meeting.
As to what they said…
Both councillors made the point that the development was part of the Restoration Masterplan for Heaton Park agreed by English Heritage [...]

Heaton park is still under threat as the Manchester Town Hall planning committee meet to rubber stamp the recommendation by the town planners to allow the go ahead of a sports complex at Heaton Park.
This is the continuing struggle of the council in what seems to be a concerted effort to use the [...]

Speed cameras for a road that sees very little traffic seems very strange.
For some months we’ve been driving up Victoria avenue, from the Heaton Park end, and seen the huge poles that look like fat lamp posts. Then overnight they were transformed into camera gantries with an arm extended over the road way [...]

This last week has been great fun. I’ve had the privilege of building a snowman with my children and having snowball fights with them.
Later in the week my eldest took my two youngest sledging. And they came back cold, damp and filled with glee.
And even the fact that I’ve had to clear [...]

Father Christmas made his grand entrance on a horse and cart waving to all and sundry at Clayton Hall last Saturday.
So Christmas has arrived! My children were roped in to assist Santa Claus dole out presents to excited children. And part of the package (at an astoundingly low price) was to have your [...]

New Museum at Clayton Hall Victorian Museum is a new “Thing To Do In Manchester”

Manchester fun happens thick and fast at this autumnal time of the year. First we had the Halloween Howler over at Clayton Vale. Lots and lots of people (we believe well over 2,000) and they seemed to be having a great time.
Then over here we had the Heaton Park fireworks last night. Yet [...]