Manchester Blog

Well we had a beautiful day on Thursday, 4th June. Friday was great until about 4pm and then the heavens opened.
 
Today? Well Saturday is looking gloomier.
 
Basically, today’s weather has been a lot more of the same. It’s chucking it down. I can see a couple of very bedraggled marshals standing at the front of [...]

Could Cameron Mackintosh put on Mary Poppins in the theatre without losing the magic the Disney film generated? I took 3 of my children to check it out and review it for my loyal readers.

Manchester’s Band on the Wall. How it’s going with the refurb…

I’m sure many people in Manchester were shocked by Mr Manchester’s death by a heart attack. That’s been reported on all over the place.
Interestingly, while he appeared to have quite a gruff persona he went out of his way to help a lone American see Manchester as it should be seen, and to explain [...]

I was listening to xfm this morning and the presenter was reading out the latest sightings of Sabi Rock.
First Quay Street and then Trinity Way in Salford. I do not know if this is a regular occurrence, but if you can get yourself talked about on radio by simply walking round with a [...]