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121.Channel M interview 3: Former Grand Island building and Victoria Baths(Thursday 25th of September 2008 10:40:05 AM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
This morning I did another interview on Channel M. The theme was the repurposing of buildings in Manchester, I talked about the former Grand Island building near Whitworth Street West as well as the Victoria Baths.
This regular interview spot on Channel M takes...
122.Smirnoff’s Manchester Night Vision(Thursday 25th of September 2008 10:27:21 AM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
There’s an unusual initiative launched in today’s Metro by default vodka brand Smirnoff:
Smirnoff Original Nights is proud to present Night Vision – a groundbreaking new initiative to discover, support and celebrate aspiring nightlife promoters of all kinds, from live music to clubs via cabaret and arts-based nights.
Night...
123.low-impact building course @ the HEAP, Summer 2008(Wednesday 24th of September 2008 06:40:02 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
in the summer of 2008 we ran a free low-impact building course at the HEAP, teaching skills including building with cob, cordwood, strawbale, as well as drystone-walling and lime plastering - all skills that some of us had learned at the course we went on in April 08 down at...
124.More literature: Short Stories Readers and Writers day(Wednesday 24th of September 2008 02:16:49 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
So last night was great - just the right mix of people, music, alcohol, readings… even the lighting was perfect. Personal highlights were Sally Cook’s first ever reading (it didn’t show at all), Socrates Adams-Florou and his laptop, Richard Barrett’s hilarious (in the right way) poems, John McAuliffe’s anti-PowerPoint short...
125.Free Events Next Week @ Manchester’s Contact Theatre!(Tuesday 23rd of September 2008 06:28:29 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
Manchester’s innovative Contact Theatre is putting on two FREE events next week but places are limited.
Tuesday 30 September 2008 8pm, AfroReggae with their drums & tins will bring a little of Rio de Janeiro to rainy Manchester (let’s hope they bring the sunshine too)
Also, Stumble Dance Circus, offers...
126.Sport and Culture VIP reception at the City Art Gallery Manchester(Monday 22nd of September 2008 07:52:00 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
This evening I went to an event organised by local MEP Arlene MCarthy. It was a celebration of music and sport, and there were many VIP guests including Neil Kinnock.
Held at the City Art Gallery, it was a spin-off event of the Labour Party Conference, currently in...
127.Autumn(Monday 22nd of September 2008 05:49:46 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
Here comes Autumn, my favourite time of year. The nights are drawing in, the leaves are filling up Cringle Park and soon thousands of students will be descending on Manchester, all fresh faced and clutching pristine copies of ‘Grub on a Grant’. And once again we’ll have to queue in...
128.A Very Dickenish Winter(Monday 22nd of September 2008 04:59:38 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
So, you have insulated your home, or are on the mind-bendingly long waiting list to do so. You have put in your energy efficient light-bulbs, stuffed draft excluders in every nook and cranny and have even taken the useless, nausea-inducing, advice of 1 million a year Jake Ulrich of Centica...
129.Food Prices: How High Can they Go?(Monday 22nd of September 2008 04:16:48 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
Report back by Rob Squires on the Labour Party Conference fringe event at the Climate Clinic, Sun Sept 21st, 2008.
Two years ago, at the 2006 Climate Clinic I put the question to Alan Simpson MP (Nottingham), “What kind of government intervention can we expect, in order to support local...
130.My StagePlay(Monday 22nd of September 2008 03:15:58 PM
3 months, 2 weeks ago )
I’m going to shamelessly plug the festival for dyslexic creatives ‘DYSSING MONADYS‘ which is about to break free in London this October.
My stage-play ‘The Crucifixion of Madeline McKay’ is part of this years entertainment, so if you are in London, try to catch it if you can.