Arthur’s been making the most of the spring weather, coming home with feathers in his whiskers and staying in just long enough for a few Temptations (chicken & cheese) before hopping off to resume the hunt. I don’t approve of his torturing and murdering small creatures for fun. But Arthur’s not capable of Continue reading
There’s something exciting about this modest row of shops. Somehow it sums up Manchester today. We’re in Whalley Range, inner city Manchester on the up thanks to its proximity to Chorlton. At one end is Booze & Food, a fairly ordinary off licence cum cornershop, that could just as easily be called Booze Continue reading
The year may only be a third of the way through, but I reckon 13 (Tzameti), by first time Georgian director Géla Babluani, will be hard to beat as its best film. As I said at the time it’s a near perfect thriller. What was also obvious at the time was that this Continue reading
Guardian business editor Deborah Hargreaves has been apologising for big business a fair bit lately. On Monday she questioned the EU’s motivation in pursuing Microsoft and on Tuesday asked us to give Tesco a break. ‘It must be better to run one operating system that does everything rather than have to bolt on Continue reading
Chorlton Park School has long had a sign outside that reads, ‘The Children of Chorlton Park say: “Show you care park elsewhere”’. Sadly many of the parents of the seven to eleven year olds who attend the school don’t realise this means them (who else?) or that it extends to dropping off (which Continue reading
