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Day: 14 June 2019

Jun 14
Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ – forty years on

It’s terrifying for those of us of a certain age to think that this weekend (15th June) is the 40th anniversary of the release of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures. It’s […]

Jun 14
Book review: Yesterday We Were in America – the story of Alcock and Brown’s epoch-making flight

The English thriller dates from the late 19th and early 20th centuries when a coterie of writers produced a series of ripping yarns like John Buchan’s 39 Steps and Henry […]

Jun 14
Remembering Manchester pioneers Alcock and Brown 100 years after first non-stop transatlantic flight

One hundred years ago this weekend, a specially modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber, an assemblage of wood, canvas and wire, dipped its nose into an Irish bog near […]

Jun 14
The best restaurant in the UK is just 45 mins from Manchester – this is why it’s worth the trip

The best restaurant in the UK right now isn’t in London. It’s in Lancashire. That’s according to the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards 2019, which this week declared Moor Hall, […]

Jun 14
Pizza gin, anyone? The Liars Group to launch new house gin range – with one to match every bar

The Liars Group are at it again. Hot on the heels of their Crazy Pedro’s canned cocktail release, they’re rolling out their own range of bespoke gins – with different […]

Jun 14
Manchester’s best hotel bars for drinking in style

Manchester’s hotel scene is thriving – but it’s not all about rain showers, marshmallow beds and designer toiletries. Very much a focal point of any hotel visit is the bar, […]

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