Last year Los Cuadernos de Julia collaborated with Stella Artois, – and this year I was invited to Beck’s Canvas 2008 event in London. Like Illycaffe and Chateau Mouton Rothschild, so Beck...
Update: Yang Sing Oriental Hotel has sadly closed in March 2009, just a little under a year since its opening. You have undoubtedly heard of – if not dined at – Yang Sing restaurant in Pri...
The Banyan Tree, located in Moho Building in Castlefield, is the current hot-spot for all who live and work at The Box Works, Timber Wharf, and on St George’s Island. It stands right across the ...
On July 5, 2002 I landed in Manchester Airport for the first time. In fact, it was the first ever time I would visit England. I’d left in August, then visited briefly again in November, and the ...
I once said jokingly that, when you live in Manchester, you may never need to visit London. You’ve got Pall Mall, Albert Sq, Oxford St (albeit the latter is probably four times as short as the L...
Last week I was contacted by a reader who has been living in Vienna, Austria, for a number of years and is “loving it”. Not that I didn’t take him seriously, but, having just read a ...
I do love strolling little known streets and taking ad hoc trips to unknown places. Living close to what they call “transport links” makes a huge difference, as well. When you only need to...
I don’t remember when, or how, I developed this strange fascination for streetlights. The fascination is such that I admitted a few years ago in a company of the uni friends that I approach each...
Unfortunately, I cannot update the previous post with the video I put up on YouTube. The video is a montage of the photos I took and the audio I recorded in Manchester on the day of the game. In addit...
Wednesday was my mother’s birthday, and it was a rather pleasant coincidence that Zenith, a Russian football team from St Petersburg, should be playing in the UEFA Cup Final on the day. In the m...