I’m reposting this piece about Hebden Bridge from December 2013. Muse Music and Love Cafe record shop in Hebden Bridge is currently closed as it was devastated in the floods – it reopens sometime in the future thanks in part to a vinyl sale held at The Trades Club in January. There are plenty of places to eat and…
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Festivals are going through big changes and the newer breed of events are more often taking place in the very cities we’re usually so keen to escape from.The formula we’ve traditionally enjoyed, three days or so camped out in the fields of an obliging farmer with enough bands and DJs to keep you happy, has shifted to encompass a new…
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The numbers of home workers rose in 2014 to 4.2 million and many of these are working on their own with little human contact,
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UPDATE 2019: Earl Haig Hall has now closed. Antic sold it on, it is now boarded up and its future is under review. Latest plans are for the building to become a children’s nursery. I will keep this post here as a memory of what was a much-needed and loved community bar/restaurant and venue for…
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Please note that Teacup has now sadly closed during the pandemic. Early Manchester memories include being persuaded by my friend’s older sister to hang around outside George Best’s shop, hoping he would appear. My favourite retail destination was Crowthers dimly-lit little boutique stuffed with gorgeous Biba-style clothes. Teacup on Thomas St has Mr Scruff the Manchester DJ…
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Oh for a good old-fashioned English high street, a scruffy one, with no Starbucks, Accessorize and Oliver Bonas popping up everywhere. Well that’s pretty much Kentish Town for you, where you’ll find newsagents, printer shops, friendly market stalls and even a library – granted a Costa lurks, but it doesn’t seem to have ushered in…
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