Another gone building. This one, I was fond of. Although it looked like a monument to industrial decline, this building actually bankrolled Manchester’s grassroots creative community throughout the…
‘Cities In The Park’, summer 1991, felt at the time like a re-run of ‘The Tenth Event’, only 5 years later and outside. Demonstrating the triumph of hope…
It’s generally well known that Mick Hucknall was in a band called The Frantic Elevators before he formed Simply Red. However I was surprised to see that he…
Accidental Musical Education @ Manchester Polytechnic Black Rhythms & Soul night at Manchester Poly in the mid-80s was a musically amazing club night, with a weird name which…