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14th September 2011

HMV admit to more trading troubles

Entertainment business is having a tough time trying to compete in a changing industry.
12th September 2011

Uncovered: a Guide to Manchester city centre

There’s more to student life than Fallowfield – one of the world’s great city centres is right on your doorstep
16th April 2011

You are what you drink

Aren’t you just the gruff yet refined classic figure of a man, mulling over your whisky, having it straight because you can handle it. Who do you think you are?
16th April 2011

Plenty more fish in the sea?

My love affair for fish has appropriately become something of the not so distant past.
8th April 2011

The Rain

Closer by the rain
8th April 2011

A Tribute to John Donne (and Stephen Nashef)

We are whole countries caught in cotton
8th April 2011

The Ten A.M. Thought

…that this pissy and ungourmet coffee undercompensates for a last night on the tiles and the bourbon with the boys.
8th April 2011

The Storm’s Sonnet

Fourteen lines rotate like a weather vane
8th April 2011

Writing in the rain

Don’t let the rain ruin your ink.
8th April 2011

Ciutadella Park

In the corner, across from the fountain, sits Peter Proma

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31st March 2011

Column: The Darkness

Title: One Way Ticket To Hell (And Unfortunately Back). PQ: I caught the eye of Justin Hawkins and shook my head. Tom Geddes, Music Editor On Tuesday 15th March, after years of speculation, pleading to the contrary and several sightings of a horseman of the apocalypse, the gates of hell opened and out from the […]
31st March 2011

Seun Kuti and Egypt 80

Album Review Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 From Africa with Fury: Rise Because Music 4 Stars Nick Renaud-Komiya Having a famous father and living in their shadow is never easy. Just ask Jakob Dylan or Damian Marley. This brings us onto Seun, the son of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer and famed political activist Fela Kuti. To […]
31st March 2011

Interview: John Garcia

Interview: “If Kyuss went on any longer, I would have probably imploded” Words by Tom Geddes Having been part of, one of the most influential bands of the ‘90s, Kyuss, singing in scores of other bands and being involved in veterinary diagnostics, you could think John Garcia had accomplished all his goals. But as he […]
16th March 2011

Kebab Alternatives

I once found myself in a most peculiar state. I had been out for the night and having quite aptly quenched my thirst, I had the usual burning desire for the embrace of my true love – the doner kebab. However, my fairytale ending was not to be as I was all out of cash and thus an unworthy pauper in the eyes of my betrothed. Now what? I could not simply go to bed unsatisfied. So I toddled back to my home and entered my kitchen searching for a remedy.
14th March 2011

A Storm

“Fuck off, I don’t want to get worms!”
14th March 2011

Craven

The cotton mill roar in his voice
14th March 2011

Gesture

Nothing is spoken
14th March 2011

Our Own Sunset Strip

This is Manchester
14th March 2011

Holiday

And dry toast, and hardbook books
14th March 2011

My Life in Bastard Japanese

Each day opens slowly | but the nights are folded up | and concentrated.