CityLife

WE all love a maverick in charge of a pub. The pubcos seem to have seen off many a personality landlord but there are freehouses where characters remain, twinkling with originality. One such place is The Angel, where chef/proprietor/landlord Robert Owen Brown is doing a roaring trade despite the downtu... Read more…

HAVE a night off from all this gloomy talk of recession and take yourself to Fallowfield's newest drinkerie, the Gin Club: an altogether upbeat and enjoyably glam place to be. Read more…

UNLIKE the rest of us who have only recently woken up and smelled the own-brand instant, tough times hit the pub trade a good while back. Many trace it to the smoking ban, but wherever the blame lies landlords are having to work harder than ever to keep the punters coming through the doors. ... Read more…

PAVILION tent at Urbis hosts an eight-week winter bar... Read more…

ONE thing I love about real ales is their seasonality. From the biggest brewers to the most microscopic micro, they all create beers to suit the time of year. Read more…

CRANES may dominate the Manchester skyline but it's the city's old buildings that house its soul. The grand architecture of King Street drips with history, not least the Grade II-listed Manchester Reform Club - the gentlemen's club for Liberal politicians that Gladstone and Chur... Read more…

THE infrequent visitor to Cheshire may get the impression that the locals eat nothing but deer. Read more…

WINTER is drawing in so thoughts naturally turn to Cord, which emerged blinking – as if from the back of a wardrobe – after a shake down and substantial brush off this month. Read more…

IF you're not a student whose tastes run to the alternative then stop reading now, this bar is not for you. In the modern landscape of shiny new student bars that give the best on the high street a run for its money (Fallowfield's Baa Bar being a topical case in point), there's both a... Read more…