Completely delighted to tell you, on this sunny Manchester Monday, that the very passionate, heartfelt, community campaign to get Manchester City Council to rethink their proposed closure of Withington Baths and Leisure Centre has been successful, at least in the short term. It's been both an eye opener and an eye closer for me personally,... Continue Reading →
Cramped, damp living conditions making children ill – a hidden side to the lives of economic migrants
It's been one of those weeks this week. There was I thinking the first week of the New Year would be a positive one!! First I get embroiled in a crazy debate about tenants scarpering without giving notice to landlords, then another one about whether landlords should allow tenancies to end in December or January......... Continue Reading →
Scoffing Gastro Club’s uterus pie amidst the Manchester rioters
Amidst the shameful destruction and looting taking place in Manchester last night, Nero fiddled. Ok, it was a Miss Selfridges shop display not Rome on fire and none of us there wore togas, but it did feel a lot like we were revelling in the midst of madness. The occasion was Gastro Club's first birthday,... Continue Reading →