Manchester's Christmas Market is still bafflingly enormous, though I agree it may have passed peak enormity. It was pretty good, once. But like all pretty good things, it attracted people, which… (View Post)

Worth noting that Lincoln has, I think, got rather more studenty (and, I think, young-adulty) this century. The rightward shift typical of small towns and cities remote from the big urban centres has… (View Post)

In fairness, the thread was published some time in the small hours and remained broadly on topic until at least 9am. That's a long time for a conversation to stick to one subject, here or anywhe… (View Post)

If I could redo one live music experience, it would be Therapy?, Sheffield Octagon, 1995-ish (Infernal Love tour). There was one song called for a cellist – but clearly having paid for one, they were… (View Post)

I was no fan of Tony Blair, and opposed was opposed to the second Iraq war, but for me Iraq doesn't come in the top give things I disliked about him. I was opposed to British involvement in the … (View Post)