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1. 21. Review: DV8, Congleton

   CityLife, Friday 05 February 2010 ‘DEPART from the established course’, reads the slogan on the drinks menu at DV8 – a fairly apt statement for such a unique cocktail bar. Down a quaint side street in Congleton town centre, it is the bricks and mortar of the Grade II-listed, terraced Tudor building that give it its character.

2. 22. Interview: Bicycle Thieves

   CityLife, Friday 29 January 2010 BICYCLE Thieves may be little more than a year old, but their story already befits a band on the cusp of something special. Singer Tom Hammersley contemplates a thrilling year that has seen his band go from bedroom to Glastonbury via, of all places, Dubai.

3. 23. Digest: Northern Hospitality Awards, Alderley Restaurant, Carriage Restaurant

   CityLife, Friday 29 January 2010 THE call has gone out for entries for one of the north’s most prestigious foodie awards. Restaurants, hotels, bars and pubs have just a couple of weeks to get their entries in for this year’s Northern Hospitality Awards, which will be presented in April.

4. 24. Interview: Jenny Éclair

   CityLife, Friday 22 January 2010 JENNY Éclair has spent the last few months in and out of posh hotels on tour with the second stage version of Grumpy Old Women – based on the BBC TV series. Only trouble is, it’s spoilt her somewhat.

5. 25. Does Manchester have an odd dining scene?

   CityLife, Friday 15 January 2010 I CAN’T agree with top restaurant guide Harden’s latest conclusions about dining out in Manchester. The 2010 guide is out now and declares that the city centre “has perhaps the oddest restaurant scene in the UK”.

6. 26. Halloween thrills at Alton Towers

   CityLife, Monday 19 October 2009 EVER wondered what it is like to star in a horror film? Well, take a trip to Alton Towers before November 1 and you can experience its seasonal horror attractions which will leave you feeling like you have appeared in your own scary movie.

7. 27. Wag-friendly portions at Obsidian

   CityLife, Thursday 08 October 2009 WHERE would fine dining be in the city centre without hotels? Michael Caines at Abode, Podium at the Hilton... and so many more. Joining the ranks is Obsidian, at the Arora hotel.

8. 28. Gilpin's lodging an appeal for return of lost star

   CityLife, Thursday 10 September 2009 NEIL Sowerby returns to a Lakeland hideaway and finds a chef who is determined to put the hotel back into its once heavenly position.

9. 29. Gilpin's lodging an appeal for return of lost star

   CityLife, Thursday 10 September 2009 NEIL Sowerby returns to a Lakeland hideaway and finds a chef who is determined to put the hotel back into its once heavenly position.

10. 30. Wigan Food and Drink Festival moves to March

    CityLife, Thursday 03 September 2009 The Wigan Food and Drink Festival will not take place this autumn to coincide with Big Brother Manchester but from March 4-14, 2010 instead, linking up with the town's hugely popular CAMRA Wigan Beer Festival.

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