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1. 1371. Reality TV for Justin

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 December 2002 LOOKS like the BBC has set itself the ultimate challenge for 2003 - trying to ensure heavyweight comic Justin Moorhouse keeps up his New Year resolution to shed those few excess stones.

2. 1372. Not just a pretty face

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 November 2003 “THERE'S more to me than meets the eye, on one hand there’s the fat bloke with his pies and on the other he’s writing for Radio 4.” Says Moorhouse gleefully rubbing it in.& 

3. 1373. 'Adora hoping to be kings again

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 November 2003 IT’s been a tough couple of years for Birmingham four-piece King Adora. Like many others, the quartet were dropped from a major label following their debut LP, when the need for instant success once again clouded a long-term judgement.

4. 1374. A Midsummer Night's Dream @ Tameside Hippodrome

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 November 2003 THE Chapterhouse Theatre Company are more accustomed to presenting outdoor rather than indoor productions.

5. 1375. Wholewheat poet

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 31 July 2003 “TAKE away that woodstain and never darken my door again….” declares a muffled voice from behind a closed (unstained) door. “But I haven’t got any wood stain,” you proffer incredulously.

6. 1376. Hunt still playing the Wonderstuff

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 20 November 2003 ManchesterOnline caught up with The Wonderstuff's Miles Hunt prior to the band’s Manchester date to talk& about his solo career, the band’s future and moving to Dublin.

7. 1377. Bouncing Busted boys are growing up

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 November 2003 BUSTED are the second most successful band of 2003, after Coldplay. They present the perfect pop conceit: three supremely cute guys - Charlie Simpson, 19, Mattie Jay, 20, and James Bourne, 20 - who ricochet around like boggle dice and gustily bridge the gap between Kim Wilde and Sum 41.

8. 1378. Your views on Move

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 July 2002 Find out what the audience really thought of Manchester's biggest urban music festival.

9. 1379. Top of the OxPops

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 April 2003 WE'VE told you about plenty of bands over the years. Some of them have made it, others are still pushing but never has there been so many of them gathered on the same stage at the same time.

10. 1380. Exhibition highlights importance of war-time entertainment

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 31 March 2003 WHEN the Second World War broke out in 1939, the government ordered all places of entertainment to be closed because it feared large gatherings would make easy targets for German bombers.

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