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1. 1. It's non-stop fun in the village

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 29 December 2006 SAY what you like about the city of Manchester, it knows how to party. And nowhere in the city likes to party more than the gay village. Indeed while most club promoters and venues in the rest of the city will have a quiet night tonight and tomorrow to recharge their batteries, the village will be in full swing with a selection of club nights and events that make the place so famous and welcoming for gay and lesbian people from all over the country.

2. 2. And the winner was... a comedy geek

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 27 October 2006 IF the Channel M City Life Comedian of the Year competition were a troublesome teenager, it would have snaffled Dad's car keys and taken the Vauxhall Vectra out for a spin. The final of the year's contest takes place tonight.

3. 3. Jay to liven up up the Warehouse

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 October 2006 TONY Blair, Bill Bryson and even Fitz from Cracker have all been quick to heap praise on the way the city has risen from the rubble of the Manchester bomb. One redevelopment has continued to prove a bit of a white elephant though é the Great Northern Warehouse. Manchester 235 hopes to change that though.

4. 4. Some fizzy logic from the king of noodle

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 13 October 2006 SEVEN years ago I first stumbled across Ross Noble backstage at the now defunct Buzz club in Chorlton. He is back in the city again for a six-night run.

5. 5. Bizarre act is shaping up nicely

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 September 2006 ONE thing that really annoys David Friend, one half of the original Puppetry Of The Penis duo, is the idea that their show is in some way smutty. The show returns to Manchester tonight.

6. 6. Bar review: Mint Lounge

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 September 2006 TWO years ago when Mint Lounge opened its doors in the heart of the Northern Quarter there was a fear running rife amongst the artistic workers of the Quarter that the area synonymous with the underground creative leaning of the city would be usurped by the more mainstream elements of retail and leisure.

7. 7. Bank Holiday Sunday: Clubbing tips

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 August 2006 USUALLY only the bravest of souls dare to switch to party mode on the seventh day, preferring instead to hug the sofa and wind down the weekend slowly. With the August Bank Holiday Monday acting as a duvet day you can party in style though this Sunday night.

8. 8. The carnival's not over for the happy snapper

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 10 August 2006 CLUB promoter Terry George began taking photos of punters at his first bar in Leeds, but he never imagined that, in just a few years, he'd end up with an exhibition at a trendy Chorlton art gallery. It was a holiday to Rio de Janeiro for the annual carnival that really fired his imagination.

9. 9. Pig out in Trof

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 July 2006 THERE'S something of the bohemian about Trof Bar. Maybe it's because it is situated in Fallowfield, the heart of studentville in south Manchester.

10. 10. Restaurant review: Ink Brasserie

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 June 2006 BEAR with me, we'll get to Ink Brasserie I promise. Let's cast our minds back to the early eighties in Manchester city centre and nightclubs. These were the drab years. Unless you were in the know Manchester seemed to offer nothing much that you couldn't get in Rochdale - my home town.

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