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1. 1. Sponsored feature: Hi-Life reader offer

   CityLife, Monday 03 November 2008 I DON'T know why biscuits should be so much in the news of late. I haven't read much about Ginger Nuts or Hobnobs but this credit crunch certainly seems to be very popular. Latitude aside, these are serious economic times and, unfortunately, as people understandably cut back, an unfort...

2. 2. Bourne's Scissorhands is a delight

   CityLife, Wednesday 19 November 2008 FOLLOWING a world tour, Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands returns to the Lowry this week with all the enchanting magic that won it a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for best dance the first time around. Based on Tim Burton's 1990 film, the stage version largely stays true to the or...

3. 3. Champagne sales crash

   CityLife, Tuesday 11 November 2008 THE bubble has finally burst - with news that champagne sales in Britain are plummeting. One of the country's leading wine merchants, Majestic, reported today that profits were down after champagne sales had fallen by nearly 6.5 per cent. With little to celebrate and less cash left to d...

4. 4. Rock beasts Queen still have bite

   CityLife, Thursday 06 November 2008 NEWS that scientists could resurrect the woolly mammoth with test tube trickery is timely, with Queen bringing their gargantuan show to Manchester.

5. 5. The Stills take audience on sonic trip

   CityLife, Saturday 29 November 2008 IN a dark corner of the Night and Day Café, there stands a man who is engrossed in today's issue of our sister paper the Manchester Evening News.

6. 6. Bourne's Scissorhands is a delight

   CityLife, Wednesday 19 November 2008 FOLLOWING a world tour, Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands returns to the Lowry this week with all the enchanting magic that won it a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for best dance the first time around. Based on Tim Burton's 1990 film, the stage version largely stays true to the or...

7. 7. Let the bells ring out

   Oldham Advertiser, Wednesday 12 November 2008 "THE expected has happened. One felt it all yesterday. The air seemed electric with anticipation and the actual coming of the momentous message was largely in the nature of an anti-climax," proclaimed the leader column of the Oldham Standard newspaper on November 11, 1918.

8. 8. Twisted Circus - festive fundraiser

   CityLife, Monday 03 November 2008 'ARE we staging Manchester's answer to Live Aid?' laughs Nathan Whittle, frontman of Manchester rockers The Vipers, and organiser of this weekend's Twisted Circus fundraiser event. 'Maybe it is. Only with our event, the bands are just a bit better.'

9. 9. Changeling (15)

   CityLife, Thursday 27 November 2008 ANGELING Jolie makes a strong bid for an Oscar nomination with her tour de force portrayal of a crusading mother in Clint Eastwood’s harrowing drama.

10. 10. McDonagh's Cripple of Inishmaan is thoroughly rewarding

    CityLife, Wednesday 05 November 2008 I SAW my first Martin McDonagh play standing in a windy Heaton Park in the driving rain and I was hooked. The weather seemed appropriate for his quirky, black humour heavily laced with macabre cruelty.

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