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1. 1. Paul Taylor: Fireworks usher in the year that will be all about London

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 04 January 2012 Those New Year firework displays told us a lot about the year we have in store. In Manchester, nary a sparkler sputtered into life.

2. 2. Helen Tither - X Factor is all about the judges, not the acts

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 May 2011 Just like its lame old TV stablemate Britain’s Got Talent, this tired telly format is no longer about the contestants themselves – it’s about judging and being judged.

3. 3. Helen Tither: Sadly, AA Gill is right about Manchester's women

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 19 October 2010 Loath as I am to agree with him, AA Gill is confirming what I’ve been fretting about for a while now.

4. 4. Andrew Grimes: Time to extend Hans of friendship to Germany

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 June 2011 Wars within families are always more vicious than wars with foreigners. That is why they are called civil wars, though there is nothing civil about them. Our close cousins in Germany, for instance, not all that long ago yearned to annihilate us. "Schweinerei" they cried, "we shall reduce you to the level of trapped and squirming vermin."

5. 5. Paul Taylor: Will the royal wedding bring us all together?

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2011 A lady of my acquaintance will be going to an "anti-royal wedding party" on Friday. Having cocked a snook at the monarchy, she will then go home, turn on the TV and, yes, watch Prince William and Kate Middleton getting spliced, having set the recorder for the event about which she is supposedly so indifferent.

6. 6. Helen Tither: What’s your Facebook status saying about you?

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 11 January 2011 It might be fun living in a virtual world – but, unfortunately, it still holds real dangers.

7. 7. Deanna Delamotta: Don’t ask us to foot the bill for all this vanity surgery

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 January 2012 How can it be right that the NHS should pay for thousands of breast implant operations, the vast majority of which were carried out for vanity purposes?

8. 8. Comment: Every last penny counts these days

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 March 2011 Our shopping habits tell us a lot about the state of our nation. And when we see 200 people queuing for the opening of a charity shop, it tells us that money and confidence are in short supply.

9. 9. Comment: Rise of sneaky new crime that makes us all a bit more wary

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 January 2012 There is, it seems, no end to the ingenuity of the criminal classes. Today, we report on a new form of crime dubbed ‘hugger mugging’.

10. 10. Comment: Health message is still important

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 June 2011 Few of us can go to our maker saying we regret absolutely nothing about our lives. Paul Whitney certainly knew what he would do differently, given his time again.

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