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1. 1. Review: The Ram's Head - Denshaw

   CityLife, Monday 19 July 2010 As the gusts of wind blew leaves into the entrance I was quite glad to find an escape from the wild weather. But as I took my seat at The Rams Head Inn – a 459-year-old inn which sits more than 1,200ft above sea level – the pleasure in looking out at the rolling Saddleworth moors almost surpassed that of the food.

2. 2. Review: Chester Festival Concerts - Chester Cathedral

   CityLife, Thursday 15 July 2010 It must have seemed a great idea on paper – to have the European Union Chamber Orchestra do Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, with Nicola Benedetti as soloist, and to get former poet laureate Andrew Motion to write a new sonnet for each season, and appear in person with them.

3. 3. Review: Thomas Restaurant And Bar (restaurant)

   CityLife, Friday 11 June 2010 Paul Ogden welcomes a fresh and chic addition to the city's creative Northern Quarter.

4. 4. Review: BBC Philharmonic - Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 7 June 2010 Mahler's tenth symphony was never finished by the composer, and so, as Deryck Cooke, the originator of the generally used performing version, acknowledged, the best you can offer is the realisation of a draft.

5. 5. Review: Academy Of Ancient Music - Bridgewater Hall

   CityLife, Monday 7 June 2010 “Let's talk about the weather” has always been a motto for the British when they can’t think of anything else to do - and music about the weather seems an equally popular idea.

6. 6. Review: Hungry Pigeon 2010

   CityLife, Wednesday 2 June 2010 Hungry Pigeon, the music and arts festival based in the Northern Quarter, returned for a second year. Meticulously organised, it's a shame that Saturday's showpiece event at Piccadilly Gardens suffered due to the adverse conditions - though the organisers can be blamed for expecting Athlete to be any kind of pull.

7. 7. Review: Crowded House - Manchester Apollo

   CityLife, Thursday 27 May 2010 The veteran New Zealanders rolled into the Apollo as part of their tour for forthcoming album The Intriguer. The stage certainly had an intriguing quality, bedecked with glowing geese, gnomes and toadstools, setting the tone for a fantastical evening.

8. 8. Exhibition: Oliver East - International 3

   CityLife, Friday 7 May 2010 There always has been something universally charming about Oliver East’s illustrated travelogues – books with train tracks as their navigator and trains of thought as their narrative.

9. 9. Review: Felicini - Didsbury

   CityLife, Friday 7 May 2010 The recent bloom of Italian restaurants in the city centre has echoed in suburban areas, with Didsbury no exception – albeit mainly in chain format. So how is older model Felicini faring?

10. 10. Arts profile: Spencer Tunick

    CityLife, Thursday 29 April 2010 Spencer Tunick is in Greater Manchester to take more of his iconic photographs. He talks to Sarah Walters.

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