After a lot of planning, months of collating of memorabilia and of course, the transformation of the Urbis building in Manchester, I am delighted that the National Football Museum will open its doors to the public tomorrow. The presence of the museum right in the centre of the city of Manchester is a great choice. …
Top Tips from Mike Little – Co-Founder of WordPress
Had the absolute pleasure and privilege today of brunch and several coffees with whizzkid (er, make that whizzMAN) that is Mike Little. Mike co-founded what is one of the world’s biggest web site creation tools – WordPress (indeed my own little blog centre here at www.collettewalsh.com is a WordPress site). Amazingly, he is not basking …
The Stone Roses – Heaton Park… It Rocked!
When I was about 17 myself and a gang of mates from Loreto College (Manchester) borrowed a builder’s blue transit van and on 27 May 1990, made the ‘pilgrimage’ to Spike Island in Widnes, to see the Stone Roses. From the hilarious journey in the back of the van (much Malibu and pineapple and other …
Jerry Seinfeld – Manchester – The King of Comedy’s In Town
Tonight is a special night for our city – quite possibly the funniest, most successful and cleverest stand-up comedian of our time is in town! Jerry Seinfeld is in a league of his own and it is a huge treat for us Mancunians that he’s playing his first ever UK gigs outside of London here …
Richard Creme’s Art Show Launch – Strokes of Courage
Last night (Tuesday) I went along to the preview of Manchester fashion guru Richard Creme’s art show – at the Link Gallery – Manchester Metropolitan Art School. It was a really uplifting event with lots of old faces from Manchester’s Hacienda days and of course the city’s arts and music community. The show was in …
Fashion: Raoul…Riding High in Manchester
Please note: at 27 August 2013 – Flannels nolonger stock Raol. Singaporean label Raoul is riding high in the fashion world thanks to a series of consistently impressive collections in the last few years. And on an equestrian note, a sneak preview of their AW12 (Autumn/Winter 2012) collection has already got the fashion world in …
Collette Walsh BBC Manchester: Gordon Burns’ Sunday Review
Collette Walsh BBC Manchester: Gordon Burns’ Sunday Review: I’ll be up bright and early tomorrow (unusual for me on a Sunday – as I do love to chill with the papers!). I’ll be on BBC Manchester radio’s Gordon Burns’ show. We’ll be going through the Sunday papers and news. Hopefully I won’t be hobbling around …