I have just returned from spending two days (one night) back home in Manchester – and am feeling much better for it! I decided to go up on a whim as a hotel room in a Travelodge was £19 for the night, and train fare was only £5.30 each way, so for those kind of … Continue reading »
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Mister Greg’s 30th Birthday in Brighton
So, dear old Greg turned 30 the other day, and to celebrate I organised a secret day out in Brighton with all of our fabulous friends! I had a right old time trying to get him out of bed so early in the morning; he was having none of it! I’d promised him a ‘Birthday … Continue reading »
James May On The Moon
The BBC have just started with their ‘Moon’ series and they kicked it off last night on BBC Two with the utterly amazing ‘James May on the Moon’. James May On The Moon As part of a season of programming on BBC Two and BBC Four to celebrate 40 years since the first moon landing, … Continue reading »
Manchester Pride 2009 : Tickets now onsale!
WHOOP! I’m already rather planned for this; I sorted my hotel and whatnot way back on Boxing Day 2008, and am sorting myself out with Big Weekend Tickets over this holiday weekend. Excitement took over I think heh! Hopefully this year, whilst they’re giving out all of the stickers, cards and fun stuff at the … Continue reading »
Oxford Circus to get a ‘Shibuya’ crossing
SOURCE: New Civil Engineer (Ed Owen) £5M Work to renovate the congested Oxford Circus crossing on London’s busiest street begins today, to create diagonal crossings designed by Atkins similar to those at Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya crossing. Oxford Circus is where London’s two main shopping streets – Oxford Street and Regent Street – meet. Those exiting … Continue reading »
Spontaneous outbursts of singing!
Forgetting all about that contrived (but still rather cool) dance piece at Liverpool Street the other month… something genuinely spontaneous happened on my rail replacement bus home last night. The driver was playing some pretty good songs over the speaker system (Pretty Woman, Brown Eyed Girl, a couple of Elvis tracks, some 80s air-grabbing power … Continue reading »
