Image by R4vi from the Londonist Flickr pool The Manchester Evening News is crowing after finally realising that the Olympic football tournament kicks off two days before the opening ceremony, which means the ‘start’ of the Games will probably be outside London. “Despite the capital …
Image / MykReeve The future of BBC Television Centre has been secured after the central ring and Studio One of the White City complex were awarded Grade II listed status. With much of the Beeb’s production apparatus upping sticks to Manchester in the coming years, …
Whether it was an homage to Spinal Tap or a genuine geographical gaffe is uncertain, but Britney Spears certainly left a Manchester audience nonplussed last week when she greeted them with a cry of “What’s up, London!” On her only UK date outside the capital, …
Dispensing with the (attempts at) witty chitchat this week and diving right in… Monday: Still time to get tickets for the Last Tuesday Society’s Hendrick’s Cocktail Party tonight. And should you wonder what tenuous connection we’re trying to make between gin and literature (we won’t …
Londonist went on a sojourn to Manchester recently, and loved the place. Home of iconic bands, incessant rain, pretty canals, and some of Britain’s most interesting modern architecture outside London, Manchester has a lot to offer. If only there were a way to get there …
