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Plays Live, Peter Gabriel – AOTM January 2020
Father, if you are reading this, you win again. I was introduced to Peter Gabriel Plays Live during my most recent trip up North. When I browsed the record stores at Tynemouth Market the morning after, and happened upon this record, I must admit I believed in fate....
Birmingham Oratory – Catholic Gem, Edgbaston
Would you believe me if I told you there is a Romanesque church, dome and all, in the middle of Birmingham? No? You'd be right. But there is one in Five Ways/Edgbaston. The Birmingham Oratory was built between 1907-1910 in honour of Cardinal, now Saint, John Henry...
Reservoir Cafe – Economical Lunch, Edgbaston Reservoir Birmingham
Let's be honest here - this is not the most glamorous cafe, best placed or best kept cafe in Birmingham. However, and this cannot be said for many establishments, it is down to Earth. While other restaurants plaster the walls garish colours and throw avocados at you...
Highlights from the Ferens – Central Art Gallery, Hull
Despite stubborn popular opinion, Hull has a lot to recommend it. There are an array of theatres, marvellous cultural sites as well as it being the home of formerly alive poet Philip Larkin. But at the heart of Hull is also the Ferens Art Gallery. This is home to some...
Nanette – Comedy at its Finest
Nanette is at its core a discourse on comedy. That is not to say it is an academic manual, but more a careful dissection of the art form. Beginning as a traditional comedy show, Hannah Gadsby tells tale of her youth as a queer person in Tasmania, a country where...
Dope Burger Revisited – Breathtaking Lunch, Hull
Avid readers of this blog will remember St Nick's outrageous review of the beatified Dope Burger restaurant in Hull. This is one of my favourite burger joints in the country if not the world. Their complete deference to healthy eating and non-nauseating decor makes...