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1. December 28 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 28 December 2006STANDING at my photographic exhibition in Habitat, watching customers during their pre-Christmas shopping bonanza in their quest for that emergency feather bauble, has proved a fascinating anthropological experience.
2. December 14 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Monday 18 December 2006IT'S upon us again. The ubiquitous Christmas is here with a vengeance. Debit and credit cards sit quietly trembling in wallets and handbags as the owners view, mesmerised, all the amazing goodies on display for their delight and delectation.
3. December 7 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 7 December 2006IN LAST week's column I told the tale of my mountain bike adventure and ended by saying maybe I'd sell the bike. A gaggle of 'green' people took me to task for this decision and insisted I should have tried harder and that it's my fault, along with others with the same viewpoint as me, for creating the horrors of global warming etc, which are, allegedly, affecting our planet.
4. December 7 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 7 December 2006SOMETIMES, a sense of magic shrouds a place. It may not appear so magical when first visited, our senses numbed by the very presentness of what we're experiencing.
5. November 30 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 30 November 2006'THINK Once. Think Twice. Think Bike'. That's what the sign says imploring motorists to keep a look out for bikers and cyclists.
6. November 23 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 23 November 2006TRADING Standards eh, don't you just love them? There are lots of great eateries in south Manchester, from Veggie to Tandoori and Caribbean to Crepes. One thing in common is they are all pretty good. You can even get half-decent food from supermarkets nowadays but it's always best to support your local shops.
7. November 23 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 23 November 2006THERE is something quite fascinating about market research. Genuine market research. Not the telephone calls from people saying they're not trying to sell you anything and can they just ask, if you were to have new windows, would you choose to have the front or the back of your house done first? I receive such calls on average about once a week.
8. November 16 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 16 November 2006THE hoodies and scallies of south Manchester have just received an important concession from our esteemed leaders, as a recent decision means that, if you take drugs, commit a crime, get caught and thrown into a comfortable police-cell, you can sue the government for not giving you drugs whilst in prison!
9. November 2 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 2 November 2006WHEN I first discovered Stella Artois lager in Spain in the sixties I thought it tasted OK. Years later came their advertising campaign based on the slogan 'Reassuringly expensive'.
10. November 2 2006
South Manchester Reporter, Thursday 2 November 2006UP UNTIL this week, my favourite eavesdropping at Didsbury Post Office had been the elderly foreign woman who had asked the price of sending a package abroad, and who, on hearing the reply, had asked if there was a cheaper way. "Well, you can send it by sea-mail - that would be £8.54." "Very good, very good," said the woman. "And is there anything slower than a boat?"