On Monday I noted that Amazon were predicting what I may buy. Now iTunes is doing it to me as well. In a fit of nostalgia for 1970s punky p...

I get regular emails from Amazon, which I do genuinely like. Trouble is, they send me recommendations based on things I've bought before...

Today is Lancashire Day. A celebration of God's own English county. I could put a load of tributes up here about our heritage, etc. But ...

Who he? You might well ask. He's the Bulgarian who was attacked with a paving slab by so-called Liverpool fans before the European Cup F...

I work in the world of magazines and have always absorbed the look and feel of the glossy printed word. More enduring than a newspaper and m...

Holland's Pies are assaulting us with some kind of marketing blitz at the moment. "We're pie-jacking rubbish snacks - Grab some...

In the not too distant past Insider magazine has earned some points of distinction covering the rise and fall of The Accident Group (TAG), a...

I've been contacted by other Marple commuters who share my concern about the poor service from Rose Hill station. It's been a write ...

Once again I'm not following Blackburn Rovers in Europe, I regret to say. Tonight's match against Feyenoord in Rotterdam may see us ...

I am worried I may no longer be able to rely on the train service from Rose Hill to Manchester Piccadilly (pictured above). This morning...

Something I'm quite interested in here . Not exactly standard Marple Leaf fare, but Oliver Kamm writes explosively about the links betwe...

The wonderful thing about this land of blog is the passing on of ideas and the sharing of opinion. The links I've provided to the other ...

Seeing as I've been given Paddington Bear stares from people for telling the truth about Manchester, here are ten thoughts on eating lun...

I saw my local councillor the other day. She’s a very pleasant and committed person who chooses to give up her time for the good people of M...

Wow. And so Spooks ends another blistering series. The safety of the capital city is threatened by the maverick actions of a deranged and co...

It appears that the bridge from Piccadilly station to our part of town has been closed already. The perilous lack of a pedestrian crossing -...

We got married today! We tied the knot at Stockport town hall at 11am. Then we went to The Oddfellows in Mellor for lunch. All very low ...

A new list for the end of the week. I did one on films, which you can see here . But this is the one to start us off. For me, how the crowd ...

Right, I've sorted the commute thing out. Trains from Marple are bit quicker, but trains from Rose Hill are empty (it's at the end o...

The beauty of Spooks is the constant threat in the air that the unexpected will happen. Lisa Faulkner being dunked in a fat fryer in the se...