I was doing some research the other day and I had no idea that the writers of one of the most famous British songs of all time were Mancunian. Ross Parker and Hughie Charles were the team behind ‘We’ll Meet Again’, the forces and people’s favourite wartime song and performed by Vera Lynn of course. I’m going to do more digging about the composers who also scored a hit with ‘There’ll Always Be An England’.
For foodies three excellent restaurants have opened in the city centre. Winsome is very British in style (here’s the menu) from the superb chef Shaun Moffat, big portions too and is at 74 Princess Street. Pip is modern British from another local and excellent chef in Mary-Ellen McTeague, elegant food this one with the menu yet to be posted online but the fish pie is excellent. It sits on Blackfriars Street in the old Renaissance Hotel, now the Treehouse Hotel. Then there’s Bruco in Ancoats on Murray Street with, I suppose, one would call, modern Italian and a coolly and beautifully simple dining space (here’s the menu).
Robert de Niro anyone? He wants to be involved with the new towering giant of Manchester’s growing skyline. This is Viadux Two, the 243m (that’s 807ft in old money) high residential block that will somehow be crammed in the already jammed spot next to Deansgate-Castlefield Station and Beetham Tower. This will the third tallest tower in the UK and easily the highest outside London, given that at present the highest tower outside London is South Tower at nearby Deansgate Square at 201m (659ft).
Viadux Two will include a high-end (literally) restaurant, 160-bed five-star hotel, and 452 luxury branded residences. The entire building will be operated by the American hospitality brand Nobu part-owned by Mr De Niro. The tower will be designed by Simpson Haugh, Manchester’s go-to tower designing practice. Here’s gentle criticism of the repeated use of one designer back before the Nobu connection.
Also here’s a short Instagram video of a ride past Strangeways Prison with in the text a bit of history. And here's another one about the mad monsters in Salford.
For foodies three excellent restaurants have opened in the city centre. Winsome is very British in style (here’s the menu) from the superb chef Shaun Moffat, big portions too and is at 74 Princess Street. Pip is modern British from another local and excellent chef in Mary-Ellen McTeague, elegant food this one with the menu yet to be posted online but the fish pie is excellent. It sits on Blackfriars Street in the old Renaissance Hotel, now the Treehouse Hotel. Then there’s Bruco in Ancoats on Murray Street with, I suppose, one would call, modern Italian and a coolly and beautifully simple dining space (here’s the menu).
Robert de Niro anyone? He wants to be involved with the new towering giant of Manchester’s growing skyline. This is Viadux Two, the 243m (that’s 807ft in old money) high residential block that will somehow be crammed in the already jammed spot next to Deansgate-Castlefield Station and Beetham Tower. This will the third tallest tower in the UK and easily the highest outside London, given that at present the highest tower outside London is South Tower at nearby Deansgate Square at 201m (659ft).
Viadux Two will include a high-end (literally) restaurant, 160-bed five-star hotel, and 452 luxury branded residences. The entire building will be operated by the American hospitality brand Nobu part-owned by Mr De Niro. The tower will be designed by Simpson Haugh, Manchester’s go-to tower designing practice. Here’s gentle criticism of the repeated use of one designer back before the Nobu connection.
Also here’s a short Instagram video of a ride past Strangeways Prison with in the text a bit of history. And here's another one about the mad monsters in Salford.
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