Ancoats is imminently launching a new public space dubbed The Cutting Room the launch event for which is a user-generated series of activities as submitted to The Cutting Room Experiment website. Much has been written about the experiment by various local bloggers; @manchesterisace @mancubist and @runpaintrunrun have all weighed in in with varying degrees of analysis and opinion. read more...

The other night I went out to the Manchester Blog Awards ceremony - and felt somewhat disappointed at my lack of bloggy goodness. There hasn't been any shortage of stuff to write about, just lack of headspace and perhaps a little feeling of exposure. read more...