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Glastonbury Festival 2025 set times: Biggest clashes, secret sets and more
After months of anticipation, the full Glastonbury Festival line-up (complete with set times) has finally been released. When the initial poster dropped at the start of March, I thought that the undercard was strong enough to make up for an underwhelming set of headliners. But with Glastonbury, it’s never that straight forward and I’ve spent…
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Tesoro: Incredible Neapolitan pizza and the tiramisu of dreams
For the past couple of weeks, my Instagram feed has been filled with absolutely delicious looking sandwiches. Once again, Earl’s Deli was the culprit as they collaborated with much missed Manchester favourite Micky’s for a special menu on Saturday 31st May. I’d been dreaming of the insane looking ‘Diego’ slow cooked beef brisket sub all…
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Neighbourhood Weekender 2025 review
As I’ve mentioned before, Neighbourhood Weekender is usually one of the highlights of my year. The line-ups usually align quite well with my musical tastes, it’s not too far from home and the weather is usually pretty flawless (spoiler – only two of those three things remained the case this year). Most of the artists…
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Sunday (1994) at Liverpool Arts Club – gig review
Every year when the Neighbourhood Weekender line-up is announced, I do a deep dive into all of the acts on the poster that I haven’t heard of. Through doing this, I’ve discovered the likes of Confidence Man, Wet Leg, CMAT, The Royston Club and most recently – Sunday (1994). The Transatlantic trio is made up…
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The Chai Cabin, famous for viral ‘kunafa strawberries’, moves to new location
Viral Farnworth dessert business The Chai Cabin is moving to a new location. The converted shipping container originally opened on a small car park in Albert Road, Farnworth, back in 2022 and has become incredibly popular in recent months after videos of their ‘kunafa Dubai strawberries’ racked up millions of views on social media apps…
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Tapas restaurant Sabor A Espana to open in former doll house shop
A vacant retail unit, that was most recently a shop selling doll houses, is set to be transformed into a tapas restaurant. Sabor A Espana has been granted planning permission to open in the old Barbara Anne Miniatures unit, on New Street, Blackrod. According to planning documents on the Bolton Council website, the restaurant will…
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Glastonbury Festival 2025 survival guide
Hi! I know you are used to hearing from my husband about all things lifestyle, music and Manchester, but it is time for him to step aside and let me do the talking. So allow me to introduce myself; I’m Abbie – or ‘Mrs Molloy’ as Tom likes to refer to me as. I am…
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Bolton Wanderers Women secure promotion with inspiring performance
I’ve been struggling with motivation to write the past couple of weeks. There, I said it. With the weather getting nicer and my running training kicking up a notch, as I get closer to my first ever ‘race’ in June, this website has sadly taken a back seat for the past couple of weeks. Embarrassingly,…
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Cult Farnworth pizza spot Twelve teases long-awaited return
Back in October 2022, a very short Facebook post by my favourite pizza spot deeply upset me. Twelve’s 46-word statement simply read: “We are heartbroken to announce this is the last weekend of Twelve – book your slot, there’s not many pizza’s left but you know they’re going to be great! We love you all…