Andrew Simpson

  Sometimes you know you are on a loser, but a mix of curiosity and a bit of stubbornness allied to the sheer fascination of digging deep in...

It was always a given that long after the bulldozers had gone into clear areas which were deemed no loner fit for purpose the pubs would rem...

Now, I have a habit of getting sniffy about the new names developers and city planners give to old bits of Manchester. The Ashton Canal, 202...

Anyone familiar with the songs of Arlo Guthrie will vaguely see the poor attempt to connect his song on arriving home in Los Angeles with my...

I am looking out of the window of a long-vanished building. The room with a view, 2023 Today all that is left are two sides which run along ...

  New Islington is that area bordered by Great Ancoats Street and sandwiched between the Rochdale and Ashton Canals, and it is a place I kee...

History has not been kind to Elizabeth Cunliffe.  The Soho Foundry Tavern, 1851, Great Ancoats Street So far, she features in just one histo...

Now this is one of the best views across to what was Gooldens Buildings, which stood just a short distance from Great Ancoats Street and fac...