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“If I was a young writer right now, I would want to work for Mill Media” Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker Current opportunities:

I’m often asked where I like to eat when I’m not working. Not that, in my professional life, I go and eat in restaurants that I don’t want to visit; far from it. And if, by the way, I end up findin…

Situated on the beautiful thoroughfare that links two of Bath’s most Iconic architectural landmarks (that’ll be The Circus and The Royal Crescent, then), The Circus has, for some 15+ ye…

Towards the end of last year, I reviewed Colonnade: the sparkly, spacious all-day brasserie that compliments the vibrant live music hub that is the Bristol Beacon.  Within that review you’ll f…

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Kevin Lee has been the mayor’s ultraloyal advisor for years. Who is he — and who else influences Burnham?

‘We went to the polling stations and people weren’t looking us in the eye, and we could tell something was wrong’

Total Stranger: The Unseen Photographs of Pete Burns and Dead or Alive – Café Tabac, Tue 14 Apr 2026 - Before the fame, there was a different Liverpool — more experimental, more chaotic, and full of c...

Melissa Blease visits Cafe Tabac’s photo exhibition of the Liverpool popstar who was mad, bad and dangerous to know

There was nothing on this earth like an encounter with Lily Savage

Big hair, big shoulders and even bigger egos. It was London's hottest venue, if you could get in...

Big hair, big shoulders and even bigger egos. It was London's hottest venue, if you could get in...

Come and work with a team that’s changing journalism Role details Location: Birmingham/West Midlands (we need someone who lives full-time in the region, or is willing to relocate) Salary: Dep…

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Every Christmas pudding tells a story of Liverpool’s innovation, enterprise and ambition — with a large helping of exploitation too. Did our modern Christmas start in our docks?

The Further Adventures of Peter Pan gives the Christmas panto genre a subtly contemporary update. Melissa Blease shares her thoughts.

Words by Melissa Blease | Production images by Alex Tabrizi Since its premier in Chicago in 2001, writer and composer Jason Robert Brown’s poignant analysis of how, why and when a relationship between...

‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’

This raw, brave memoir by Banshees drummer, and Siouxsie’s creative and romantic partner, tells the story of his career and marriage.

The historian has been threatening us with High Court action and trying to intimidate our sources and staff

Words by Melissa Blease In March 1863, the new Theatre Royal Bath – originally the Orchard Street Theatre, which was destroyed by fire in 1862 – opened on Saw Close with a production of A Midsummer Ni...

Melissa Blease visits Cafe Tabac’s photo exhibition of the Liverpool popstar who was mad, bad and dangerous to know

Words by Melissa Blease Theatre Royal Bath until 14 June Modern theatre doesn’t always need to blaze a trail, challenge audiences and/or shake us up in order to create impact. In skilfully avoiding th...

How to host the Ultimate Liverpudlian Dinner Party

A look at the dazzling, complex period of Liza Minnelli’s life in the 1970s.

Theatre Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell, at Theatre Royal Bath until Saturday 24 May Words by Melissa Blease “Though it had no wide reputation, all manner of people frequented The Midnight ...

The Bell’s mission is to provide a new kind of local journalism about Glasgow — narrative, thoughtful and full of investigative rigour and insight - and so far, it’s working. In just nine months, more...