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4 days ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Eating & Drinking | Restaurants Inside Big Mamma’s joyful mission to serve Italian food with soul... and and more than a bit of drama too... By Ben Arnold | 4 June 2025 Share this story About 15 years ago, Tigrane Seydoux and his friend Victor Lugger found themselves knocking on the door of Lorenzo Bagatto in San Daniele, Northern Italy, a town built on the fortunes of one product in particular. Prosciutto.

2 weeks ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Arts & Culture | Co-working Spaces | Leisure | Lifestyle | Living and Working Bold, bright and soon to be buzzing with life—Stockroom is reimagining what the modern library should be... By Ben Arnold | 23 May 2025 Share this story What was once a run-of-the-mill retail unit in Stockport’s Merseyway shopping centre – Top Shop, to be precise – is now alive with music, movement and murals. And, apparently, cocktails.

2 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Ben Arnold |Victoria Luxford

Tom Cruise puts his life on the line to perform cinema's most memorable stunts. (Warner Bros./Paramount)Few actors conjure up the same sense of Hollywood magic as Tom Cruise. For over four decades, he has remained one of the most popular and exciting stars in the business. Part of that reputation is forged on the excitement and innovation of the stunts in his movies, with Cruise being well known for performing the set pieces himself.

1 month ago | mdr.de | Ben Arnold

Elektrogeräte aus der DDR funktionieren teilweise noch heute tadellos. So wie der alte Gefrierschrank von Dietmar Götzmann. Sein neuer Gefrierschrank ist dagegen gerade mal ein halbes Jahr alt und bereits kaputt. Das Gerät kühlt nicht richtig. Wasser tritt aus. Fünf Grad plus misst das Thermometer. Tauwetter im Tiefkühler. Zum Glück hat Götzmann noch seinen alten Kühlschrank, gekauft 1982 per Ehekredit. Das ist Qualitätsware aus der Mangelwirtschaft.

2 months ago | manchestersfinest.com | Ben Arnold

Eating & Drinking | Restaurants | Street Food There's new babs and burgers too... By Ben Arnold | 2 April 2025 Share this story Bab, the elevated kebab joint in the Northern Quarter, has opened a new bar in its basement. Billed as a ‘dining space by day and party destination by night, expect a cosy and casual downstairs space with a welcoming Manc atmosphere’, say the place’s owners.