The Exchange Stoke on Trent

The Exchange Stoke on Trent

The Exchange (formerly Fat Cats) has a nostalgic nod to it’s buildings former life as the hub of communication in the city.  Housed in the beautiful Telephone Exchange building on Trinity Street,  it’s possibly one of my favourite buildings in the city due to...
Time for Tea (& Coffee) at tsp. Hanley

Time for Tea (& Coffee) at tsp. Hanley

tsp. teaspoon, tee-ess-pee or tisp are the cupcake hustlers of Hanley and the OG business to breathe life and drag the somewhat dilapidated looking Cultural Quarter into the 21st century.  What was just two years ago home to the odd diamond in the rough, countless run...
Avenue Q Review | UK Tour

Avenue Q Review | UK Tour

Do you ever wish the TV show you grew up on had grown up with you? That the characters you once loved, made you laugh and taught you your abc’s had hurtled through the Tots TV era and straight into the fuck, shits and pisses reality of your adulthood? Avenue Q,...
East is East Theatre Review 

East is East Theatre Review 

Mention East is East in a room full of people and the majority of them will recite their own chosen quote from the show, usually a toss up between “mam, dad, the pakis are here!” and “make bloody show of me!” in a faux Salford or Asian accent...
Orange Tree Newcastle Under Lyme 

Orange Tree Newcastle Under Lyme 

I’ve been to Orange Tree Newcastle Under Lyme a couple of years ago for cocktails and food back when the food was nice but had a menu akin to any old grill with unjustifiable inflated prices. During the refurbishment of the restaurant the Georgian listed...