https://vimeo.com/131204938 Check out this genuinely life-affirming little film about Yoji Tokuyoshi, a man we could all learn a thing or two from. Whether in terms of his passion, his incredible…
The mere mention of Braga puts me in mind of that stadium in Portugal where one end is a big cliff. I love all that type of stuff,…
Ok, so I’m not going to get through this without mentioning Sarah Cracknell am I? So there it is, I’ve done it in the first line. Out of…
I wrote this almost five years ago about the Salford Sioux. If you’re not up for reading the whole thing, let me give you a brief version. Nearly…
Named after the postcode of the UK’s epicentre of cool shoe-making expertise, Northampton. Local brand and new kid on the block MR NN uses the same high quality leather…
From the streets of South Central Manchester comes the latest release from sweatshirt connoisseurs Good Measure. Recognising that a proper old fashioned fit won’t necessarily be right for…
Oh, isn’t it hot? Etc., etc.? It also won’t have escaped your attention that the summer sales are well and truly upon us. Some have only dipped their…
It’s summer, you might have noticed. As such, it’s time to break out all that white footwear you’ve been stockpiling. Ok, so a lot of them look like…
We don’t talk about football enough on here. I mean, there’s not a great deal about it of interest these days, but there must be some link because…
There’s got to be something in the Wi-Fi across the internet in the North West. It stretches just over the Pennines too. How else do you explain the…
Do you ever play the ‘what car would I have if I won the lottery?’ game? Even if you’re not that arsed about motors I bet you do…
The majority of what we write about tends to come from that massive city 200 miles away. I forget the name of it. Begins with an ‘L’ and…
Hot on the heels of their AW15 collection “Walking in Seventy” comes a sneak peak preview of Garbstore’s SS16 collection sticking to the Shank’s pony theme and entitled…
Growing up in the North West of England during the seventies and eighties I have to admit that my earliest associations with concrete were usually accompanied by images…
It’s quite ironic that one of our favourite shops has a name like Commonn because it stocks the type of choice brands that you really don’t see here,…
Autumn/Winter hiking boots in June, are you mad? Well actually no I’m not actually because A. it’s miles better to go out for a country romp whilst the…
As usual, it’s raining whilst I sit here writing this but, as my calendar assures me, the summer solstice is approaching. That should mean there is more sunshine…
If you know who Anton Corbijn is then you’ll already want this hefty tome featuring over 300 shots from his archive,or more likely you already own it. If…
For the first time this year, I’m wearing both shorts AND t-shirt. The balmy weather in the North West of England won’t last, so we must take our…
Garbstore is a brand which wears its influences on its sleeve, literally in some cases. Their latest lookbook shows off lots of properly nice knitwear, Made in England…
To help celebrate that the sun has finally put his hat on and has come out to play, our mates at New Entry are giving one of you…