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Neil Sowerby

Neil Sowerby

The outstanding northern food and drink journalist of his generation

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170826 Union Station

Snapshots of Denver, America’s capital of craft beer and legal highs

Denver, US capital of craft brewing, home to more than 100 breweries, with a rumoured...

170820 Patscherkofel Mountain Trail

Mountain air and melodies in the Austrian Tyrol

ANY city that builds a ski-jump overlooking a graveyard must have a sense of humour...

Beer Pour

Greater Manchester Beer Award winners revealed

Award winners and beer festivals - we'll drink to that

Manchester Food And Drink Festival 40

Your A to Z guide to summer drinking in Manchester: Part Two

Here's Neil Sowerby's tips for a well-informed summer session

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Your A to Z guide to summer drinking in Manchester: Part One

A dash of this, a splash of that, here's Neil Sowerby's tips for random refreshment

Hams

Five northern food & drink destinations worth the trip from Manchester

Travel editor Neil Sowerby says get in the car or on the train and check...

Berlin 170719 Brandenberg Gate

Relishing a fresh taste of mighty Berlin

It’s a city utterly changed, obviously for the better, the axis for citizen and tourist...

170717 Hipping

New look Hipping Hall well worth the trip

It may be seven years since the first series of The Trip on BBC but...

170716 170716 Ropeway By Dominik Butzmann

Getting high on Berlin’s glorious garden extravaganza

IGA – it stands for International Garten Ausstellung – is held every decade, each time...

170725 Forest Side Review Garden In Its Setting

Restaurant Review - The Forest Side, Grasmere

Neil Sowerby on a glamorous (at times twee) country haven playing the Michelin star game...

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Elnecot - new Ancoats restaurant will hark back to district's past

It might sound like a laxative, but this latest new opening's offering sounds solid

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Flok - Northern Quarter's quirky new sherry bar

Opening this week, Stevenson Square's latest newcomer will offer Spanish ‘vermut’ on handpull