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David Dunnico YIt’s been a fabulous monthour response to the first ever issue of the
Cheshire Resident has been amazing and I would
In 50 years on Earth, really like to thank everyone for their support.
documentary Obviously, the old adage is true. You can’t
photographer David please all the people all the time but I am hoping
Dunnico has yet to be that like the best menus we will have something here for
surprised at just how daft everyone!
people can be. Luckily for
him, he has a well- This issue we have managed to obtain an exclusive glimpse
developed appreciation of into the world of US performance artist Clifford Owens,
“daft” www.dunni.co.uk whose first ever European show will be at the Cornerhouse
this month. While his responses to some of our questions are,
Felicity Jackson shall we say, a little brusque, they are nonetheless totally
fascinating. Plus he absolutely loves the North West, so we are
When Felicity isn’t DJ’ing welcoming him with open arms.
in a club at home or
abroad she can be found And we were fascinated to learn that actor Emma
at Jean Jackson Couture Thompson, started her career up here at Granada TV. It was a
in Manchester’s Northern programme called Alfresco so named because it was filmed
Quarter where she’s outdoors. Ummm. Why wasn’t that a success?
honing her skills as a
designer and stylist. One of our favourite restaurateurs Tim Bacon tells us about
the busy year he has lined up and we say welcome to our
Kathryn Johnson newest contributor travel writer Jill Nash.

Kathryn is not just a Jill’s first celeb travel column features actor Siobhan
nutritional adviser she’s Finneran, famed for her roles in Benidorm and Downton
also a raw food teacher Abbey. She talks road trips and family holidays and reveals
who works with clients in how she and husband Mark Jordan once got lost in Portugal...
Cheshire, Manchester and
beyond to bring more Enjoy!
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Jill Nash

Dined on sweet and sour
dog, bungee jumped off
Bloukrans Bridge, sand
surfed in Mozambique
and sampled every type
of accommodation from
Italian palazzos to
Australian bush tents; Dr.
Jill Nash is a seasoned
travel journalist, with four
books to her name, and
plenty of stories to share.

Muriel Lismonde

Is an award winning
winemaker with a
vineyard in South West
France. Her Tour De
Belfort wines are available
in the UK online and at
her wine and cookery
school Le Vin La Table in
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MHeAlYlo! Norse chic

Cheshire Sports luxe We can’t get enough of all things Scandi
(even Inspector Morse prequel Endeavor
rLeOsiVdeEnSt is getting a Nordic makeover - we’re
calling is Inspector Norse obviously) so
We will be reporting on Manchester ‘Manchester is awash with fashion talent we’ll be beating a path to NORR a new
Fashion Week next month, meanwhile we and we believe brands such as Muscle-In addition to the first floor at House of
are feasting our eyes on the only sports have a tremendous amount of potential. Fraser, Manchester.
brand that has been chosen for the four- Where better to promote this than within in
day extravaganza from April 18th-21st, one of the world’s leading cities’. NORR consists of four contemporary
Muscle-In womenswear brands: St-Martins, Six
Commenting on behalf of Muscle-In, Ames, S’NOB de NOBLESSE and SUIT
We are reliably informed that the Director Paula Teader adds: ‘In developing female showcasing casual and formal
emerging Manchester label’s performance Muscle-In we have focused on giving pieces, alongside luxury homeware
and leisure wear, has already received customers access to high quality and brand NORR 11. Each brand brings its
some rave reviews from across the performance related gym and fitness own individual style to the NORR
sporting and fitness world. apparel that combines muscular cut collective: from minimalist tailoring and
tailoring with sophisticated styling. With eye-catching prints, through to sleek
Says MCRFW event coordinator Anna fabric technology taking poll position, home furniture, gifts and accessories,
Gledison : “They have successfully Muscle-In provides outstanding there is something for every taste,
developed an appealing and stylish looking functionality and proven performance united by a cool and refined design style
product range and it will be great to give benefits.’ and exceptional attention to detail and
its creators the exposure the brand rightly quality.
deserves. www.muscle-in.com
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Chain reaction

You’re bound to get a reaction sporting
these natty shades now the sun is shining.
Clearly the name is a giveaway that they
are not for everybody - these Love/Hate
Gold Chain sunglasses by A-Morir are
such a fabulous statement, £230.

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From jungle to DMOINSS’T Out now
forest for Kian
Kian Egan is going from being King of the The first ever deluxe
Jungle to king of the forest as the Westlife edition of Grace Jones’
star heads to Cheshire for a very special groundbreaking
gig. album Nightclubbing
is on sale at a record shop near you.
He’ll be guest of Boyzone on their
Forest Live date at the Delamere Forest Influencing everyone from Lady Gaga,
this summer performing in four Nicki Minaj, Kelela and to Rhianna, La
spectacular woodland locations across the Roux, Grimes, FKA Twigs, Lorde, Polica and
country. Metronomy the album was released in
May 1981 on Island Records.
The winner of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me
Out of Here! 2014 has just released a Not just for audiophiles. We defy you
debut solo album, Home and he is also not to get up on the dancefloor to the
filming the third series of The Voice of sounds of Pull up to the Bumper!
Ireland. He’ll join Boyzone at the gig on
July 6th. Twerk it!

Says Kian: ‘I am really looking forward May 14th is when Miley Cyrus rolls into
to these gigs and of course it’s going to be town on her wrecking ball.
a lot of fun to be out on tour with the
boys!’ The global superstar is bringing the party
to the Manchester Phones 4U Arena as
Should be quite some fun for fans of part of her Bangers tour and in spite of
both Westlife and Boyzone too. Tickets are the outcry over her “outrageous” teen
selling fast for these unique gigs so buy behaviour the whole thing promises to be
them now before it’s too late. pretty entertaining. Her hit singles We
Can’t Stop and Wrecking Ball and her
Tickets are available from the Forestry Commission box office tel album angerz have been getting rave
03000 680400 or www.forestry.gov.uk/music. reviews. Hard to believe she started her
career as Hannah Montana eh? Tel: 0844
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Events

What’s happening this month

May 4th May 8th until June 7th by Richard Curtis.
JASON MANFORD THE LAST DAYS OF Lowry Theatre 0844 847 2277
TROY
Jason Manford is back with a May 13th
new show incorporating his A must-see reworking of COURTNEY LOVE
trademark comedy anecdotes Homer’s The Iliad by
and banter with the likeable Yorkshire’s award-winning Iconic singer and musician
charm which earned him an poet and author Simon Courtney Love is perhaps
appearance on the Royal Armitage. At a time when the famed as much for her
Variety show. After his opera nation is commemorating troubled personal life with
singing turn also saw him World War I, it tells the story Kurt Cobain as her music
emerge the winner on ITV’s of another battle, its legendary career but for over 20 years
Born To Shine, Salford-born heroes and noble losers. she has been lead singer,
Jason put his new- found lyricist, and rhythm guitarist
talent into practice joining Royal Exchange 0844 815 4873 for alternative rock band Hole
Alfie Boe on tour prior to a as well as a solo artist, model
well-received run in the West- May 8th and actress in films like The
End hit musical Sweeney Todd. LOVE HURTS People Vs Larry Flint.
However, his comedy bones ACTUALLY Manchester Academy 0844 847 2277
weren’t completely idle as he
enjoyed appearances on QI, The Unofficial Sequel to the Hit May 17th
Big Fat Quiz of the Year and Film! Join “Emma Thompson” AUSTENTATIOUS
Comedy World Cup .Now he’s as she hosts a dinner party for
back on stage doing what he a host of British luvvies Austentatious: An Improvised
loves best including Alan Rickman, Hugh Novel is a comedy play spun in
Grant, Martine McCutcheon the inimitable style of Jane
Lowry Theatre 0844 847 2277 and Liam Neeson. Special Austen – and based entirely on
Guest Star - Sir John Gielgud. audience suggestions. After
May 5th This one man farce is directed sell-out runs in London and
NEON TREES by Andy McQuade (Fringe Edinburgh, this critically
Report, Best Director 2012) acclaimed show is embarking
American band Neon Trees, and is definitely NOT written
who supported Taylor Swift in May 14th – 17th
Australia on her RED tour last OPERA NORTH
year, will play three dates in LA BOHEME
the UK in early May before
embarking on the extensive US Phyllida Lloyd’s famed production
leg of their ‘Pop Psychology’ of La Bohème gives full expression
tour. A rare chance to catch to the joy of student life in Paris and
them. it is set in the early 1960s. It also
faces squarely the devastation death
Manchester Academy 0844 847 2277 brings when it arrives in the midst
of the lives of a group of young
May 7th friends. Anthony Ward’s detailed
JANELLE MONAE and atmospheric set designs vividly
convey the hustle and bustle of the
Janelle Monae is a six times clubs and cafés of Paris. Puccini’s
Grammy-nominated American music speaks directly across the
blues and soul singer, generations to the heart of anyone
songwriter, dancer and who has ever been young, and
performer. She recently loved and lost.
featured on the US Number 1 Lowry Theatre 0844 847 2277
single ‘We Are Young’ by the
band Fun with whom she
made a guest appearance

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Events

May 15
LAST MAN STANDING

Last Man Standing is dance driven by

unparalleled energy and athleticism,

performed by world class dancers; a

hotly anticipated new work from rising

star, James Wilton.
Lowry Theatre 0844 847 2277

on its first national tour Lily Cole punk’s Poet Laureate.
Lowry Theatre 0844 815 4873 Salford’s own John Cooper
Clarke may now be middle-
May 18th aged but remains an iconic
PAUL HOLLYWOOD figure with a great back
catalogue of satirical verse and
Paul Hollywood has become a a lot to say to a 2014 audience.
baking legend and now he is Particularly on his home patch.
bringing his first-ever live Palace Theatre 0844 871 7660
show to the UK in a
nationwide tour. Paul Until July 27
Hollywood Live - Get Your IN THE FRAME -
Bake On! sees Paul take to the DANCE ON FILM
stage for two shows in
Manchester which are bound The genre of dance presented
to be a sell-out. via a selection of films made by
Palace Theatre 0844 871 7660 visual artists, choreographers
and dance companies. From
May 24th New York City ballet’s New
JOHN COOPER Beginnings about the terrible
CLARKE events of 9/11 to a ballet
documentary about the lives of
Back in the 1970s he was
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LOCAL LIFE
All the latest news from the neighbourhood

Jigsaw’s home
from home

Yummy mummy brand Jigsaw is
returning to its original home on King
Street.

After a decade as one of the key
brands at the Corn Exchange
(re-branded as the Triangle following
the 1996 Manchester bombing) it is
moving back to its original location -
albeit not the original store.

A new collection including pretty
summer dresses and easy to wear
separates make it worth checking out.

www.jigsaw.com

Cocktails and cupcakes festival is The Orangery, THANK YOU!
a massive marquee
There’s more than just a extravaganza from May where we’ll be able to At the Cheshire Resident we
little of the chic Parisian 22nd to June 8th will be hunt for treasures at have been delighted by the
flea markets about St where he are heading to table top stalls selling response to the first ever issue
Ann’s Square this enjoy lazy afternoons of crafts, books, pottery, of our magazine and we are
month as it celebrates alfresco cocktails, retro clothing and a also truly grateful for all the
Spring with a market cupcakes and afternoon huge selection of support we have received - not
festival tea in a vintage setting. handmade gifts and least for the contribution made
other treats. There’ll be by the models featured on both
The 18-day The hub of the glamorous cocktails, the cover and in our first
Pimms, Bellinis and fashion spread.
delicious non-alcoholic I’m sure you’ll agree they
delights served from a looked amazing!
Pavement Café Bar,
and afternoon tea with a The models are Beth Waite
vintage twist will be and Ksenjia - and the beautiful
served at Elsie May’s make up was by Industry’s
Traditional Tea Room, Richard Harvey
as well as tastings,
poetry readings music Industry People
and other entertainment www.industrypeople.co.uk
to enjoy too!
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Soul searching LAWYER

Victoria Baths is hosting a ten- over the May Bank Holiday the revolutionary style of IN LYCRA
day celebration exploring the weekend with a Northern Soul Northern Soul, influenced by
power of physical movement, all-nighter and a fierce dance- aspects of Latin and African Rebecca Sharpe, Partner at Slater
including the phenomenon of off DJ’d by designer Wayne American cultures, connects Heelis has become known to
Northern Soul, with an Hemingway. Panamanian artist Manchester to the rest of the colleagues as the Lawyer in Lycra
explosive line-up of video Humberto Vélez will also be world. thanks to her dedicated training
installations, dance and live art showing his latest film for this year’s London Marathon
performances. installation, before it heads to www.victoriabaths.org.uk to raise funds for Macmillan
The Un-Rest festival, opening Tate Modern later this year. New Spring Festival of Markets for Manchester Cancer Support.
on April 24th will culminate The festival will also reveal how 22 May – 8 June 2014 St Ann’s Square
Rebecca was diagnosed with
cervical cancer in 2006 and
received much needed help from
Macmillan Cancer Support. She is
now in remission and is
determined to run the marathon
to fundraise for the charity.

If you would like to support her visit http://

uk.virginmoneygiving.com/BeckSharp

In the house Tatton win receive a Gold, Silver, LONGER
Bronze or Highly SHELF LIFE
Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike are May 10th is when Tatton Commended Award.
performing an exclusive show during finds out whether it has Manchester’s Central Library has
the May Bank Holiday weekend at the been named Large Visitor Councillor Michael Jones, been given a facelift and this is
region’s latest venue Victoria Attraction at the Leader of Cheshire East the result!
Warehouse. prestigious VisitEngland Council, said ‘This national
Awards for Excellence recognition for Tatton is Gone is the old 1930s interior,
The Belgian duo are best known for 2014. It’s a national award fantastic and richly now the St Peter’s Square
an electrifying live combination of DJ scheme that celebrates the deserved. Tatton is one of building is a contemporary
Sets and crowd busting MC’ing that has best of English tourism the “jewels in the crown” resource where its book
catapulted them to superstardom and with businesses across of not only Cheshire East collections share space with state-
their notoriety on UK shores was England applying to be but the North West as a of-the-art technology.
cemented last year when they took the recognised as one of the whole – and it is gratifying
award winning Creamfields by storm best. to see this excellence The refurbished Reading Room
with one of the most exciting and recognised by being is where the archives are to be
electric performances in the festival’s However, the venue is named as a finalist at these found alongside new digital
history. already a winner as all prestigious awards.’ interactive features. There’s even
finalists are guaranteed to a performance space on the
As #1 hit makers and remixers to the ground floor of the building too.
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Diary

GIORFLADJ
Felicity Jackson, a girl DJ from
Manchester, who after two

summers in Ibiza decided to get
behind the decks, starting her own
night Flick The Switch, she is also
head stylist and creative director of

Jean Jackson Couture NQ

March and April have been The NQ studio has also been especially my favourite venues in the Northern
a particularly busy few busy, with a lot of our own range being Quarter. Terrace NQ is located in the heart
months for me, I’ve barely lent out for edgy editorials, very much of the NQ on Thomas Street; easily
been home and I am looking forward to the pictures! mistaken for a ginnel; however I’d say it’s
currently writing this in more of a low key, dimly lit, industrial,
the vet’s as my dog is ill, however, Dj’ing is another thing I’ve been doing stripped back bar, serving fine cocktails,
admittedly, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few weeks and a particular ales, craft beers, fancy wines and plenty of
procrastinating too. highlight has to be playing with Happy good food. Whether you’re popping in for
Monday’s dancer and soon to be Salford after work snacks or beers, enjoying
Mostly I have been travelling to and MP, Bez down in Bedford. Manchester’s cool eatery scene or making
from London looking at innovative a night of it; this place is great.
designers and choosing new collections Unfortunately I was too busy with work
for Jean Jackson NQ. I’m very excited to watch a special screening of Alfred Visit Matt & Phreds
about the fact there will be an abundance Hitchcock’s Psycho accompanied by a live Another for the list is long established live
of beautiful new dresses coming into our performance of Bernard Herrmann’s music venue Matt & Phreds, most notably
boutique from September and I can’t wait. spine-tingling score. To celebrate 50 years known for showcasing the best in local
on from its release, Anthony Gabriele and and international jazz. As well as being
Edgy shoots like this one by the British Sinfonietta present the able to see some amazingly talented
On Love and Photography cinematic masterpiece with a live musicians, the bar and kitchen team are
orchestra; one of the greatest thrillers of also on top of their game. Delicious
cocktails, great wine, amazing atmosphere.
Iall time seen and heard like never before. On April 21st house band The
’m not sure May will get any easier Nightcreatures host a new monthly night
but I am hoping I’ll be able to find where anything New Orleans style goes.
the time to do at least one - or all Expect to hear everything from Blues to
these things in the next few Secondline, Brass Band to Funk or Jazz.
weeks…
And I’ll definitely...
Pop into Terrace NQ Be DJ’ing in Malta later this month so if
Aside from this place residing round the you fancy an intimate party of 100 in a
corner from Jean Jackson NQ and it secret location, then I guess I will see you
therefore being an awfully convenient there.
place for me to grab breakfast, lunch or
dinner (or all of above), it is easily one of

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HOLHLEYARWOOOD
...but, as Kevin Bourke discovers, it all started in Manchester
for Oscar-winning Emma Thompson

Can you imagine the faces of Marks & Spencer in a series of lot. Sometimes things go wrong and it
advertising ballyhoo and Annie Leibovitz-shot ads, alongside the doesn’t last, and that seems to me perfectly
pre-emptive BAFTA trophy- likes of Annie Lennox. reasonable. So I don’t feel any anger or
polishing that today would depression about it now.
greet a TV series starring So instead of a broom cupboard in the
Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Hugh old Granada building, we’re talking in the ‘My grandmother used to say that
Laurie, Robbie Coltrane and Siobhan ritzy Claridges hotel where Emma is your heart’s no good as a heart until it’s
Redmond, written by Manchester launching her new film, The Love Punch. been broken at least ten times. I know
University graduate Ben Elton? But when Co-starring Pierce Brosnan, Celia Imrie what she means, that the cicatrices that
Granada TV gave fresh out of college and Timothy Spall, it’s a romantic comedy you develop are the things that shape the
thesp Emma and the others their first caper, set largely in Paris and the South of way in which you are able to navigate all
break with the 1983 sketch show Alfresco, France. ‘No, of course, those lovely your relationships.
that wasn’t exactly what happened. Filmed settings, nice hotels and lovely food had
mostly outdoors (hence the title) around nothing to do with me wanting to do it,’ ‘Love is such a small word, isn’t it, for
Manchester and Cheshire, Granada bosses she chuckles. She and Brosnan play a so many different forms of affection?
originally intended the show as an divorced couple forced to team up to steal Particularly in long-term relationships, you
anarchic rival to BBC shows such as a jewel from a thoroughly unpleasant go through all kinds of different weather,
Monty Python and Not The Nine O’Clock French financier who has, effectively, so that’s been useful to me.
News, but it foundered on poor reviews, stolen their pension fund.
often aimed at Thompson’s monologues. ‘I have many vile qualities but quite a
Working with the former James Bond nice one is that I don’t hold grudges.
‘Oh God, were you one of the few was her idea, she reveals. Actually, I don’t have the energy that it
people who saw that? Sorry!’, she laughs, takes to need or want revenge for things
30 years on. ‘We were all terrified and we ‘We’d always wanted to work together and I don’t see the point.’
would have been even more frightened if on something and then when Joel
we’d realized just how much we didn’t (Hopkins, writer and director) came up She already has a few more films
know about making TV! When I was part with this Home Counties heist movie, we ready to go, including Effie, in which she
of the Footlights Review and we did live said “that’s it!”. Pierce is a real movie star. stars alongside husband Greg Wise and
shows you’d have all these lines you could He’s got glamour and the most Dakota Fanning, as well as Robert
use to gee the audience along. Of course, extraordinary grace, moving almost like a Carlyle’s directing debut.
there was none of that when you were just ballerina. That’s why he was one of the
working to camera.’ most successful Bonds, but then he will sit But The Love Punch has opened up a
there doing something normal like the whole other genre for her to explore, she
Things are very different these days, crossword. You practically expected him to says.
though. She has a veritable brace of Oscar whip out some knitting,’ she howls.
and BAFTA acting nominations and ‘I’d absolutely love to do what Liam
trophies under her belt, she’s a hugely As a divorced couple in the film, they Neeson has done recently, reinventing
successful writer, with screenplays for seem to have a decent relationship with himself as a more mature action hero.
Sense and Sensibility and two Nanny each other. But she herself was very open
McPhee films to her credit, to say nothing about her anger and depression when her ‘I had such fun torturing Pierce when I
of an officially approved sequel to The Tale first, highly publicised marriage to did my own stunt-driving in this film! The
Of Peter Rabbit. She’s also one of the new Kenneth Branagh ended in divorce. crew were very French about it and just let
me do it. It was heaven to make an
‘Yes, it was very painful, but it was also ex-James Bond genuinely frightened! It
something that happens between people a made me want to do an action movie and
be allowed to do something that’s illegal.’

*The Love Punch is on release now.

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Photographs
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If there’s one art show you should experience this year it’s Clifford Photographs With an
Owens’ Better the Rebel You Know at the Cornerhouse... Audience (Manchester):

Brown People, 2014
30”x40” C-print

Courtesy of the Artist

Words by Janet Reeder Performance art is my melancholy compassion. I’m very fortunate to have a
mistress. family that has always supported my
Performance artist Clifford interests in art and making art.
Owens crosses the Atlantic to Q. How did you become an artist?
bring us his first European What did your parents/family think Q. Your art is quite radical, how did
exhibition. It features key of your chosen career? What do they it evolve?
existing work and two new think now? I don’t make radical art, and I’m not a
commissions: A UK version of a work first One does not become an artist; art political artist. I make art in my head, from
developed for New York’s MoMA PS1 and becomes you. my heart, and through my body.
a piece involving participants from
Manchester that challenges the boundaries I was raised with a lot of love, care, and Q. You are exhibiting in Manchester,
of performance and image making. We the first time in Europe, how did
caught up with him during preparations that happen, do you think the
for the show. response to your work will be
different to that in the US?
Q. Will you tell us a little bit about A New York City curator named Michael
yourself? Did you always want to be Connor introduced me to Sarah Perks,
an artist? Visual Arts and Film Director at
I was born and raised in Baltimore, Cornerhouse.
Maryland in the early 1971. I look like my
father. I’m my mother’s son. In 2013, I traveled to Manchester (my
first trip Europe) to meet with the team at
I always knew that I would live a Cornerhouse. Sarah offered me a
creative life. When I was very young, I commission to produce new works for
wanted to be a writer, but later I realized “Better the Rebel You Know,” my first solo
that in order to be a good writer, one must exhibition in Europe.
be a good reader.

Photography is my first love.

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Photographs Art
With an Audience
(Miami): Topsy/ Photographs With an Audience
Turvy, 2011 (Miami) Push and Press #1-3, 2011
60”x40” C-print
Courtesy of the 30”x40” C-print
Artist Courtesy of the Artist

Clifford Owens #1

Photographs With an
Audience (Miami) Push
and Press #1-3, 2011
30”x40” C-print
Courtesy of the Artist

Daniella Rose King was appointed “Photography is my first from center city Manchester to locations in
curator of the exhibition in 2014. Daniella love. Performance art is its outer boroughs, traversing real and
is a brilliant, fearless, young curator with my melancholy mistress” imaginary borders defined by class and
whom I’ve developed a meaningful cultural differences. For Godfried Donkor’s
friendship and a productive professional Q. Do you know anything about intense score “The Battle Royal,” I’ll be
relationship. She’s integral to the Manchester - and the people? Have working with Manchester-based actors
conceptual formulation of “Better the you scouted out locations for and amateur boxers.
Rebel You Know.” (In fact, Daniella titled Anthology?
the exhibition). I’ve traveled to Manchester twice and I Both performance scores, which are
love the city and its inhabitants. part of roughly 20 scores written by
I returned to Manchester last spring to Manchester is raw, real, and British artists, comprise a section of Better
perform “Photographs with an Audience: unpretentious. the Rebel You Know titled Anthology: UK,
Manchester,” which is included in “Better which is the second iteration of Anthology
the Rebel You Know.” During that visit, Actually, I recently wrote in my journal: presented in my solo exhibition of the
Daniella also organized a performance in “The Smiths first introduced me to same title in New York City at the Museum
London at The White Building for which I Manchester in 1984.” What’s more of Modern Art PS1, similarly comprised of
presented “Anthology” scores from its interesting, and perhaps completely 28 performance scores by an
original iteration at the Museum of random, is that I lost my virginity in 1987 intergenerational group of black American
Modern Art PS1. while listening to The Smiths. If I recall, it artists.
occurred between tracks on “The Queen is
I do believe that the work will be Dead” album. A performance art score is an
received differently in the United Kingdom instruction for an action or a gesture.
than in the United States. Of course, we’re For Naomi Kashiwagi’s fantastic score
all human beings, and my work is, in part, “Amplified Living,” I’ll walk in tap shoes Q. Your performance piece invites
about the complexities of the human people to participate in fairly
condition and being alive in “the life intimate ways, are you ever afraid
world.” that no-one will join in?

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Anthology (Nsenga Make a date with...
Knight), 2011
60”x40” C-print Preview
Courtesy of the Artist Clifford Owens: Better the Rebel You Know

Galleries / Fri May 9th / 18:00 – 20:00 / FREE, Drop in

Join us as we celebrate the opening night of
our new exhibition from New York-based
artist Clifford Owens. The preview will feature
a series of live, one-off performances as
Owens interprets a selection of the scores
contributed by a range of UK artists.

Curator and Artist Tour
Better The Rebel You Know

Galleries / Sat May 10th / 13:00 – 14:00 / FREE, Booking required

Put your questions about performance art to
Clifford Owens and curator Daniella Rose King
in this exhibition tour.

Curator Tour
Better The Rebel You Know

Galleries / Sat Aug 2nd / 13:00 – 14:00 / FREE, Booking required

Tour the exhibition with Daniella Rose King,
as she talks through the process of curating
Clifford Owens’s show.

I don’t like the phrase audience “I make art in my head, anything from my work. You’re not
participation. Audience participation is a from my heart and supposed to “get” art; art should,
passive and disinterested engagement with through my body.” metaphorically, get you, it should arrest
a work of art. In other words, in you, it should stick to you, it should f**k
participatory art, the artist has already Q. And the worst? with you, it should embrace and release
predetermined the outcome of the work of I’ll answer this question from the grave. you, it should become a part of you,
art and, therefore, it’s often boring and however briefly.
wholly unproductive. I’m more interested Q. Do you have a philosophy?
in the ways in which viewers can define No, I don’t have a philosophy. I’m not a Q. How hard is it making a name
and form the content of the work of art philosopher. I’m an artist. for yourself as a performance
itself---a kind of active engagement with a artist? Is it easier being a
work of art that is determined by the Q. Who influences you? photographer?
audience. Perhaps it’s old-fashioned, but I The question of influences is always tricky. I There’s nothing easy about being
find John Dewey’s philosophical have too many influences to list here. an artist.
proposition relevant, perhaps more now However, I think a better question might be,
than ever, that “an art experience” is, in “Who inspires you?” In that case, my Q. Are you looking forward to
part, about “doing and undergoing.” response would be pointedly and without coming to Manchester?
hesitation: my beautiful sons Inti and
Q. Is it partly an excuse to snog Joaquin inspire me. I’m looking forward to Mancunians
strangers? coming to me.
What’s the definition of “snog?” Q. What do you hope people get
from your work? Clifford Owens: Better the Rebel You Know, Cornerhouse,
Q. What has been the best experience I’ve no expectation that people will “get” Manchester, curated by Daniella Rose King
you’ve had during a performance? May 10th-August 17th www.cornerhouse.org
I’ve yet to have a best experience during a
performance.

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Life behind bars
He started out flaring cocktails now Cheshire-based entrepreneur
Tim Bacon has a multi-million pound empire that has transformed
dining out forever

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Not many restaurateurs can There were certainly few places like the Tim led the revolution in contemporary dining
boast of having the Living Room in the 1990s. It had glamour,
legendary striker Eric it had celebs and premiership talent and London to experience food’s cutting edge.
Cantona as a doorman - but yet it wasn’t elitist. No more. Now, the capital’s hip outfits are
Tim Bacon is the exception. heading north, while, after last year’s
Tim, it is safe to say, has led a ‘It wasn’t that we went out to court the headline-grabbing openings at Manchester
revolution in contemporary wining and footballers or other celebrities, it was House and the French, the hits just keep
dining in the city and beyond with venues because we were a vibrant happening on coming,’ they wrote.
such as The Botanist, Gusto, the Alchemist, place in town. They liked it and we
Australasia and Manchester House. He certainly made them feel welcome when Proper burgers? Open kitchens? Give
recalls the days of his first Living Room they arrived ,’ explains the youthful Tim a break.
venue on Manchester’s Deansgate which 50-year-old.
almost became a second home to the likes ‘Everyone’s talking about it as a major
of David Beckham and the young ‘We didn’t pander to them, but we’d get innovation but we were doing that back in
Manchester United team. people away from them so they could relax 93,’ he laughs.
and it was just a nice, conducive
‘They were all there back in the day,’ he environment so they tended to come back.’ ‘OK, whatever! Another great concept
says. ‘It’s funny. Cantona used to turn up to come out of London - there you go.’
on a Friday/Saturday night and he’d have These days, the restaurants and bars
his white jacket on. He used to like the that make up his Living Ventures and Things began to change for him in 1993.
idea of being a doorman on the basement other business empires continue to bring He’d worked as a barman at TGI Fridays,
he’d quite often be standing there as a the glamour into Manchester and Cheshire won a bar consultancy job and then
door member . He quite liked the idea of whether you’re a celebrity or not. They bought his first place from the receivers
that. I don’t know why!’ also recently made Olive Magazine’s Cool JW Johnsons on Deansgate. It soon
List as part of the M62 Corridor. became a roaring success.

‘Time was a northerner had to head to ‘If you look at the statistics of doing
anything in life, everything’s a long shot,’
he says.

‘And that was the first hybrid (bar and

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Manchester House your eyes quite a lot. I learned the value of TLR Manchester
lawyers!’
restaurant) so it was quite an interesting Manchester, opening a Botanist close to
time. ‘In Australia everything was hybrid, In fact, this year Tim gets JW Johnson’s the Gherkin in the city of London
the whole basis of food and drink was a back. He’s bought the old site and after
mix, but not back then. briefly contemplating turning it back into ‘And we are just negotiating a second
Johnsons will be opening it as a sister site in the city for a new brand under the
‘But there was no conscious thought restaurant to the wildly successful New World Trading company. We’ve got
process; it was just something ingrained in Botanist in Alderley Edge. two sites in Glasgow and one in
my mind that this was a way you could Richmond,’ he says.
enjoy a night out and I came from a bar- But that’s not all, in what he dubs a
tending background and was very much “busy year” he’s launching another ‘Maybe I’ve always had an ambition to
bar focused. Botanist in Chester, bringing Gusto to the progress and grow something. I’ve always
former Olive Press site in Elliot House, kept moving.
‘Bars have always been a big part of the
operation. The bar is the heart. If you ‘The bar is the heart. If ‘But you don’t necessarily have a
create an atmosphere in the bar it does you create an atmosphere structure, a line from A to B when you do
infuse the rest of the room - and I’m not in the bar it does infuse it. It’s very much a windy road.’
into staid environments generally into the rest of the room’
speaking.’ So what motivates him?
Tim Bacon and Aiden Byrne ‘I continue to enjoy doing it,’ he replies.
A former actor who left his native ‘It’s not just the people you meet who
Australia to build an theatrical career and come in; it’s the people you work with, the
satisfy his wanderlust, Tim admits his 20s people you do business with and the
were pretty wild but then he met his wife environment you work in, although I do
at Johnson’s and the rest, as they say, is have a very nice office out in the Cheshire
history. countryside.
‘My life is very much my family and my
‘She’s my third wife. I had wild work. I don’t have any hobbies. My work
tempestuous 20s but I got over that by the is my hobby as much as anything else. I’ve
time I was 30. Thank God,’ he reveals. got two young kids, Maya, who is ten, and
Phoenix, who is seven. Phoenix Horatio
‘We met at work. My wife is French and Bacon. I’ll tell you what, he’s either going
she came in for a job but couldn’t speak to love me or hate me for that one day.’
English. He also has around him people who
have been key to his success throughout
‘I said :“I’d like to employ you but you the years and stayed along for the ride.
know I can’t - do you want to go out ‘I think it is quite unusual to have a
instead?” She said “non.” It took me about team who stick together for such a long
a month to talk her into saying “oui” and period of time doing different things,’ he
we’ve been together ever since. We have reflects.
two kids and are happily married so it’s ‘ I do quite like that. I like that a lot.’
good.’ As Tim says, if you look at the statistics
of doing anything in life - everything’s a
‘JW Johnsons taught me a lot of long shot.
lessons. Up to that time I had always been
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Mamamncoohenusterr
The city was recently named as one of
the most romantic places in the UK
but does it match up to Paris?
Janet Reeder finds out

Photography: Paul Morgans
Models: Pedro and Jennifer Nemesis Agency

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In a recent countdown of 50 best
towns and villages Manchester
came out as one of the best places
for romance. Yes that’s right...
romance.
The Sunday Times article cited all the
cafes, bars and venues as fertile ground
for love - beaten only by London.

And while those of us growing up in
the shadow of the Arndale’s renowned
facade (once dubbed the “biggest lavatory
wall in Europe”) may be slightly sceptical,
we have to admit the city has a certain
gritty allure.

What Manchester doesn’t have in
picturesque gardens, riverside walks and
major architectural backdrops, it makes up
for in sexy bars and cool clubs - and as
you wander around, yes! There are places
that could give “Gay Paree” a run for its
money. Here are just a few of them...

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The Northern Quarter

With its charming streets reminding us of clientele (many of whom we are certain are
Manchester in its “back in the day” looking for love and find it!). The indie
heyday of cobbles and terraces, this is now music clubs, galleries and vintage tea
arguably the city’s version of Paris’s shops make this spot v.cool, so you feel it
Marais. Except the Marais has been too.
invaded by chain brands and the Northern
Quarter hasn’t. For major hand-holding possibilities we
rate the Blue Pig, which is a French
It’s got lovely independent shops to Brasserie with a fantastic bar stocked with
browse around, selling everything from the finest spirits. Head there at the
beautiful bouquets to vintage clothing and weekend for a brunch of deli delights, or
at night it really comes alive as the bars Sunday lunch, or drinks and live music at
and restaurants attract a very mixed night. www.thebluepigmcr.co.uk

CHARLOTTE BALBIER
Cheshire wedding gown designer

‘Eclectic Hotels which include Didsbury House Hotel
are very popular and intimate and romantic. We have

stayed at all three and they’re really nice.’

Andrew Spinoza Albert Square

PR and marketing guru Do as they do in Paris and sit on the steps
of a fountain or statue to gaze at some
The most magnificent monument - in this case
romantic place in Manchester’s rather gorgeous Neo Gothic
Manchester is town hall. Not only is this an impressive
the top of the symbol of the city’s industrial past but it is
tower at the now a film set. Most recently leading men
amazing James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe have
Venetian Gothic been spotted in the vicinity during the
masterpiece that filming of Frankenstein.
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Hotel. Formerly Send us a tweet @ChesResident
the Refuge
building, it’s a grand and dramatic
place and the rooftop is not open to
the public. However, many moons ago
while it was empty in between owners,
a security guard who looked after it at
night, allowed my then flame and I
private access to the tower. A swoon-
ful, memorable night.

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Manhcahs.e..ster
Castlefield
Manchester University
The Northern Quarter
Manchester Art Gallery

Albert Square
Spinningfields

Phaars.i.s.

The Seine
The Sorbonne

The Maris
The Louvre
Place De La Concorde
Galeries Lafayette

LIZ TAYLOR Castlefield
OK. Paris has got the Seine but that will definitely work as a romantic
of event planners the Taylor Lynn Manchester has its “waterways” and location. Here you can enjoy a drink or
Corporation (www.tlc-ltd.co.uk) prettiest of these are down by the village- lunch al fresco at a waterside location, or
like area at the bottom of Deansgate do something romantic and cinematic like
‘What could be more romantic known as Castlefield - that’s because it was get a lift on a barge. On Sunday morning
than looking over the city on a the site of a Roman fort several centuries take a stroll through the market and then
clear night – the private bar in ago. You may even want to wander over wind up having lunch as Duke’s 92, which
and take a look at the unprepossessing opened funnily enough in 1992. That’s not
Cloud 23 @ The Hilton Roman remnants. OK not as historic as say how it got its name however, it was
Deansgate Manchester Hotel Chester but a quieter more laid-back area because it was lock number 92.
with a bottle of champagne and
their glorious truffles. It’s the Cheshire Resident 33

perfect romantic spot!’

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Manchester Art Gallery Manchester
University
There’s something about looking at latest exhibition Time Machine, by Joana
paintings that’s a bit erotic - well I suppose Vasconcelos will fire your passion for each Let’s face it, with the biggest
that depends on the art. Steer clear of the other? The Portuguese artist’s helicopter student population in Europe,
George Stubbs at Manchester’s art gallery covered with pink Ostrich feathers will the chances of romance are
and head for the Pre Raphaelites, for ensure you’re not stuck for anything to say high. And not just for students.
romantic inspiration. if you’re on a date that’s for certain! Think of all those hunky
www.manchestergalleriestimemachine.org medics and intellectuals like
Or perhaps discussing the merits of the Professor Brian Cox who hang
around the bars and cafes in
Flic Everett - Writer JOHN WHAITE the area. There’s nothing like
TV Chef and winner of the stimulating discussion to move
Dimitri’s restaurant on Deansgate, for two things onto the next level!
reasons- firstly because it’s like going on a Great British Bake Off
mini break to Greece, because you can sit Theatres
outside in the covered passage under the ‘I say that romance lies
heaters, and it feels like being on holiday, in the heart of the What could be more about
and second because I used to go for lunch “togetherness” than heading
there with my husband before we got Northern Quarter. In the out to see a show or a gig?
together and were just friends, so happy little bars and cafes is This is where you’ll be spoilt
memories. for choice. Something drop
where I first fell in love.’ dead romantic and classical at
the Bridgewater Hall perhaps?
Puccini at the Opera House?
Or taking a seat at the Royal
Exchange for their
forthcoming production of The
Last Days of Troy by Simon
Armitage, starring former
model Lily Cole (got to be
worth a look at least?) www.
royalexchangetheatre.co.uk

Shopping

Shopping is high on the list of
things couples do together and
the nicer the shops the more
romantic the activity. Ergo, a
run-down high street is no
place to make or take a date.
Thankfully, Manchester has
lots of fantastic places to buy
gifts for each other and they
are also the perfect backdrop
to being intimate. For label
junkies Harvey Nichols,
Hervia, Hermes, Selfridges and
Spinningfields are the best
places to hang out and if you
really want to impress your
other half then head for the
“Jewellery Quarter” around
King Street and pick up some
hot rocks!

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MaWrphyleI livBe irni…dge

Who am I? Yvonne G. Rybka Erskine Over the past few years two main
My name is Yvonne G. Rybka Erskine and operators have made such a positive
I have worked in the food and drink “We had never actually difference to the area- Justine and Dermot
industry in Manchester for the past 15 heard of Marple Bridge. It Sheedy named their first venue, Libby’s,
years. I may have grown up in the South had a very old fashioned, after their youngest daughter. It’s a real
but I’m a fully fledged adopted Mancunian traditional postcard feel, family affair; what started out as a simple
and now call this home. Since starting out bakery has since doubled in size and now
in the business I’ve managed a few historic with a railway station a operates as a coffee shop by day and a
celeb haunts, for those of you old enough couple of minutes away” casual restaurant by night.
to remember – Reform and Lounge 10. I Every single cake, pastry and loaf of bread
then opened one or two venues of my own is made fresh on the premises; they also
– The Bay Horse, Soup Kitchen, and blend their own coffee so it’s a real treat
Thomas; all situated in Manchester’s for all the hungry mums and families that
Northern Quarter. The latter two fill Libby’s every day. The evening offer is
businesses have now been sold but I can tapas style with Mediterranean influences,
still be found at The Bay Horse with all very colourful and tasty; prices are
business partner and best friend, Nicky. competitive and this value for money keeps
We own this together after ten years of the locals coming back!
successful trading.
Local brothers Paul and Matthew
Why Marple Bridge? Dutson opened Dutson’s two years ago.
Over ten years ago my boyfriend (now It’s a high quality delicatessen and wine
husband) and I decided to buy a property shop with adjoining café. Their choices of
and picked up a load of brochures for cheeses and wines especially are divine, I
houses in South Manchester as he was love their gorgonzola dolce for something
local to this area and works nearby. Being a bit different. And a bottle of their
on the impulsive side, we chose the only Skillogalee Basket Pressed Shiraz from
house we loved out of about 50, purely on Clare Valley Australia would impress any
the way it looked. We had never actually dinner guest.
heard of Marple Bridge and drove to take
a look at the area that night. It had a very They have introduced popular monthly
old fashioned, traditional postcard feel, wine tastings which highlight their level of
with a railway station a couple of minutes knowledge in this field, and do always ask
away (a must as I didn’t drive then) and their advice when shopping for wine as
lots of green areas for our dogs. So we their recommendations are spot on!
decided to put in an offer!
Also you can’t go wrong if you just
What sort of house is it? fancy a pint at The Royal Scot followed by
We live in a four storey terraced town a chippy dinner from Town Street Fryer -
house built in the late 1800s. Being situated both worth a visit or two.
on the only main street of Marple Bridge
(Town Street) it’s very bustly at the front. How do you wind down?
But all birds singing, church bells and It is so easy to wind down in Marple
trees are at the back so we get the best of Bridge as there are lots of green areas
both worlds! with all the parks, canals and farmland.
The scenery is breathtaking with views for
Favourite places to eat and drink many miles around, and the clear air is
When we first moved here there were few really needed after spending so much of
places we enjoyed to eat and drink as it my week working in central Manchester.
felt much “older” and we tended to travel We now have a very large dog, a Briard
into Manchester. named Monty, who “takes me” on long
walks. I also enjoy playing tennis with
Derek Waterfield, my coach, at Brabyns
Tennis Club every week.

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“Every single cake, pastry
and loaf of bread is made

fresh on the premises”

Staff member Sara Sanchez at
Libby’s Bread and Wine

Matthew and Paul Dutson discuss wine with Yvonne, also Cheshire Resident 37
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Yvonne is taken
for a walk by Monty

“There are lots of green areas with all the parks, canals and
farmland; the scenery is breathtaking with views for miles”

What are the shops like? nights out. And a local butcher and
The good thing is there are a lot of shops greengrocer would be amazing; either that
on this small street with no empty units, so or the Dutson’s brothers could expand
it feels like a very vibrant community. My their shop to a full-on gourmet grocery
favourite is Talisman Books, a proper store with fresh produce and meat? Just a
bookshop full of great finds for any true thought!
book lover, with many first editions like my
Hercule Poirot collection which increases What would be your perfect day
weekly! Oh and there’s a great Post Office in Marple Bridge?
which I think every good town needs to A bright Spring day, preferably a Sunday,
function but unfortunately not many still starting with a nice big walk with Monty
have. and my family, maybe to The Roman Lakes
or up to The Hare and Hounds in Glossop
Is it a good place to work? for some refreshments; followed by a
I have never worked in the area as it’s nice browse in Dutson’s for some gorgeous
to work in Manchester city centre and then cheese and wine to devour with the
come back here to relax. I commute most Sunday papers!
days from Marple train station and it’s just
over 20 minutes into Manchester Would anything tempt you
Piccadilly. to move away?
Marple Bridge is just so convenient with
Could anything improve everything we need on our doorstep; and
Marple Bridge? our daughter’s school, Ludworth Primary,
Although Marple Bridge is definitely an is fantastic, so it would be good to see
area on the up, some younger, creative through her last three years there. We
independent businesses would improve the would love to stay in the area if we can,
development of the area making it more of but with a growing child, dog, and walk-in
a destination for new visitors. wardrobe, a move to a bigger house is
It would be lovely to see a high-end long overdue!
vintage shop with a hire section for special
Photography by Kirsty Thompson
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The uber glam shine at the latest Harvey Nichols runway show

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Fashion

Above: Midnight Garden Above: Street Side Story

L-R: Jude Cisse, Liz Above: Leanne Brown, Jessica Lawlor Above: Keen Explorer
McClarnon,Claire
Merry and friend The FROW
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Fashion fizz and famous faces all
added up to an uber glam night
out at Harvey Nichols
Manchester.
The occasion? A fashion
fabulous extravaganza at the Manchester
store to showcase SS14 trends.

We are happy to report that the top
celebs were out in force and dressed to
impress.

The Cheshire Resident team shared pole
position FROW with Liz McClarnon, Jude
Cisse and Claire Merry as the models took
us through the highlights of the
collections.

Other famous fashionistas at the sell-out
show included Chantelle Tagoe, Leanne
Brown, Jessica Lawlor, Theresa Samba,
Jane Given, Emily Jagielka and Erin
O’Neill.

Harvey Nichols Manchester’s VIP
customers were treated to a 15% discount
on SS14 Fashion and Accessories whilst
indulging in a Perrier-Jouet Champagne

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Above: Colour is key Above: Gorgeous Gucci Above: Sports luxe

drinks reception that carried on after the The Throwback trend included Only Fingers + Toes tending to toes
main event The occasion also marked the sophisticated looks that showcased a and tips.
return of the famous Harvey Nichols beautiful Balmain dress and jacket,
Manchester Fashion Show, after it took an accessorised with a Victoria Beckham The expertly groomed glossy locks were
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STEP INTO A SEASON OF EFFORTLESS STYLE
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High fashion dictates that we
keep it simple this season
with a classic combination of
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Chloe Moss, the Chester-based jewellery designer
behind the highly successful ChloBo range, gives us an
insight into her life and work

Can you tell us a little bit about It was travel that first inspired
yourself? Do you still live in you when you were pretty
Cheshire? Do you consider yourself young. Any interesting
a global person? adventures along the way?
I have lived in Chester all of my life and My round the world trip in 2003 was one
love it here. Not only is Chester a beautiful big adventure! Starting in New York and
city but we are just a stone’s throw from finishing in Thailand, I got to see so many
Liverpool, Manchester and easily amazing places and meet lots of weird and
accessible to London. Travelling is a huge wonderful people. From San Francisco to
part of my life and I spend a lot time away the people in Fiji, it really did open my
sourcing material for my collections, but eyes to lots of different cultures and has
ultimately Chester is the place I call home. led to the inspiration behind the brand.

Did you feel you’d found A lot of celebrities wear your
your vocation when you jewellery, can you reveal a few
started designing? names?
Yes definitely. As soon as I began I just Elle Macpherson, Cheryl Cole, Kelly
knew this was the right path for me and I Rowland, Ellie Goulding and The
had found my calling. Saturdays to name just a few. It is always
so flattering to open a magazine and see a
Why jewellery? celebrity wearing one of my designs and
My inspiration came from watching a lady has been one of the biggest drivers for
making bracelets on the beach in Bali. I ChloBo.
was meant to stay there just 10 days but
suddenly I’d been there two months! How did they find out about you?
The first store to stock ChloBo was Cricket
How did you start? in Liverpool, where the likes of Coleen
I tracked down a local silversmith whilst Rooney and Alex Gerrard shop. They
still in Bali to discuss sourcing the best really liked the brand and so bought in to
materials and drew on local iconography it from the start. From then on it was just
to inspire the charms. The Hamsa Hand,
Evil Eye, Tree of Life and other charms
you see throughout my collections are all
inspired by imagery seen throughout Bali
and South-East Asia. When I got home I
sat around the kitchen table with my mum
making bracelets and it all went from
there.

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word of mouth. We have also had some What would you like to be doing in bright colours but at lower price points.
really great press over the years, and have right now? Hopes for the year?
even featured in Vogue which has I am currently designing my Autumn/ What epitomises your
definitely helped. Winter Collection where I am introducing own personal style?
some totally new ideas - I can’t say more My own personal style is to not have a set
What - or who - is inspiring for now though! in stone style. I like to change my look on a
you at the moment? Later on in the Summer my diffusion daily basis depending on my mood and
I am always inspired by trends and the “Festival Collection” will be launched accessorising is, of course, my key. I’m
catwalk so I use this to draw key looks and which is always exciting and fun! This will very much a trainers to heels, rock chick to
themes into my design. For Spring/ feature lots of our iconic charms and styles pretty kinda girl!
Summer 2014 I especially drew on the
statement tassels I saw on the catwalks in
Milan. I also think what Victoria Beckham
has done by totally changing her image,
becoming such a credible fashion designer
and building an amazing global brand in
such a short period of time, is totally
inspiring.

Can you tell us a little bit about your
latest collection (Let’s Dance)?
The Let’s Dance collection was influenced
by beach holidays with my friends, lazy
days by the sea, long summer nights and
dancing under the stars. There are lots of
vibrant colors, new charms and I am really
excited about the introduction of Rose
Gold for the first time.

Would you be interested in any
design collaborations?
I collaborated a couple of years ago with
Olivia Rubin. Her collection that season
was all about bold prints so I made charms
to fit. It was so much fun and I would love
to do something like that again.

Do you plan to go into any other
kinds of design?
ChloBo looks great on the beach so a
bikini line would be ideal – one day! For
the time being though I am focusing all of
my energy on my jewellery and expanding
our collections into more boutiques and
stores nationwide.

Where would you like
to be in 10 years time?
I hope to still be designing ChloBo
Jewellery and would ultimately like to see
the brand sold internationally. I currently
have stockists in Barbados and Ibiza but
want ChloBo to take over the world!

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