Hi, I hope that you don't regard this as spam but myself and a crowd of Mancunians (born and bred as well as a few 'converts') have put together a fanzine simply based on our city... it's got written pieces related to the city on anything from the best smoking areas of the city to history to football to eating breakfast... fairly wide range of topics written by a mixed bunch of folks some of whom write for a living and others who had never written before... anyway, as well as being for sale in a few bars and cafes (e.g. Briton's, temple, cornerhouse) I have also put some copies up on ebay... (link below)... if you have any questions then feel free to ask me!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150316046928(Good christmas present

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