Monday 17 September 2018

Joshua v Povetkin This Saturday- Come Watch





On the blog: a celebrity-endorsed launch of a clothing shop. In the city: 2 very different meetups, but for those it appeals to they'd be both hugely worth your while.


Friday Night: Manchester Depression, Anxiety and Bipolar Meetup drop into The Albert Square Chop House in Manchester for drinks, talking, maybe food and sharing advice. Just a chilled out evening getting to know others facing the same problems. 6.15pm onwards.

Saturday Night: UK's Anthony Joshua – current WBA 'super', IBF and WBO champion- takes on mandatory challenger, the Russian Alexander Povetkin. He's a former champ himself with a face like a wall, so he won't be a pushover for Joshua. Manchester Cool Bars will be watching this in Manchester's Genting Casino, the best place for fight fans. Huge screens and an enthusiastic crowd. ID essential!

Subject change: When in London I dropped into around 10 charity shops but only made one purchase: the rather original presentation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, in graphic novel form. It's my favourite of the Shakspeare plays, full of violence, backstabbing and insomnia- at least one of which I've endured a lot of myself.

There's a lot within Shakespeare that, without an academic explaining it, would go over your head. But having the story in comic layout allows you to picture what unfolds, and even if the double meanings and archaic terms have no glossary, you follow enough to take in the narrative. Good work from Oval Projects Ltd.

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