Goodbye Birdcage

The Birdcage, Manchester's cheesiest and possibly chavviest nightclub, has closed it's door for good. The closure was sudden,  and this happened despite a £400k makeover 2 years ago. It was a great night in the Birdcage: no pretentiousness, some decent dance music and a place to meet the odd reality TV star. I met Dom Lever, Jess Shears and Muggy Mike Thalassitis from Love Island there. I also saw Gok Wan do a DJ set. Good times. Last time I went, however, the Friday night was dead and no amount of willing brought more people in. It seems Manchester fell out of love with Birdy.

Moving on. I recently read Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor, a comic from Free Comic Day and Titan Comics. I picked it up in a bundle at Oldham Comic Con Saturday. Featuring Jodie Whittaker as the first female Doctor, the very corny short story features an adventure taken for no reason to some kind of alien amusement park. Here's to the next free comic being better.