Ian Jones

Food and Drink Editor
Ian Jones

Ian Jones is a Manchester-based journalist, photographer and videographer with 23 years' experience, writing food reviews for Creative Tourist since 2015. His work has appeared in Telegraph Food, Time Out, The Independent, Vice and New Scientist. He has also contributed cultural commentary on Manchester for the New York Times.

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Stage and Radio
Northern Quarter
Bar or Pub
Stage & Radio

Manchester has produced its fair share of generation-defining clubs over the years. There are the obvious names like Twisted Wheel and the Hacienda, but smaller venues such as the Star…

Supper Club at the Warehouse
Food and DrinkManchester
Supper Club at the Warehouse

Native Manchester and Ducie Street Warehouse host their first Supper Club at the Warehouse event on Friday 26th November, curated by Head Chef Andrew Green and Mary-Ellen McTague of The Creameries. From £75

Christmas food and drink

The holidays are coming - time to eat, drink and be merry for Christmas 2025. Don't do anything we wouldn't do.

Manchester
Restaurant
The Firehouse

The Firehouse serves up quality food and drink at its new Wednesday evening supper club.

Manchester Union Brewery's Secret Party
Food and DrinkManchester
Manchester Union Brewery’s Secret Party

Manchester Union Brewery is throwing an exclusive secret party on Weds 3rd November, with free booze and food in a yet-to-be-disclosed location in Manchester’s Northern Quarter to launch its new Helles lager, Scenes.

Free entry
Antique wooden storage boxes in a Archive
Event venue
Leighton Hall

Famous collection of Gillow furniture and objets d’art, plus gardens and woodland walks. Educational ‘bee corner’, ‘woodland hotel’ and ‘caterpillar maze’ for children.

Holker Hall & Gardens
Cumbria
Event venue
Holker Hall & Gardens

One of Cumbria’s finest historical sites, Holker Hall and Garden offers a gloriously asymmetrical pile of rambling galleries and green spaces.