Susie Stubbs

The Epstein Theatre in Liverpool, formerly known as the Neptune Theatre, was renamed in honour of The Beatles’ Manager Brian Epstein.

With 240 shops under one roof, the Arndale is one of the UK’s biggest shopping centres.

Formerly known as Kendal’s, House of Fraser has been trading on Deansgate since 1832, housed in a striking, Grade II-listed art-deco building.

This is a traditional pub-cum-restaurant whose fabulous British menu is regularly lauded in the national and local press

Fish Tram Chips is an award-winning fish and chip shop in Llandudno.

Blue Moon Cafe in Sheffield is a simple vegetarian eatery that serves up delicious food.

A village stalwart with its own theatre programme and a reputation for being the friendliest venue on Canal Street

Filter + Fox is a coffee shop and restaurant on Duke Street, Liverpool.

The neo-Romanesque arches of this former wholesale food market still stand as a reminder to the Northern Quarter’s mercantile past.

There’s no better place in the country to find and buy examples of music-oriented illustration and photography than the Richard Goodall Gallery

The mighty North Tea Power is a Northern Quarter favourite thanks to its addictive cakes, serious selection of teas and coffees and excellent playlist.

Magma Books in Manchester is a bright, shiny publishing trove – a sleek Apple Mac with a raw beating heart