If you think back to the viral internet videos and memes of these past few months, it’s hard to look beyond one particularly distressed woman screaming one particular name.
“CHANELLLLLLLLLLLL”
We are of course referring to when African Grey Chanel – a popular species of parrot in the UK and Europe – went missing in Liverpool after flying off back in April. The search for Chanel saw her owner post a hysterical video to social media calling for the parrot to come home, whilst pleading with the public in the local area to be on the look out for her.
She became a viral sensation in the process.
And now, you are invited to join the “saviour of the summer” herself – Sandra ‘Channel’s Ma’ – at the next Hun Brunch event taking place at Revolution Deansgate Locks in Manchester city centre in November.
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It’s been branded as “the booking of the century”, so you won’t want to miss it.
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Hun Brunch events are aptly described as being “the first ever brunch dedicated to Hun Culture”.
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Unfamiliar with the phenomenon that is ‘hun culture’? Questioning whether it’s even a real thing? Well, believe it or not, it very much is.
Allow us to enlighten you a bit.
It’s hard to explain, but it’s said that hun culture is ultimately rooted in “banter based on class observations” and “a very British sensibility and lifestyle”.
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Although the origins of the subculture is somewhat unconfirmed, the creator behind the enormously popular Instagram account Hunsnet – the organisers of the Hun Brunch – spoke to Vice about what hun culture means and stated that: “The whole hun culture thing allows people to completely take the piss out of themselves and everyone around them, and no one can say a single thing or get threatened by it”
The telling characteristic of the culture is of course that “you put the word hun on the end” of any statement.
Now, we’ve got that explained, fancy joining Sandra for a few drinkies in November then?
Tickets for the Hun Brunch at Revolution Deansgate Locks Manchester – which is a fully COVID-safe event taking place from 12:30pm on Sunday 8th November – start at £35.50 per person and you can make a booking via the DICE app, or the DICE website here.
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Drinks prices revealed as Manchester Airport’s first-ever Wetherspoons pub opens inside T2
Emily Sergeant
It’s official… Manchester Airport’s first-ever JD Wetherspoon pub has officially opened its doors inside Terminal 2.
The 300-seater pub – which welcomed its first customers earlier this week – is named The Belle Vue after Manchester’s historic showground.
Throughout the pub, you’ll spot design features that nod to the city’s sporting heritage – including vintage event posters and memorabilia, a ‘locker wall’ hosting trophies and other sporting exhibits, and a cricket-themed design in the carpets and bar panels.
Creating around 150 jobs in the process, The Belle Vue is the final planned new eatery to open in the airport’s redeveloped Terminal 2, marking one of the final steps in the super-terminal’s decade-long, £1.5bn transformation.
Manchester Airport’s first-ever Wetherspoons pub has opened inside Terminal 2 / Credit: Supplied
According to the MEN, pints are priced from £6.20 for Carling and Coors lager, £6.45 for Budweiser, £6.60 for Guinness, and £6.70 for Poretti and 1664 Biere.
Prosecco is £9.20 for 175ml glass and £37.10 for the full bottle, while spirts and mixers are £6.80 for singles and £10.20 for doubles.
There’s also the classic Wetherspoons tea and coffee machines, where you can refill as many times as you like for just £3.60.
“It’s a proud moment to see the final new retail unit opening in our new-look Terminal 2,” commented Richard Jackson, who is the Retail Director at Manchester Airport.
“To be rounding off this 10-year programme by adding such an iconic name as Wetherspoon to the terminal is particularly special and we know that it will prove extremely popular with passengers. We think they’ll love the nods to Manchester’s heritage in the décor and design – and of course the name.”
The Belle Vue will be open from the first flight to the final flight each day, and food will be served from opening until 10pm.
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Iconic Manc movie 24 Hour Party People is set to return to cinemas for its anniversary
Emily Sergeant
One of Manchester’s most iconic movies is set to return to the big screen next month.
Remastered in 4K and returning to UK cinemas to mark 24 years since its original release, Michael Winterbottom’s 2002 biographical comedy drama film, 24 Hour Party People, tells the story of Manchester‘s popular music community from 1976 to 1992 – specifically about Factory Records‘ founder Tony Wilson.
The film begins with the punk rock era of the late 1970s, before moving through the 1980s into the rave and DJ culture, and of course, the ‘Madchester‘ scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The narrative largely follows the career of Tony Wilson, played by Middleton-born actor Steve Coogan, while also covering the careers of the major Factory Records artists – especially Joy Division and New Order, as well as A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, and Happy Mondays.
If you haven’t seen 24 Hour Party People before, it’s a dramatisation based on a combination of real events, rumours, and urban legends, as the film is sure to make clear.
Coogan is joined by a cast by a mixture of big names and, at the time, rising stars like Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Lennie James, John Simm, Ralf Little, Andy Serkis, Sean Harris, John Thomson, and even Peter Kay, alongside cameos from other figures connected to the Manchester music scene.
Before it returns to cinemas, the film will first open music and media festival/conference, Beyond The Music, at MediaCity in Salford on 6 October.
The screening at the festival will also be followed by a Q&A with Coogan, Winterbottom, and producer Andrew Eaton.
24 Hour Party People will then be re-released in UK cinemas from 9 October, and you can check your local cinema for screening times and book tickets online now.
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24th September 2020 
