Mancubist.co.uk
I launched Mancubist.co.uk in May 2006. It was originally intended as a place for me to try out blogging tools and new web developments, but I soon refocussed its content around Manchester’s burgeoning arts and culture scenes. Listings magazine CityLife had folded the previous year, shortly after I started writing for it, and there was [...]
Manchester Confidential
Jonathan Schofield, editor of Manchester Confidential, one of the city’s most popular culture and lifestyle websites, commissioned me to write a couple of short features about Manchester’s online communities:
Virtually here
Chris Horkan describes how Manchester has gained a second life
Bloggers aren’t anal, are they?
Chris Horkan checks out the city’s blogging scene in the week of [...]
SoundCommunication.org.uk
Sound Communication is a North West-based social enterprise, offering high-quality communications, marketing and public relations services from an ethical standpoint. It is a Community Interest Company (CIC), independently regulated and run co-operatively.
I was contacted by Matthew Finnegan, who now oversees the company, in early 2008 on the recommendation of a former colleague. He invited me [...]