Confused by wine? There are quite a few of us who can’t tell their Chablis from their Chardonnays (no need to be ashamed!) and find ourselves stuttering when we’re amidst wine connoisseurs. Who knew just a little bottle of fermented grapes would be so tricky?

Now you have the chance to get all that knowledge sorted. Guy Henri Azam, head winemaker at Baron Philippe de Rothschild winery, and fellow wine expert Philip Goodband are hosting a webchat to demystify the concept. From good buys to ones best avoided, and how to recognise which wines are best whilst wandering the aisles of your local off licence.

Want to get your wine questions answered? Click here …

Now I don’t mean to scare you, but I think robots may be trying to take over the world – or the UK at least - I-Robot style. Yes, it’s true. First it was the turn of the ICA in London to introduce robotic punk clubbers (see Neurotic Robots Love to Party), and now the world’s first robotic barman (I swear, it’s true) is making its shiny and new debut at one of my favourite places to spend money – Selfridges Oxford Street - tomorrow.

The robot, lovingly named Mr Asahi (as in the beer) is …

At some point it had to happen. For a long time now the Northern Quarter has been the epicentre of young Manchester cool. There are trendy bars, cutting edge shops, cheap and chic restaurants. Hell, that canny fellow Mr Scruff has even opened a cafe attached to record shop Vox Pops that’s dedicated to his second favourite pastime after making music - enjoying a decent cup of cha.

But what we like most about the Northern Quarter is that it’s a neighbourly affair, a you scratch my back and I’ll return the favour kind of a place. So what’s an area to do with all that bonhomie and creativity kicking about? Well, if you’re the Northern Quarter venue owners, one day you’re sitting gassing about music, art, poetry and stuff and the next day you’ve combined all the first letters of the words into an acronym and you’re organising the M.A.P.S …