I’ve moved!
22 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Visit my new, slightly swisher, online portfolio at http://luciefurr.blogspot.com/
Preston Journal: Race for Life
21 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
Preston Journal: Preston’s rich/poor divide
21 Jul 2010 Leave a Comment
in Bits and Bobs, Melanie Mingas, UCLan, Uncategorized, uni work
Hold the front page for UCLan graduate
25 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
UCLan Creative Festival and Degree Show 2010
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) graduate Melanie Mingas will soon be jetting off to Dubai after securing an assistant editor role for a leading construction magazine. More
The many faces of Frank McGrath
03 Jun 2010 Leave a Comment
in uni work
Produced for weekly assessed newspaper The Preston Journal, possibly the best project of my entire degree.
Click the link to see page PDF
Hulme is where the heart is
15 May 2010 Leave a Comment
Hulme is where the heart is when it comes to home furnishing. 
Melanie Mingas has a browse…
Date Published: 26/04/2010
Election debate: live in Manchester
17 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in Manchester Confidential, Uncategorized
Melanie Mingas gets a piece of the action at Granada Studios as Manchester prepares to host the live election debate…
Date Published: 15/04/2010
As the country gears up to go to the polls, the leaders of the three main parties will fight volcanic ash to come head to head in the first ever live televised debate of its kind… in Manchester.
It may seem odd to stage politics’ biggest night of recent times outside London, especially as we had one of the lowest voter turn outs last time, but it was here when less than 2% of the population had the right to vote, that modern democracy was born. More
Interview with Alex Preston
17 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in Bits and Bobs, Manchester Confidential
Melanie Mingas meets Alex Preston, author of the highly acclaimed ‘This Bleeding City’
Date Published: 15/04/2010
Alex Preston is an Oxford graduate, city trader and brother of The Ordinary Boys frontman, Preston (AKA Samuel Preston). He’s also one of Waterstones’ new voices for 2010 and this month his début novel ‘This Bleeding City’ hit the shops.
Bratt’s Vintage
17 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in Bits and Bobs, Manchester Confidential
Melanie Mingas marvels at a 70s hair dryer in the latest addition to the Northern Quarter’s vintage shopping community
Date Published: 16/04/2010
Where is it?
Bratt’s Vintage
Oldham Street
Manchester
While the first pioneers of the oldy worldy look may despair at the mainstream appeal it now holds, they could still find themselves at Bratt’s.
Oldham Street may be barricaded with fences for now but there is a nice big sign right outside the door with an arrow. You cannot go wrong. More
Manetian pizza lands at Dough
17 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in Bits and Bobs, Manchester Confidential, News stories
Jet2 an
d a Northern Quarter Restaurant creates a pizza that’s a bit Manc and a bit Venetian
Date Published: 14/04/2010
It’s not a bird but it does have a little bit to do with planes. Ladies and gentlemen behold the Manetian; the pizza that tells the tale of two cities. (NB* you may want to note that nobody is actually biting it!) More
