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FIND OUT MOREFlic has been a high-profile journalist in Manchester for 15 years, but since publishing a string of sex advice handbooks she has become something of a relationship guru, with sex advice columns in national newspapers and magazines, and a radio show on Key 103. She has also recently launched a vintage clothes shop in the Northern Quarter.
You would expect the author of 'Sex Tips for Girls' and 'How to be a Sex Goddess', to have a lifestyle similar to that of Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City. Instead, Flic is a down to earth wife and mother who lives in the leafy suburban town of Sale and is more likely to spend fortunes at Waterstones than Manolo Blahnik.
One thing she does seem to have in common with Carrie is her fashion sense. Flic loves clothes and this is strikingly obvious the minute you walk in her Tib Street boutique, Rags to Bitches - very New York vintage chic. Flic herself looks effortlessly hip as we sit downstairs, in the shop's newly opened men's department, chatting about her favourite city.
"There's a sort of honesty about Manchester and a sense of just getting on with it," she says. "You don't get any bullshit here. People don't praise you for no reason so you know that if you do get praise it's because you're doing all right."
Flic has the no-bullshit attitude of a working mom who has no time for phoneys. She steers clear of places where people go to be seen, opting for relaxing nights out in the Northern Quarter or people watching in the city centre.
"I used to go to funky bars but I've gone off them of late - they're too expensive and they're full of tits," she explains, laughing. "My favourite pub at the moment is the Bay Horse on Thomas Street in the Northern Quarter because I just really like the atmosphere in it - it's a bit quirky but it's quite relaxing as well. Odd Bar, also on Thomas Street, is another place I like."
"If I'm going out for a posh night, the Radisson Edwardian Hotel has a fantastic bar with huge glass windows, where you can sit and watch the crowd out on the street, stumbling about in those mad outfits that people wear to go out."
Flic and her husband Simon have a long list of favourite restaurants in Manchester.
"If we were eating around here [in the Northern Quarter], we'd go to the Market Restaurant because they do fab food and not very expensive," Flic enthuses. "They've just won Best Restaurant in the City Life awards."
Other preferred restaurants are the Restaurant Bar and Grill on John Dalton Street, Le Bouchon on Bridge Street, Dimitris on Deansgate and Sangam in Rusholme.
If you venture outside the city centre, Flic recommends Lime Tree in West Didsbury and Marmalade in Chorlton. Manchester is very family-friendly and Flic is often out and about with her 13-year-old son.
"I really love Manchester Art Gallery," she says. "There's the interactive bit for children, a design section that's fascinating and a great modern art bit. And I also love the gallery shop because it's got fantastic art books.
"The Museum of Science and Industry in Castlefield is also worth a visit, especially if you have kids."
On the day of this interview, Flic was leaving work early to go and take her son and seven of his mates to the Filmworks to watch Harry Potter as a treat for his birthday.
"We like that massive screen they have and the IMAX," she says. "I always mean to go to the gallery, the posh bit with the leather seats, but I never get round to getting tickets."
It happens more and more rarely now, but when Flic has some Flic time, she likes to seek sanctuary at Manchester Cathedral.
"I'm not religious at all but I think it's an amazing building, very peaceful and lovely. And it's a great place to go just to empty your head and stare at the beautiful stained glass or listen to the choir."
She also likes bookshops: "Waterstones on Deansgate is always good for a browse. And there's a great bookshop on Oldham Street called Magma that sells lovely art books and photography books and I could spend fortunes in there."
If you only do one thing in Manchester this Christmas, Flic recommends a visit to the Festive Markets for a cup of mulled wine and a bit of shopping. But save some money for a bottle of Vimpto, which she says would make a great souvenir from Manchester. "It's a fruit cordial, which you can dilute with water or put with vodka in cocktails," she explains.
We have nothing against Vimpto, but here's another idea for a souvenir: Visit Flic's shop on a Saturday and take away one of the famous fairy cakes her mom makes.