Assalam Alaikum, Our Kid: Muslim, Manc and Mad For It

Coming of age as a Pakistani Mancunian

In a dramatically changing world, one young man ... just wishes Steak Bakes were halal

Just a week after the world rejoices at a shiny new millennium - and realises that fears over Y2K were well OTT - you officially cross the threshold from adolescence to adulthood. On the cusp of turning twenty-one at the very start of the twenty-first century. Goodbye kids' table at weddings, hello relatives declaring: `It'll be you next!'

The scope of who and what you ...