For the past few weeks, Manchester’s streets have been filling up with posters advertising the Manchester International ...

And so the advert for Dinosaur World Live, served up by a social media algorithm, should have set my eye twitching. Nope. I ...

Manchester has long been the locus of world-shattering political meetings, from Marx and Engels writing the Communist ...

Adam Farrer, author of Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures, listens patiently and nods. I’m interviewing him about his ...

When Yorkshire-born Kieran Hodgson joined the cast of BBC Scotland’s hit comedy series Two Doors Down, he decided to go “all in” and relocate with his partner to Glasgow. The move north of the border ...

During lockdown, retail manager Aiden Ryan wanted to use his time constructively. Armed with only a whisk and a dream, first-time baker Ryan decided to try his hand at cake-making with a view to ...

“I’ve had people message me saying how much they’re enjoying it and that’s a really nice feeling,” says Cantrill. “I’ve said to Amy, I think it’s a show for nerdy boys. It unlocks the nerds, or the ...

And a big hats off to the lighting crew who took each performance to infinity and beyond. The lighting was a major stand-out: floodlights of warm yellow, shining into the crowd during moments of ...

I’ve been a bit under the weather of late (who wouldn’t be in the year’s darkest, greyest months?). So a self-care retreat in the heart of Manchester was just the ticket. From the moment I arrived at ...

Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, we salute you. The Worst Record Covers in the World may be the best exhibition ever. Thanks to Steve Goldman’s weird and wonderful record collection, which includes ...

WHAT by John Cooper ClarkePerhaps the greatest difficulty facing any reviewer of the poetry of John Cooper Clarke is resisting the temptation simply to quote all the best bits. The difficulty is ...

For some, the idea of juggling two big jobs might be a daunting prospect. Not so for Heidi Dawson who, earlier this year, was appointed BBC Head of Salford. The post is in addition to her existing ...