Like all social justice warriors, from the early Superman bringing an unscrupulous mine owner up before the courts to Doctor Who regenerating through a rainbow of possibilities, Led By Donkeys have ...

The famous Power Hall at Manchester’s Science & Industry Museum – that warehouse of steam-powered engines, heaving hydraulics and giant trains – has reopened, with the favourite enormous machines of ...

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery is not often the centre of national cultural attention. Yet this autumn it hosts The Nature of Gothic, an exhibition that would be at home in any major city.

British Textile Biennial 2025 runs November 2, 2025. See BTB25 for more information including opening times, links to an excellent podcast series and information about bus tours (highly recommended if ...

A cult film is a lot like a crush. It shares with infatuation the thrill of discovery, the giddy delusion that the object of your affection has qualities only you can fully discern. The loved one is ...

In its 20th anniversary year, the co-directors of Manchester Literature Festival, Cathy Bolton and Sarah-Jane Roberts, talk ...

Ruth Berkoff appeared at the Women in Comedy Festival in Manchester. For more information on The Beauty of Being Herd, click ...

In essence a waking biography unmoored by dream, Balkan Erotic Epic is a singular, captivating, discomfiting, uneven and ...

To misquote Jane Austen: ‘Prizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.’ The prose stylist against whom all who have come after must measure ...

At any time of day or night, the skyline of Media City is shattered by a geometry of lights, lines, and colours. Now, thrusting along the water, its bold shapes find echoes in the vibrant new artwork ...

Living in Manchester city centre affords glimpses into the habits of modern Britain. On my daily shop to the local supermarket, I watch the lunch choices of office workers as they queue. Sandwich, ...