On a showery Saturday afternoon with the sound of thunder echoing in my ears, I set off to Manchester’s Red Bank to sample ...

So near and yet so far. You know that thing where in New York people say you turn a corner and you’re in a completely ...

For those interested in history and espionage, Antonia Senior’s highly compelling new book, Stalin’s Apostles, is a ...

As it metaphorically draws up its secret bridge and takes its leave from its Castlefield home of nearly a decade, Saul Hay ...

Ai Weiwei, whose monumental works currently loom large over the hangar-like warehouse space at Manchester’s Factory ...

Anyone who has been through Manchester’s Trafford Park will be familiar with Brian Fell’s landmark sculpture Skyhooks which, ...

The late Irish singer, songwriter and activist Sinéad O’Connor was, and remains, a heroine to many, not least to this show’s director and choreographer, Sonya Tayeh. O’Connor was loved (and loathed by ...

Jon and Emily DeFelice solve problems. From their living-room-turned-studio in Salford, they create lovingly engineered bags that make life that little bit easier because every detail has been ...

In the run-up to Christmas 2023, Molly McGuinness came down with tonsillitis. Before long, she was rushed to hospital with chest pains. The infection had developed into a rare case of Lemierre’s ...

It’s the most famous heckle in history. Around 9.30 on the evening of May 17, 1966, a disgruntled punter on the balcony shouted “Judas!” at Bob Dylan, towards the end of the second half of the ...

Chicken is having a moment. I’m not sure the birds themselves would agree, but there are reportedly huge queues outside the Manchester chicken parm shops in Burnage, Korean fried chicken is everywhere ...

People have always looked for reasons to come together, to share an experience that lifts their lives out of the rut of the run-of-the-mill. Curtain Up, like an end-of-the-pier variety bill in which ...