Tate of the North was just an idea. Tate Liverpool was the reality.
One of its longest-serving members of staff tells us how Liverpool took the Tate and made it the city’s own. When Tate Liverpool opened its doors on 24 May 1988, it was widely considered –…
Try its pimped-up French toast; brioche griddled in egg and vanilla batter, with bacon & maple syrup
Forget the coffee, this place is all about the supersized pancake stacks and milkshakes. Sometimes you just need pancakes. Big, fluffy, American-style pancakes, smothered in maple syrup and butter, with a stack of bacon on…
If you’re approached by someone you can support, why the hell wouldn’t you work with them?
What do you do after running a Manchester music venue for 15 years? Open a restaurant, of course. Those who have walked the streets of the Northern Quarter or watched the Great British Menu will…
A pair of beehives looks as out of place here as a Jersey cow at Piccadilly Station
The fight to save our honeybees starts here: in the city’s museums and galleries, hotels and art projects. Standing on the roof of Manchester Art Gallery, the city is a grey landscape of brick and…
We are magpies for the vintage & unusual, whether that’s stationery, ceramics or printed matter
A design and print shop in Leeds gives Manchester’s Magma a run for its money. Being located in Manchester (the beating cultural heart of Britain, people) we’re not used to being bested. We like to…
This was an exercise in curatorial magic. It proved that art is alchemy.
What happened during Manchester’s two nights of #lovecollecting, curating and artistic alchemy. Richard Wentworth is a very good teacher. We have watched him shape and guide a flimsy idea about what to do for Museums…
To see the art takes days; you start in the centre & follow a network of trails to find it
In our new sculpture park series, we discover the UK’s largest haul of site-specific sculpture – in a forest in the Lakes. When you think of Land Art, you might think of Robert Smithson’s epic…
A homage to the kinds of cafés that are ten-a-penny in New York, it's a coffee geek’s dream
In our tireless hunt for the best coffee experience in the North, we test out Bold Street Coffee’s little brother. Liverpool is a place that appreciates the importance of a good brew. Walk down practically…
A photography festival brings Rankin, Martin Parr and Charles Fréger to Liverpool – and takes a view on that old Liverpool-Manchester rivalry. LOOK/13, the biennial photo fest that opens in Liverpool this weekend, is an…
Richard Wentworth and friends curate an after-hours experience in Manchester this week – prepare to get lost and found. Fancy a night at the museum? Good. You’ve come to the right place. As the nationwide…
Has The Midland finally made fine dining in Manchester a reality? You’d better speak to newly confirmed Roganite, Kate Feld. The reopening of The French this spring sent ripples of excitement around the city. A…
Can the dead speak? An evening of music, sound art and performance is inspired by the idea that yes, they can. “Electric voice phenomena” – depending on one’s suggestibility, it either constitutes evidence of the…
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