Dark Horse. Simon Patterson Q&A.
The artist describes why ‘freedom is for hairdressers’ and how he’d like to make the Lisson Gallery disappear
To bee, or not to be?
Photography with a buzz about it – Ed Swinden points a camera at those battling to sustain Britain’s bees
Impractical proposal. Unrealised Potential opens at Cornerhouse.
Matt Hull finds a gallery humming with potential
The Top 25 UK Arts & Culture Blogs.
Online now: the July edition of the Top 25 UK Arts & Culture Blogs. Guardian favourites and a slew of independent bloggers racing up the charts – it’s all here.
Korean art at Madlab. On the Other Side of the Globe.
Fine art, design, digital and video: a Korean group show pitches up in the Northern Quarter’s latest art space
Shopping in Manchester. Best shops in the city.
From quirky boutiques to high-street glamour, vintage threads to handmade bling, read our top picks for shopping in the city this season
Contemporary Cartography. Mapping Manchester.
Dan Russell of Manchester Municipal Design Corporation (DesignLab alumnus and editor of Things Happen magazine) wants your help in mapping the creative underground in Manchester. He gives us the heads up on a nifty new map of the city
You dancin’? ‘Cos Urban Moves are askin’.
Neil McQuillian limbers up for this weekend’s contemporary dance festival as Urban Moves brings its third edition to Manchester
5 of the best… Manchester Jazz Festival.
Matthew Hull gives us his highlights for the 15th annual Manchester Jazz Festival – from Mr. Scruff to free jazz outfit The Golden Age of Steam




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