The temple of 1,000 bells.
Brazilian artist Laura Belém signals an early start for this year’s Liverpool Biennial
Ale and architecture.
Manchester’s best pubs, where architectural design packs as much punch as the booze
A thoroughly modern woman.
Kevin Bourke on a Pride photo show that celebrates the activism & achievements of gay women
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.
CUBE has curve appeal.
Jane Anderson, creative director of design centre CUBE, reveals the secret to the ideal exhibition space. ‘No cobwebs,’ she tells Neil McQuillian
Football pitches and piranha in Manchester – Bolivia.
Take the wrong turn when you’re looking for Manchester, Bolivia, and you might find yourself swimming with the fishes, discovers Neil McQuillian
The summer’s not over yet – contemporary art at Castlefield.
Kevin Bourke discovers the difference between commission and concession, and finds a survival strategy with sweets and tea, all at Castlefield Gallery
Blog: Howard Jacobson and incoming literary news
Britain’s ‘funniest living writer’ heads to Manchester, plus news on three other literary events on the horizon
Fancy yourself an art critic? The Lowry is after a reviewer.
To mark the mid-point of its photography show by Spencer Tunick, The Lowry has teamed up with Creative Tourist to find the best blog entry or review relating to the exhibition
Snap happy. New photography at greenroom.
Matthew Hull examines a series of strange, manipulated images on display at Manchester’s greenroom
Nowt so queer as folk? Manchester Pride begs to differ.
Neil McQuillian discovers how Manchester Pride has evolved from protest to party




The unrealised interviews.
A thoroughly modern woman.
Dark Horse. Simon Patterson Q&A.
To bee, or not to be?





