We are at heart an art and culture blog. From running our Top 25 list of cultural bloggers in the UK to running (with Open Stories and The Culture Vulture) the Blog North Network, blogging for us is where it’s at. Heck, we even co-run the annual Blog North Awards, which celebrate the best in blogging, from literary and food writers to photographers and video blogs. So read on for the latest blog entries on our site.
Jelly art, food photography, ace writing & social media love, all in one day
The North’s blogging network returns with a packed, one-day workshop focused on one of our favourite things: food. It’s been all quiet on the blogging front since the inaugural Blog North Awards but that’s not…
Big ideas are necessary, and they are still entirely possible
As FACT Liverpool celebrates its first decade, we argue that it changed everything. Ten years ago I moved to Manchester from Liverpool. I was busy getting to grips with a city that was vastly different…
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Posted by Susie Stubbs 1 February 2013
Art, Festivals and Events, Manchester International Festival / City Centre, Manchester
Art, Festivals and Events, Manchester International Festival / City Centre, Manchester
As an experience, it was little short of epic - & sums up what MIF does best
Tickets for the 2013 Manchester International Festival are about to go on sale – we turn to Abramovic to understand what all the fuss is about. Ahead of this year’s Manchester International Festival, and with…
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Posted by Susie Stubbs 20 January 2013
Festivals and Events, Wonder Women / City Centre, Manchester
Festivals and Events, Wonder Women / City Centre, Manchester
Assert your democratic right - cast your Votes for Women
Cast your vote for Manchester’s finest on International Women’s Day. Eighty-six years ago, if you weren’t the one wearing the trousers in your house, chances are you wouldn’t have been able to vote. It’s a…
Hers are vibrant, sculptural installations that appeal to sight and touch
Axisweb, the online contemporary art resource, selects the North’s promising new artists Manchester-based artist Samantha Donnelly makes vibrant, sculptural installations and delicate pencil drawings which appeal to both our haptic and visual senses. A few…
Looking for things to do with the kids this Christmas? Look no further; our round-up of full-on festive events will give ‘em a Christmas to remember #1. Do Christmas the traditional way courtesy of the…
There’s no escaping it, so make the most of Christmas shopping with our guide to the best Christmas markets and more in the North West #1. 2022NQ is rapidly becoming one of Manchester’s most interesting…
Manchester institution Band on the Wall goes on tour – bringing folk music legends June Tabor and the Oysterband to Ulverston Manchester’s Band on the Wall goes on tour – well, sort of: this Lake…
Innovative theatre company Paper Cinema retells Homer’s epic tale the Odyssey via cut-outs and digital trickery Some stories have staying power: the works of Shakespeare and the Bible, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales – and, of course,…
Ever wondered what would happen if children were put in charge of running things? Dea Birkett finds out. If you go to a museum this Friday, and you’re looking for the usual things to do…
Small is beautiful. Short film programmes pack in more movie for your money, and there’s a great sampler coming to Cornerhouse Short films, like short stories, often get short shrift. They’re smaller than the industry-standard…
Desmond Bullen pulls apart the shortlist for Manchester’s £10,000 literary prize and puts his money on local lass, Jeanette Winterson With the brouhaha of the Man Booker having barely faded away, it hardly seems unreasonable…
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