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With guest posts from the Manchester blog scene, our arts blog features new writers and is the liveliest culture blog on the block. Plus Manchester art news, UK art news and the inside track on the art and culture beat – all with a distinctly Mancunian accent

Rough trade.

Rough trade.

Two new creative projects shine a light on a dark industry.

Material World. Lucy Siegle at the Whitworth.

Material World. Lucy Siegle at the Whitworth.

Is fashion wearing out the world? On the eve of a new exhibition at the Whitworth Art Gallery, ethical writer Lucy Siegle argues that it is.

In development: Castlefield Gallery.

In development: Castlefield Gallery.

You lose your ACE funding. Then what? We talk about the future with Castlefield Gallery.

Cartoons from Cotton Town.

Cartoons from Cotton Town.

Mirth in The Mill at People’s History Museum

Event radar: January.

Event radar: January.

Counterculture school, pub fringe, a new film night and art on fire: all in Manchester this month.

Event radar: December.

Event radar: December.

White Christmas, festive funk, literary luminaries, secret singers & a Big Top Bar. What’s not to love?

Audioboo: Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool.

Audioboo: Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool.

Susie Stubbs interviews Tate Liverpool curator Eleanor Clayton about the Alice in Wonderland exhibition

Event radar: November.

Event radar: November.

From ice rinks to arty high jinks, there’s plenty of good stuff on Creative Tourist’s Manchester event radar this month

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      Susie Stubbs gets confused and amused at Tate Liverpool’s latest exhibition, Alice in Wonderland

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