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The bone collectors.

The bone collectors.

Make no bones about it – Grave Secrets at Manchester Museum is both rare and wonderful.

Photo of the month: extInked.

Photo of the month: extInked.

Ultimate Holding Company’s project shows how a simple line drawing can make a powerful statement

Animal magic.

Animal magic.

A new Living Worlds gallery evolves at The Manchester Museum

The Urban Insider: Oxford Road

The Urban Insider: Oxford Road

From bassoons to baboons, Oxford Road has it all going on.

Blog: Event radar 11 November.

Blog: Event radar 11 November.

This week, Frank Sidebottom returns to Salford, Public Enemy is captured on camera at The Art Corner, Elvis Costello and friends donate secret artworks, the Whitworth warms up for Annie Mac, and Amazonian adventurers are let loose in Manchester Museum.

Made in China. Journey to the East at Manchester Museum.

Made in China. Journey to the East at Manchester Museum.

Donkey skin puppets, thousand year-old jam tarts and a long-standing relationship with Manchester: as a new exhibition opens at the Manchester Museum, its curator Stephen Welsh tells Neil McQuillian the untold story of China

Football pitches and piranha in Manchester – Bolivia.

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

Something for the weekend? The Manchester Weekender, 1-3 October.

Something for the weekend? The Manchester Weekender, 1-3 October.

The Manchester Weekender, a new autumn event that wraps up the best of the city’s art, culture and festivals into a single weekend in October, sets its stall out

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