Andrew Shanahan

  Andrew Shanahan is inspired by a new exhibition at The Lowry – and starts making his own, um, ‘unique’ adverts…   Ever since Andy Warhol’s pop art classic Campbell’s...

Andrew Shanahan maps Manchester’s past View Where’s The Big Idea In Manchester in a larger map It’s been said many times that for a mid-sized industrial city Manchester punches well...

Andrew Shanahan gets Carried Away at Manchester’s newest old museum. On 13 February 2010, the People’s History Museum will open its doors to the public for the first time since...

Andrew Shanahan discovers that Manchester’s Contact has friends in global places It has been a decade since the Contact Theatre – the strangely turreted arts venue jammed in behind Manchester...

In the run-up to The X Factor final, Andrew Shanahan goes off on one about the Manchester musicians who would have failed the first auditions As the buffed chrome exhaust...

Andrew Shanahan scores a world exclusive – an interview with the elusive Leonardo Da Vinci In anticipation of the Da Vinci – The Genius exhibition at MOSI, the publicity team...

Excited by the prospect of the BBC’s move up north, and by a new Granada TV-inspired show at Urbis, Andrew Shanahan devises a fantasy TV schedule with a northern twist...

Gastronomes rejoice: today marks the start of the annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival (until 12 October). Now in its twelfth year, highlights include the much-loved fine food market in...

You’ve just arrived in Manchester. It’s Friday night at Piccadilly Station and you’ve no idea where your hotel is, let alone what you’re going to do for the next 24...

Retro gaming nerd Andrew Shanahan looks back at the history of video games and rates the top ten British video games of all time. You would think that a story...