Manchester Science Festival 2012: Gina Czarnecki’s Wasted Works.
Unwanted body parts as art? Matt Hull has heard it all now – and heads deep into Manchester Science Festival regardless. Manchester Science Festival is full of many weird and...
Written by Matthew Hull
Original art
at Cornerhouse. Sketch-O-Matic returns!
at Cornerhouse. Sketch-O-Matic returns!
Fancy owning a work of original art but don’t fancy the, er, fancy price tag? Sketch-O-Matic is for you, says Matthew Hull. Visitors to the Cornerhouse café this month may...
Fest in show
While the Weekender brings together the best of Manchester over three days, it wouldn’t exist without four of the amazing annual festivals that arrive in the city each October. Matthew...
Animal magic.
The Manchester Museum’s glorious new Living Worlds gallery might be stylish, but it’s been designed with kids firmly in mind, discovers Matthew Hull There has been significant buzz surrounding...
Gene genius.
An exhibition about genetics at MOSI has something for all ages, Matthew Hull finds, plus some retro family fun for those who prefer their entertainment with wheels. ...
Soldiers of ink and paper
Blogs and social media applications like Twitter and Audioboo are undeniably transforming journalism, but nowhere is this change happening more quickly than in the coverage of conflict. What better time...
Coffee and culture.
Where else could you possibly expect to find Mexican satire, post-Soviet photographic art and (almost) live creature features sharing the same quarters? Matthew Hull checks out what’s in store this...
More sinned against than sinning.
What do King Lear and Little Richard have in common? They’re both hanging out in Salford Quays this spring, as Matthew Hull discovers. His name might be over the door...
Global groove.
Nam June Paik is one of the most important artists of the last century, though you’d be forgiven for not quite being able to place him. A major retrospective of...
The revolution will be televised.
Families rejoice – the children’s gallery at MOSI re-opens this weekend. Matthew Hull catches up on the latest developments at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry The highlight of my...
Young
at art.
at art.
Ones to watch series: Matthew Hull learns something about self-promotion with the duo behind award-winning design agency Young The homepage of Manchester design agency Young consists of a list of...
Norse to see you.
Any ideas our man Matthew Hull might have had of introducing the NICE Festival of Nordic Arts with a cheap joke about a Viking invasion of the North West was...