Polly Checkland Harding

Rebranded and bigger than ever, Buy Art Fair returns in September – Thom Hetherington told us what to look out for. With Buy Art Fair and the Manchester Contemporary set...

With three days left of Manchester’s Dig the City 2015, we thought we’d come up with a little encouragement for anyone who’s not yet been… We spent yesterday afternoon wandering...

Enter our competition to win dinner and drinks from Common’s revamped – and rather fabulous – menu. Common’s recent revamp from shabby, well-loved boozer to Scandi-chic ‘social, eatery and coffee...

Manchester Jazz Festival 2015 is looking bigger and better than ever for its 20th anniversary – here are our highlights. Manchester Jazz Festival is celebrating 20 summers of jazz with...

The Lowry’s latest exhibition gets at the question of what can be considered to be art – using balloons, oranges and a sense of humour. ExtraORDINARY at The Lowry is the most fun – and...

Enter our competition to win tickets to Picnic Cinema’s Burlesque Ball, set in a 17th-century ruin and featuring Moulin Rouge. For the final event in a superb summer season, Picnic...

MIF15 may be over, but the horizon is crowded with future festivals – returning, new and all rather brilliant. A comedown doesn’t have to be drug-fuelled. Boxing Day, going to...

From massive water fights to interactive art, we’ve got summer distractions for the kids covered. It’s that time of year again. Weeks of bliss and boredom for the kids, a...

The People’s History Museum’s latest exhibition took us by surprise – this in pictures review explains why. On the face of it, finance isn’t the most thrilling focus for an...

Enter our competition to win a weekend break, including two exhibitions, a goody bag and afternoon tea. This year, four of Yorkshire’s most influential visual arts organisations – the Henry...

Participation, one minute sculptures and how a pyramid of 5,500 oranges can become art. We preview ExtraORDINARY at The Lowry. Who remembers MIF’s do it 2013 exhibition at Manchester Art...

The MIF audience is transported into an apocalyptic faerie world at The Skriker – we went behind scenes at the Royal Exchange to find out how. We got wind of...