Ways to go rural: The Wandering Duck canal tours
Looking to escape the city? The Wandering Duck canal tours offer an unusual way to head for the hills – passing beneath hotels on the way to lush, countryside greenery....
Polly Checkland Harding
Written by Polly Checkland Harding
The Spalding Suite
at Contact: Exercising creativity on stage
at Contact: Exercising creativity on stage
Named after a brand of basketball, this production is set to tour the UK after its premiere at Contact – but will it be a misstep, or a success? Honestly,...
Competition: WIN tickets to a Season’s Eatings supper club for Manchester After Hours 2015
Enter our competition to WIN tickets to an exclusive Season’s Eatings supper club at Fig & Sparrow, as part of Manchester After Hours 2015. Though little known, Manchester-based supper club...
Emily Allchurch: Following In the Footsteps of a Master
at Manchester Art Gallery
at Manchester Art Gallery
Artist Emily Allchurch’s luminous photographic works might look similar to the prints that inspired them – but there’s more to them than first appears. Going to In the Footsteps of...
Eastern Exchanges in pictures: Craft, or art?
Unsure whether to head to Eastern Exchanges at Manchester Art Gallery? Take a look at these pictures of some of the stunning objects on show. If you walk into Eastern...
Face Value
at Abbot Hall: On the face of it
at Abbot Hall: On the face of it
One of our Cultural Calendar picks, this exhibition of portraiture in Cumbria brings together some big names and unusual techniques to go beyond skin deep. Portraits rarely represent people straightforwardly....
Competition: WIN a Leonora Carrington-inspired novel & tickets to the Tate Liverpool show
Enter our competition to win a novel inspired by the artist’s life, and a pair of tickets to the exhibition at Tate Liverpool. The life of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington...
Record Store Day 2015: Record shops, new releases & controversy
Some of our favourite record shops are involved, hosting new releases like a fab collaboration between Jane Weaver and Toy. What’s not to love? We found out. This is my first...
The Innovation Race
at MOSI: Flea-filled shells & forgotten family history
at MOSI: Flea-filled shells & forgotten family history
A new exhibition highlights what part Manchester – and in particular Mancunian inventors – played during World War One. They say that necessity is the mother of invention. True enough,...
Eastern Exchanges
at Manchester Art Gallery: Tradition and innovation
at Manchester Art Gallery: Tradition and innovation
Combining rarely-seen historical objects with cutting-edge design, Eastern Exchanges looks set to be an incredible exploration of East Asian craft. The ideals of use and beauty are at the heart...
Competition: WIN tickets to Sounds From the Other City 2015
Enter our competition to win a pair of tickets to Sounds From the Other City festival on Sunday, 3 May. What better way to follow up our Summer Music Festival...
Summer Music Festivals 2015: The early bird
Yes, we’re only in March – but this year’s summer music festivals are already selling out. Here’s what not to miss. With Kendal Calling already sold out we thought it...