Polly Checkland Harding

If you had to list just one thing you’re looking forward to this year, what would it be? We ask some of the north’s cultural movers and shakers. To mark...

The BBC 6 Music Festival is back, with big names, exclusives – and a brand new location. Until yesterday, things were suspiciously quiet around the return of the BBC 6...

This new installation at Manchester Museum might be visually stunning but it speaks of something much wider – and more sinister. Funny how something beautiful can be loaded with dark,...

Well-loved classics and two, newly uncovered paintings with an intriguing story behind them show at The Atkinson. What a way to ace a job interview: while being evaluated for the role...

If you had to list just one thing you’re looking forward to this year, what would it be? We ask some of the north’s cultural movers and shakers. To mark...

This large scale installation takes the humble ant and turns it into something monumental – and meaningful. We preview it. When reading through gently shifting stacks of press releases in...

We’ve been following the rumours for weeks – and now, tickets for the Lost Carnival are finally on sale. Curiouser and curiouser – a tale of mystery and sabotage, threaded...

Holden Gallery’s new group exhibition unpicks the tricky relationship between art, idealism and reality – using strong words and some commanding neon along the way. We preview it. Now here’s...

Manchester Art Gallery are hosting a Burn’s Night celebration at their next Thursday late – enter our competition to win one whisky cocktail each for you and three friends. Whisky lovers,...

We preview a year of theatre, visual art, film and dance at Manchester’s new arts space, HOME. After months of build-up, HOME has announced its opening programme. At the launch...

If you had to list just one thing you’re looking forward to this year, what would it be? We ask some of the north’s cultural movers and shakers. To mark...

After 30 years, Cornerhouse is closing – but not without a spectacular celebration. We’re giving away tickets to the sold out final party. It’s an epic-sounding send-off if ever there...