A Wonder Woman: Illustrator Lindsey Vigurs
We profile one of the north’s most interesting illustrators – and the artist behind our Wonder Woman limited edition poster. Motherhood brings with it a host of unexpected things. And...
Written by Susie Stubbs
Create Salford Festival: A three-day itinerary
Heading for the University of Salford’s Create Salford Festival? Well, this four-day eventer is a marathon not a sprint, so take your time and enjoy your stay with this handy...
Manchester School of Art Visit Day: make the most of the city
Heading to Manchester School of Art’s visit day this April? Make the most of your visit by getting out into the city – with our guide to Manchester’s cultural and...
WIN a membership to HOME
Starting at the University of Manchester in 2015? Here’s your chance to win a membership to the city’s newest art, film and cultural centre. We’re very proud of our cultural...
Wonder Women 2015 limited edition poster, by Lindsey Vigurs
On sale now: a made in Manchester poster that sums up the history and the heart of our annual feminist festival. Wonder Women is a festival and an idea that...
What lies beneath: Henry Moore
at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
An extraordinary new exhibition at YSP opens this weekend – and sheds new light on the radical British sculptor. “It was a slightly impossible task, to find a fresh approach...
Merchants of Print
at John Rylands Library: A paperback publisher
at John Rylands Library: A paperback publisher
Merchants of Print at the John Rylands Library explores the origins of the paperback– which began, unexpectedly, in Italy. Ah, the humble paperback. A format whose pulp fiction tales and easily...
Spring break! How to spend a weekend in Manchester this spring
You may live here, work here or just might be stopping by – but here’s how to spend a weekend in Manchester this spring, Creative Tourist-style. FRIDAY Seeing as you’ve...
Marmalade Awards: Ten years in & no sign of sandwiches stored under hats
The Lake District festival with a jammy twist notches up its tenth anniversary. Paddington has a lot to answer for – a rise in marmalade consumption for one. So it...
The beat goes on: Why Manchester is rated as the UK’s most dynamic city
Major openings, new artist commissions, exhibition launches and festivals all combine to make Manchester one of the most exciting cities in the UK. We find out what’s happening. Manchester, all...
Who you calling a bright old thing? The Whitworth and Selfridges get together again
A new project between the Whitworth and retail superstore Selfridges kicks off this week – and this time, it’s personal. I hate feeling old. And I’ve been feeling old a...
School’s out! Half term ideas for creatively minded kids
From sweat steam and sewers at MOSI to an emergency story penguin, we’ve got half term with the kids covered. Half term: the bane of a parent’s life. It’s a...