Aeolian Light: Making light of the winter weather
A huge new walk-through artwork lights up The Quays – the latest in a long-running series of waterside public art. We were wondering what had happened to Quays Culture. The...
Written by Susie Stubbs
Remember, remember: A photograph to mark Remembrance Day
We mark Remembrance Day with a startling image by the documentary photographer, Richard Mosse. Pink. It’s not normally a colour associated with war – and especially not one that has been...
Andy Warhol
at Tate Liverpool: Our guide to making a day of it
at Tate Liverpool: Our guide to making a day of it
Thinking of heading over to Liverpool for the Warhol show? Here’s a back-pocket guide to getting the most out of your visit. Albert Dock Here’s a fact we never tire...
Event radar: Top 10 things to do this month
Bored? Looking for inspiration? Our list of interesting things to do this month may just help… November: the month that has become synonymous with facial hair. And fireworks. But if...
Type Motion
at FACT: 120 years of typography in action
at FACT: 120 years of typography in action
FACT heads into winter with an immersive, typographic show that looks set to be as hands-on and good old fashioned fun as it is rooted in some serious research. It’s...
Andy Warhol
at Tate Liverpool: On repeat
at Tate Liverpool: On repeat
The new Andy Warhol exhibition in Liverpool sets out to make this master of mass media relevant to the digital age. Andy Warhol had a strange, symbiotic relationship with commerce....
Manchester Science Festival 2014: Helen Storey’s Dress of Glass and Flame
Helen Storey, the fashion designer turned pioneering scientist, brings one of her most innovative creations to Manchester – for one day only. Whisper the name “Helen Storey” to fashion lovers...
Clare Lilley: From Yorkshire Sculpture Park to Frieze – the woman behind the biggest names in public art
How do you persuade an artist like Ai Weiwei to open an exhibition in a rural corner of Yorkshire? It’s just luck, says YSP curator Clare Lilley. My interview with...
BFI Sci-Fi Days of Fear and Wonder: It’s the end of the world as we know it
The BFI kicks off its biggest ever season of film – with some sci-fi spectaculars at a venue near you. Dark nights are a-coming, and we’re not just talking about...
Design Manchester 14 & Malcolm Garrett: “We’re not trying to bring something here. It’s already here.”
Malcolm Garrett tells us how plans for an afternoon design conference turned into a 10-day design festival. Manchester and design: they are as close bedfellows as Manchester and music. This...
BBC Philharmonic and IWM North: May you live in interesting times
A one-off performance at Manchester’s war museum promises more than you might at first expect. People do interesting things in Manchester. Take IWM North, the war museum that has found...
Literary cafes: The best and most bookish places to eat & drink
With Manchester Literature Festival coming up, our thoughts naturally turned to our diaries, and to our stomachs… What better pairing that literature and food? There are cookbooks dedicated to it,...