Susie Stubbs

Rarely-opened neo-Gothic gem that’s part of the University of Manchester.

Wonderfully-restored Art Deco cinema in South Manchester

Hot Bed Press, based at the Casket Works in Salford, is a not-for-profit printmakers’ studio, is now the largest open-access print workshop in the region.

Re-opened in 2010 after a £1.3m renovation, the Gallery of Costume in Manchester’s Rusholme houses one of the most important costume collections in Britain

Lomography Gallery Store in Manchester has sadly closed.

Manchester Central Convention Centre is the city’s main conferences and events centre, housed in the former Manchester Central railway station.

TwentyTwentyTwo (formerly 2022NQ) is a bar, art gallery and performance space in Manchester’s Northern Quarter that’s underground – literally & metaphorically.

The Cunard is one of Liverpool’s “Three Graces”

Junk emporium 69A in Liverpool is the shop that time forgot. It has been peddling vintage wares since 1976.

Liverpool ONE avoided the fate of so many 1960s and 1970s large-scale shopping developments. Instead of obliterating what was already there, blocks of new-build sit alongside preserved and renovated existing buildings.

A fine gastropub that’s also child friendly

An independent creative space in the centre of Liverpool