Susie Stubbs

Let’s be honest. Manchester is not known for its architectural planning. It has some spectacular individual buildings. It has some of the finest examples of Industrial Revolution architecture anywhere in...

Susie Stubbs meets one of the world’s most influential art collectors – and wonders why he hasn’t shown his work in Manchester until now Read up about Frank Cohen and...

The insider guide to family holidays and things to do with kids – at Manchester’s MOSI If you like your outdoors a little more urban, make for Castlefield. This ‘urban...

Discover Manchester on foot with our creative guide to Manchester walking tours. If you want to get the most of your stay in this most historic of cities, a guided...

Can you help capture the art of the city? We launch our open photography competition today to find out. We are very proud to announce the launch of our own...

Whoever said it’s hard to be a woman wasn’t being flippant. Sometimes it is. We are defined by what we should be: good mothers, great lovers, and women with meaningful...

Beezer captured the the wild days of British Hip Hop on film. He talks to Susie Stubbs Blogging, online magazines, Facebook, Twitter, all that desktop, self-published, sub-cultural noise… it’s not...

Susie Stubbs discovers why there might be more to Jasper Joffe than just good PR Cynics might say it’s hard to believe Jasper Joffe is motivated by anything other than...

Earlier this month, we asked our Twitter and Facebook followers what hidden gem they would share with a first-time visitor to Manchester. We were overwhelmed by the response: here is...

Here’s a question: is regional art a good thing? It’s a conundrum that seems to be troubling the national press of late. On Sunday, we spotted this report in the...

Back in March, when this project was little more than an idea being developed by Manchester’s museums and galleries, I went along to the press launch of Manchester International Festival...