Endearing in a more straightforward way is Gemma Chua-Tran’s Willow, in her own words a former ‘prisoner of Gay Pop’, now ...

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is at Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, until August 31, 2025. For more information, click ...

Any, Body, Home, the current group show of work by female artists at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, doesn’t make it easy ...

At Liverpool Arab Arts Festival, they are read in the Arabic they were written in, with the English translation in back ...

For anyone wondering whether there is any humanity left in this troubled world, I am delighted to confirm that there is – I have just found it in the form of Flapjack Press’s new release, The First ...

Spencer himself is closely connected to the 39 miles of its watercourse, an affinity forged in both home and studio across the years. His work is, to a large extent, a celebration of the Irwell’s ...

And so to the hottest dining ticket in town, Bangkok Diners Club, upstairs in the Edinburgh Castle pub in Manchester’s Ancoats. It’s a new venture from husband and wife team Ben and Bo Humphreys from ...

Farewell, OperaWatchIt’s July 2025, the hottest day of the year, and I’m clearing out my desk in the OperaWatch office at Northern Soul Towers. After 12 years as Northern Soul ’s Opera Correspondent, ...

Whenever the English gather, the talk soon comes round to the best ‘full English’. Along with the ubiquitous Sunday Roast, this collection of eggs, bacon, sausage and beans with various add-ons such ...

The Perspectivists is the latest exhibition to make full use of the modernist shop's modest wall space in Manchester. We take a closer look.

As a man who, throughout my teens and student years in Manchester, argued passionately that The Who were simply the best live band in the world and that their 70s’ albums were pretty close to perfect ...