What’s On: Things to do in Manchester this November
Featured image: Joe Haines With a long Halloween weekender behind us and the festive season slowly creeping…
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Arts School Live 2026 preview – Black History Month edition celebrates identity and heritage
By Grace Peter. Featured image: Rory Green Four artists will take the stage in Manchester for an…
DMA’S’ Johnny Took on musical influences, the new album and his favourite Manchester food spots
Featured image: Roman Jody Guitarist and producer Johnny Took of Australian band DMA’S spoke to us ahead…
Jackass: Best and Last review: a gnarly goodbye to TV’s greatest stuntmen
Featured image: Paramount Pictures Jackass: Best and Last is a send-off and memorial to the legacy of…
“Well-slept characters aren’t as interesting” – The minds behind ‘Misper’ on Manchester Film Festival and the allure of writing people on the edge
Feature Image: Press “It’s important to find your people. Don’t feel like you have to find this…
The REAL Issue: Editor’s Letter
Welcome to The REAL Issue What is real, anyway? We are, dear readers, perhaps in the age…
Manchester Film Festival 2026: Northern talent shines in record-breaking edition
Feature image: Press The Manchester Film Festival has wrapped its 12th edition, running over 11 days and…
Death, Detours and Dark Humour: Kit Harington’s directorial debut at Manchester Film Festival
Featured image: Press Manchester Film Festival returned to Aviva Studios for its 12th edition, opening to a full…
What made it great is why it crashed: looking back on The Old Abbey Taphouse a year from closure
Featured image: Old Abbey Taphouse Wandering through Hulme in the south of Manchester, you once may have…
Opinion: The Carolyn Effect – Why America’s ‘Princess Di’ is still our favourite pre-internet inspiration
Featured image: FX / Disney Press Following the premiere of the limited anthology series Love Story (directed…
Wasteman film review – Cal McMau’s directorial debut is a savage and high-pressure depiction of UK prison life
Feature image: James A. Demetriou Intense up-close thrashing camera shots, shouting, spitting and stabbing. This is the…
Lights Up cycling film to premiere at The Savoy for International Women’s Day
Featured image: Isabelle Dargue A powerful new film documenting Manchester’s Lights Up movement will premiere at The…
Manchester illustrator Stanley Chow to play free DJ set in Chorlton
Featured image: David Lindsay Manchester illustrator Stanley Chow will return to the decks for a special guest…
A Mural for Mani – Manchester music legend to be immortalised with mural in his hometown
Following the passing of iconic Stone Roses and Primal Scream Bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mountfield, there have been…
“It’s easy to lose yourself to this music”: Deptford Northern Soul club lead new wave of Northern Soul
Featured image: Sebastian Garraway Beats vibrate through a polished floor. Bodies move with a swinging grace, surrendering…