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Call for online submissions: Creative Writing and Featured Artwork – Hometown
Featured image: Suzy Hazelwood aAh! Magazine’s Literature and Creative Student Editors are delighted to announce our first online…
Love Spreads: A retrospective on the beating heart of Manchester music, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield
Featured image and photography: Beck McNally Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield – a name that many Mancunian music-lovers will…
What’s On: Things to do in Manchester this December
Featured image: Manchester City CouncilBy Adam Taylor and Amy Corringham Winter is approaching, but don’t let the…
Opinion: Are we witnessing the decline of Vogue?
Featured image: May Farooq “When I first moved to New York and I was totally broke, sometimes I…
Author and illustrator Lauren Child CBE reflects on 20 years of Charlie and Lola TV series and new Christmas book
Featured image: Freya Barwell Award-winning author and illustrator Lauren Child CBE visited Manchester Metropolitan University this week,…
Power to the Fruit Pastel: Reflections on adjusting to life as a student with Type 1 diabetes
Featured image: Lottie Hughes A Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) is not the flashiest of accessories. It isn’t…
“With great power comes great responsibility”: Filmmaker Baka Bah on his journey following the release of The Success of Moss Side
Featured image: Yas Lucia Mascarenhas Sitting with filmmaker Baka Bah after the premiere of his film, The…
“I didn’t know I was writing a novel at first”: Nikolai Duffy’s on his debut into the world of prose
Featured image: Nikolai Duffy Sitting with poet and author Nikolai Duffy at the Manchester Poetry Library, he…
“Celebrating the vibrant creative lives being built in the North”: Comma Press and Manchester Writing School present the 2025 National Creative Writing Industry Day
Author Claire Daverley set the tone for this year's National Creative Writing Industry Day (NCWID) on Saturday, with a keynote exploring resilience, creativity and the passion that drives writers to keep going. The eleventh edition of the event took place at Manchester Metropolitan University and is the largest gathering of its kind in the North.
The world is starting to take notice of Manchester’s fashion scene: what does that mean for us?
Featured image: Evie Atkins When Vogue Business asked the question on everyone’s lips – “Is Manchester the…
Lights Up 2025: ‘Disco on wheels’ calls for safer streets for women and girls
Photography: Isabelle Dargue, Ellie Williams, Bradley Sansom and Natalie Carragher Manchester’s streets were transformed into a vibrant…
Opinion: Grace Wales Bonner’s Hermés appointment challenges gender hierarchies in fashion
Featured image: Evie-Iris Atkins Grace Wales Bonner’s appointment as the new creative force behind menswear at Hermès…
‘Black in the Game’ exhibition review – a critical celebration of Black footballers and their contributions to the not-so-beautiful game
From black football pioneers to modern success stories, Black in The Game effectively portrays the challenges and…
Leeds Festival 2025: A weekend of chaos, confetti and unreleased anthems
Featured image: Gracie Hall Leeds Festival 2025 is one for the history books. Across three relentless days,…