Evocative’ short story and poetry with ‘musical clarity’ take home prizes at Manchester Writing...

The winners of the 10th anniversary Manchester Fiction Prize and Poetry Prize have been announced: Gabriel Monteros and Molly Underwood pick up...

The long wait is over as Hilary Mantel announces when the final part of...

The long wait is over but we now know when the concluding part of Hilary Mantel's prizewinning, bestselling Thomas Cromwell trilogy will be published. Titled...

Acclaimed cityscape artist to unveil new pieces from popular collection in Manchester

Acclaimed cityscape artist, Paul Kenton, will be appearing in Manchester next week to unveil new pieces from his popular collection London/New York. Kenton will be at Castle...

Casting is today announced for Quality Street, Laurie Sansom’s debut production as Artistic Director...

Casting is today announced for Quality Street, Laurie Sansom’s debut production as Artistic Director of Northern Broadsides. The production, a rare revival of J.M....

From Broadway to Britten-Opera North brings its new season to the Lowry

Madcap capers, a spine-chilling ghost story and simmering tensions in 1940s New York make up Opera North’s compelling new season which tours to The...

Five new Homemakers works to go on sale on Thursday

Details of five new Homemakers works that will go on sale on Thursday, June 4, have been announced. Homemakers is a series of works presented...

Winners of inaugural QuietManDave Prize for flash fiction and non-fiction are revealed

The winners of the inaugural QuietManDave Prize have been revealed as Elisabeth Ingram Wallace and David Calder. The new short-form writing prize honours much-loved Manchester...

BBC Radio 3’s Manchester Week features concerts from some of the city’s most prestigious...

BBC Radio 3’s Manchester Week features concerts from Stephen Hough, Hallé Orchestra and Manchester Collective among others, from the city’s most prestigious concert halls...

Inaugural photography project First Light celebrates North of England’s class of 2020

Waterside, in Sale,has announced that it will present the First Light photography project celebrating work from photography graduates from the north of England. In...

Self portrait of 51 year-old LS Lowry to go on display in Salford as...

A 1938 self-portrait by LS Lowry is to go on display at The Lowry in Salford later this month as part of a project called...