No offence returns for a third series

Manchester based No Offence, Paul Abbott’s critically-acclaimed, hugely popular, RTS Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated police procedural is set to return to Channel 4 for a third...

Fictional literary worlds to be brought to life using 3D maps

Manchester Metropolitan University are partners in an innovative new project to bring famous literary landscapes to life. Dr David Cooper, Senior Lecturer in English, is...

The Box that changed the world.

Melvyn Bragg and expert guests (including David Olusoga, Michael Grade and Abi Morgan) consider the enormous impact that TV has had on our lives...

RNCM Announces 2017 Honorands

Actress and singer Dame Patricia Routledge is amongst the Royal Northern College of Music’s 2017 Honorands, alongside pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, violinist Henning Kraggerud, and...

First names revealed for Rochdale’s Lit Fest

The first names on the line-up for this year’s Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival have been revealed. The seven-day festival in October will feature talk...

A curious turn at Oldham Art Gallery

A new touring exhibition curated by the Crafts Council comes to Gallery Oldham from July 8 to September 2. A Curious Turn features 30 pieces...

Capturing the Cathedral

Every year Manchester Cathedral receives hundreds of amazing photographs of Manchester Cathedral in its annual Capture the Cathedral photography competition. With just over two...

Theatregoers surprised by unexpected digital art installation before ‘curtain up’ at The Lowry

Theatregoers attending the performance of La Cage aux Folles at The Lowry last night were treated to a surprise digital art installation before curtain...

RIBA opens new national architecture centre, RIBA North, in Liverpool

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) opens a new national architecture centre, RIBA North, on 17 June on the Liverpool Waterfront. RIBA North, designed...

Filming to start next week on new drama set in Northern Quarter salon

Filming starts next week on the new Debbie Horsfield drama Age Before Beauty, a family saga set in a Manchester salon starring Robson Green,...