Ark return breathes new life into Deansgate Locks nightlife

One of Manchester’s favourite night clubs will re-open its doors on Friday 24 August following an extensive £430,000 refurbishment. With a brand-new face lift throughout...

It’s Cooking Good-Crowdfunding scheme launched to produce an Ancoats and Northern Quarter cookbook

A Crowdfunding venture has been launched In Manchester to raise funds to produce an Ancoats and Northern Quarter cookbook, “It’s Cooking Good!” Featuring over 20...

HOME to host UK premiere of Mike Leigh’s Peterloo in Manchester this October

The film tells the story of the Peterloo massacre, which took place 199 years ago today, on 16 August 1819, and stars Rory Kinnear, Maxine...

A Taste of Catalonia on King Street

They are still in what is known in the trade as soft opening mode, but About Manchester was invited along to the City Centre's...

Manchester is the UK’s most liveable city according to Economist Global survey

Manchester is now by far the most liveable city in the UK according to the latest Economist Intelligence Unit annual global survey. The survey which...

Know your Camembert from your Caerphilly

Manchester-based delivery experience company, Sorted has launched a crusade to find an assistant to the current in-house Director of Cheese. The brand-new position at the award-winning business...

The Harrods of the North

Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has promised to turn House of Fraser in the Harrods of the High Street but the store on Manchester's...

Actor swaps stage and screen for the saddle to raise thousands for Dogs Trust...

Award winning actor Sam Newman cycled into Dogs Trust Manchester this week to meet some of the canine residents he’s raising money for on a 1,000...

Science and art collide to unveil a new piece of graphene artwork

Nobel laureate Sir Kostya Novoselov has worked with artist Mary Griffiths to create Prospect Planes – a video artwork resulting from months of scientific...

Forgotten Lancashire poems written during misery of cotton famine found

Hundreds of moving poems written by desperate Lancashire cotton workers facing hunger and homelessness because of the American Civil War have been uncovered by...