Marcus Rashford MBE accepts the 2020 ‘This Is Manchester Awards’ Supernova award
This Is Manchester 2020 recognises those people, heroes, places, organisations, & communities that have shown resilience and true Mancunian grit and determination.
This year, four...
Young musicians at Chetham’s School of Music are sharing a major new Christmas concert...
Young musicians at Chetham’s School of Music are sharing a major new Christmas concert with schools across the UK, in a bid to bring...
Festive finale for auction of Manchester’s 50 windows of creativity announced
50 Windows of Creativity, Manchester’s innovative socially distanced art trail, which has inspired and entertained thousands of city-centre dwellers during lockdown and beyond, concludes...
Manchester International Festival returns for 18 extraordinary days in July 2021
Manchester International Festival returns with 18 days of original, new work and special events from across the spectrum of performing arts, visual arts and...
This is a wake-up call – Key ‘State of the North 2020’ report holds...
The leading think-tank for the North of England has issued an “urgent wakeup call” today, as it publishes research showing that the opportunity to...
Million pound tree planting project for Manchester gets underway
A £1 million project to plant thousands of new trees across Manchester gets underway this coming week
The two-year Tree Action Mcr scheme will involve...
Get involved in Art says Manchester Art Gallery as Grayson Perry’s exhibition opening is...
You may have heard the exiting news that Manchester Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of art works made by the public and selected...
Manchester’s first ever Hip Hop Archive to be created thanks to National Lottery funding...
Manchester has long been famous for its music scene, but the Northern city’s ties to Hip Hop are lesser known than its links with...
Topshop: how the once trendsetting brand fell behind the times
Julie Hodson, Manchester Metropolitan University
The British fashion group Arcadia has fallen into administration, leaving 13,000 jobs at risk. Arcadia’s market share slumped from around...
The courageous family who faced a life-changing diagnosis during lockdown
This March, whilst the nation went into lockdown, Harry Bowyer was diagnosed with the muscle wasting condition Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy at only six-years-old.
At six,...