Adam Farrer, author of Broken Biscuits and Other Male Failures, listens patiently and nods. I’m interviewing him about his ...

Looking Up, a loop of Pat Flynn’s CGI-animated shorts, ran to mark the opening of Wonderful Electric, the new digital ...

The Secret Public: LGBTQ Pop 1955–1985 is at John Rylands Research Institute and Library until November 15, 2025. For more ...

If Coronation Street is the go-to Manchester reference for TV, then legendary bassist Peter Hook (‘Hooky’) must be the musical equivalent. The music he created with Joy Division and New Order has ...

Visitors to the nearby China gallery, also a new addition in the museum’s renovation, face similar challenges. Despite some ingenious display techniques, the choice of font size is still way too small ...

Outcast is a tale for our times. The events depicted in my book might have taken place a quarter of a century ago but this true story of a maverick Yorkshire businessman who fights back against the ...

Believe it or not but naked clog fighting was a mysterious and illegal sport that existed in Northern mining communities for hundreds of years. Now Gallery Oldham is staging an exhibition examining ...

When Yorkshire-born Kieran Hodgson joined the cast of BBC Scotland’s hit comedy series Two Doors Down, he decided to go “all in” and relocate with his partner to Glasgow. The move north of the border ...

There’s a lot going on in Manchester. Some 30 years after ‘Madchester’ and the dominance of bands like Oasis and The Stone Roses, the Manchester music landscape has evolved into something appealingly ...

For a venue synonymous with The Beatles and well-used to packing out its basement, 2020 has seen its acts playing to an eerily empty room. But The Cavern Club in Liverpool is still going strong. As an ...

Samantha Smith, Eurovision fan Euphoria by Loreen, Sweden 2012 My favourite song from Eurovision is 2012’s entry from Sweden, Euphoria by Loreen. It brings back memories of happy times with my family ...

Henry Normal, co-writer and producer of award-winning TV shows and films such as The Royle Family, The Mrs Merton Show, The Parole Officer, Paul Calf, Gavin & Stacey, Alan Partridge, among many others ...