Hirst of Manchester publishing house Confingo to thank. On a bright afternoon whose slight chill whispers the coming of Samhain, a packed congregation has gathered to celebrate their matrimony in the ...

Sorry, I’m chugging Lemsip here.” Jenn Ashworth excuses herself a matter of minutes into our Friday afternoon call. She’s ...

In the case of Supermedium, a tale of two sensibilities currently being told at Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery, you can ...

In a manner of speaking, this is where it all began.

It’s apt, then, that Peter Ormerod’s book of his life and works, David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God, divining ...

Jones, himself a puckish 42 in non-matching socks, assures us that, outside the round of literature festivals in the concrete world, his virtual viewership is reassuringly short in the tooth. Host ...

On occasion, archives have a bad reputation. Some people think of them as dusty places filled with boring bureaucratic ...

The roots of Little Shop of Horrors are long and deep: it’s an oft-revived stage musical, freely adapted from a cult classic ...

There’s no getting away from them, those stories. You probably know the stories I mean.

As we approach the end of 2025, we’re looking back at the things that have brought us immense comfort during the year. For the team at Northern Soul, books were once again a source of great joy, and ...

Driving into Blackburn in May, the election aftermath still spills from the airwaves, the tremors of the night before continuing to unfold as presenters attempt to narrate a country shifting beneath ...

Jon and Emily DeFelice solve problems. From their living-room-turned-studio in Salford, they create lovingly engineered bags that make life that little bit easier because every detail has been ...