Birthdays are a funny old thing — whether you’re excited to add another candle to the cake or quietly side-eyeing the passing years, marking the occasion (big or small) can make it all feel a little brighter. Stuck for...
A new stage adaptation of Shirley Jackson's bestselling novel The Haunting of Hill House is set to make its world premiere with a UK tour this autumn, including dates at the Manchester Palace Theatre from Tuesday 27 Oct...
Winter is definitely on its way, and although we're not looking forward to , there are many in the community who are in genuine danger from it. As a result, this winter libraries will once again serve as safe community...
The great town of Wigan is famous for many things: rugby league, Northern Soul, and of course, . But one higher brow mention Wigan has managed to capture is the 1936 by the inimitable George Orwell, The Road to Wigan P...
We're very proud of Manchester's , what with some of the most famous authors in the world being from our neck of the woods, and having some of the most beautiful known to man. Now, one of Manchester's very own has been...
Avid readers and book nerds are well-positioned in Manchester. Countless , little nods to everywhere you turn (from Elizabeth Gaskell to George Orwell), and one of the most beautiful libraries in the UK, make the secon...
Another lockdown, another Netflix binge. This year wasn't quite as lockdowny as the last, but it was still pretty lockdowny. We oscillated between freezing our arses off in beer gardens to taking up hobbies we swore we...
It's safe to say we smashed our reading target this year. Not only have our waistlines grown this year, but our bookshelves have too - with most of us turning to the world of fiction as a form of escapism during the UK...
We all knew it already, but it's nice to be recognised. It's official. Afflecks Palace, aka the coolest shopping spot in Manchester, has been named in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for 2020. [Featured Image...
Some much-needed inspo to make the most of the new year in lockdown. So, we might have had a pretty bleak start to the new year already, but that ain't stopping us from enjoying the (few) things our city still has on o...