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2023 08 02 Three Little Words Jen Seb

It all started with a drink: In conversation with The Spirit of Manchester

Harley Young talks with Seb & Jen Heeley-Wiggins, founders of Manchester’s most well-known gin brand...

Manchester Museum Peppered Moths

Strange City (5): How Manchester’s moths proved Darwin right

Jonathan Schofield on why the life of a small insect makes fools of 'creationists'

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Can we get a rewind? A conversation with Mars Tapes, Afflecks

Harley Young visits the Afflecks-based music shop that has been single-handedly reviving cassettes in Manchester...

2023 07 07 Shallows Manchester Salon

Dive into SHALLOWS: boundary-pushing beauty salon inside an old swimming pool

Harley Young speaks with DC - the brains behind Manchester’s latest (and wildest) tattoo and...

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Strange city (4): The Great Flood, the floating dead

Jonathan Schofield on the day the dead flowed down the River Medlock

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The Champions League Final: UEFA’s Dis-organisation

Gary James' sixth column looks back at the logistics of Istanbul 2023

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‘Frighteningly busy, the demand is huge’: still rampant market for city centre flats

David Adamson takes the temperature of the city centre’s property market

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The Big Interview: AFRODEUTSCHE, producer blending the classical with the computerised

The acclaimed music producer chats with David Adamson about her upcoming collaboration for Manchester International...

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Strange city (no 3): George Psalmanazar, a proper con man

Jonathan Schofield on an extraordinary Manchester visitor and a fabulous con man

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Strange city (no 2): A forlorn French chanteuse, sad walls and a missing city

Jonathan Schofield and a crazy Gallic ballad plus Take That wins worst lyrics about Manchester

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Chef, Stosie Madi, ‘delighted’ as Parkers Arms awarded ‘Gastropub of the Year’

Stosie Madi, joint owner and head chef of The Parkers Arms shares her delight in...

The Sweet Umist Bridge

Manchester’s 'Little Brasilia' under threat as development looms

Jonathan Schofield says, don't be brutal to Brutalism as Modernist Society announces exhibition

2023 06 13 City Parade Stage Players

Strange City (part one): the football stadium with a train running through

A long time before these scenes it was a bit more industrial for Manchester City

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Man City’s treble parade gives fans ecstatic joy in the driving rain

David Adamson gives a rundown of a rapturous, rain-soaked night in the city centre

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Cartoonist Tony Husband has died: here's his lovely June interview with Confidentials.com

Tony Husband talks to David Adamson about a career spent satirising British life using pencils...

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Mines Advisory Group - a Mancunian force for global good

David Adamson talks with Mines Advisory Group CEO Darren Cormack about the organisation’s work in...

2020 10 29 Lost Rx 1

Demolished or destroyed - Twelve Lost Buildings of Manchester

Part One: Some of the amazing structures that used to stand in the city

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Pankhurst's inspiration: let's recognise Lydia Becker

Joanna Williams tells the forgotten story of a suffragist, scientist and trailblazer