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Boys from the Blackstuff: Review

Gizza Job. Welcome to the gig economy. The game may have changed but the rules of a capitalist society remain the same: for the powerful to thrive, the working class must be oppressed. Zero hours...

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St George in the City of London Image by Mariusz Matuszewski https://pixabay.com/users/mzmatuszewski0-825220/

Travel

The Enduring Legacy of St. George – in Portugal

St George’s day will be celebrated at the end of the April but how did England’s Patron Saint manage to have a castle named after him in Portugal? As our family’s connection to Portugal has...

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Alan Bleasdale and James Graham on bringing Boys from the Blackstuff to the stage

It’s been a long time coming. Ever since Yosser Hughes strode onto the screen in 1982 and into television drama history, with his brilliant, heartbreaking catchphrase “Gizza job”, people have been...

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MARY POPPINS. Stefanie Jones(Mary Poppins) and Company. Photo Danny Kaan.

Reviews Theatre

Mary Poppins: Review

There’s nothing like a bit of sun to lift the spirits. So, as Spring arrives, it feels there couldn’t be a better time for Mary Poppins to fly into Manchester and blow away any last wisps of winter...

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Reviews

Micky Cochrane (Marius) and Faz Singhateh (John) in Moth

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Reviews Theatre

The Moth: Review

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It is 1997. A train leaves Scotland bound for London. On board, John Josana, a journalist, is reading a book about Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for many years). The train is crowded. A tall man with a backpack takes the seat...

Abigail's Party - Kym Marsh (Beverly), Graeme Hawley (Laurence) - photo credit Johan Persson

Reviews Theatre

Abigail’s Party with Kym Marsh: Review

Carmel Thomason

Reviews Theatre

Driftwood – an inspiring story about hope, love and belonging: Review

Carmel Thomason

To do & see

Imran Perretta A Riot in Three Acts - (credit Michael Pollard)

Art Art Reviews

Imran Perretta: A Riot In Three Acts – Review

Martin Thomasson

On 4 August, 2011, a 29-year-old black man, Mark Duggan, was shot dead by police in Tottenham, London. Duggan’s death sparked a series of riots, beginning in Tottenham, spreading across London and on to other cities in England. From where he was...

Tyson Fury (right) is England Manager and Wayne Rooney is Player-Manager (left) for UNICEF 2025, which takes place on Sunday 15th of June at Old Trafford, Manchester. Photographed by Daniel Hambury for UNICEF UK and Soccer Aid Productions. ©UNICEF/Soccer Aid Productions/Stella Pictures

Greater Manchester To do & see

Tyson Fury and Wayne Rooney to form knockout team

Carmel Thomason

It’s a knockout line-up for this year’s Soccer Aid for Unicef at Old Trafford as former world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury teams up with Manchester United’s all-time record goal-scorer, Wayne Rooney. The pair will co-manage England who take on...

Artist Bobby Baker An Edible Family in a Mobile Home at The Tate 2023 © Hugo Glendenning

People

Artist Bobby Baker talks feminism, family and edible art

Verity Marchant

Whitworth Art Gallery is currently home to an installation quite literally good enough to eat. Artist Bobby Baker has recreated her An Edible Family in a Mobile Home (1976, 2023) enlisting the help of Long Boi’s Bakehouse to make the edible family...

To do & see Travel

The only swing bridge aqueduct in the world

Lorraine Worsley-Carter

Lorraine Worsley-Carter stumbles upon a unique wonder of the canal age in Salford After taking a short cut to our favourite Trafford DIY store, our sat-nav suggested a route which took us over an old bridge which we had not traversed before...

People

Nathaniel J Hall Photo by Rebecca Lupton/Factory Int

People

Nathaniel J Hall draws on lived experience to explore toxic relationships in his new play

Amy Corringham

Following its sell-out debut at HOME, Manchester in 2023, actor, writer and HIV activist Nathaniel J Hall is taking his critically acclaimed second play, Toxic on tour, arriving at Lowry, Salford on April 16. He talks to Amy Corringham about the...

People

New play addresses the need for more organ donors

Carmel Thomason

A brand-new stage version of multi-award-winning Malorie Blackman’s novel Pig Heart Boy comes to Lowry, Salford. Quays Life met the cast to find out more about bringing this important story about organ donation to the stage. Based on Malorie...