Eat the Archives: Appetiser uses taste to bring to life stories from Manchester’s Jewish community, in a unique experience combining history and dining. Carmel Thomason talks to chef, Leo Burtin to find out how you can join the feast from home...
Read on
The Big Imaginations Festival has added an extra spark of ingenuity this year to bring a digital festival of adventure for children this half-term. Our mini-reviewer is loving the Big Imaginations Festival. Here’s what he had to say about When...
Read on
What Does the Future Sound Like? is a series of digital films, from Manchester Jewish Museum, celebrating the diversity of Jewish music, with a unique insight into women redefining the UK Jewish music scene today. Carmel Thomason talks to...
Read on
In 1897, The Linotype and Machinery Company (L&M) opened a factory in Broadheath that was to fuel a newspaper revolution from 1800s right up to the 1960s. The distinctive, Victorian building, with its red brick walls measuring two-and-a-half...
Read on
Hope Mill Theatre owners, William Whelton and Joseph Houston reflect on the challenges of Covid for the theatre and their excitement at bringing a brand new production of RENT to audiences both live and online. Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester was...
Read on
It’s the battle of the Premiership trees as Manchester United and Manchester City go head to head for a good cause this Christmas. Both teams have donated Christmas trees to be auctioned off for Francis House Children’s Hospice and the battles...
Read on
One day in June, taking advantage of the ease of lockdown, we decided to have a day out in Thornton Cleveleys. We took a wrong turn and found we were actually heading for Fleetwood and so decided to visit. I would expect that most Northerners...
Read on
Six the Musical makes history again as it becomes the first West End musical to resume performances since lockdown. Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s histore-mix look at Henry VIII’s wives has become a global phenomenon since its early days as a student...
Read on
Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre has launched its first playwriting competition, Through the Mill. The competition, open to UK based writers aged 16 and over, has a cash prize of £5,000 for the winning script. The prize also includes mentorship with...
Read on
During these uncertain times, many of us are taking the time to explore the pathways of our local parks. Some of us might stop and reminisce about our childhood and comment about the size of the climbing frame in the park’s playground: ‘It must have...
Read on
Carmel Thomason
Lorraine Worsley-Carter