Entertainment

Lowes returns to Manchester’s live circuit on Wednesday with a hotly-anticipated show at Kraak in the Northern Quarter.

World-famous, Salford-based BBC Philharmonic Orchestra brought 73 years of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, to the Bridgewater Hall with plenty of gusto.

The intertwining of both classic and lesser-known, up and coming films was evident with two short and two feature length movies to satisfy the horror-loving population of the city

It’s not that it’s a bad film, in fact it’s quite brilliant. But even though this grisly tour of Hollywood’s ugly side can be hard to watch, you daren’t take your eyes off it for a second

Mark E Smith, lead-singer of The Fall has built up a reputation as one of Manchester’s most famous old bastards.

A floating ‘village’ of boxes will be just one of two major art installations depicting those affected by the Gaza conflict in Manchester this weekend.

A film review of Tony Benn: Will & Testament.

Art lovers are invited to spend the weekend immersed in a huge range of work at the Buy Art Fair and The Manchester Contemporary at the Old Granada Studios

From the crowd booing her wayward punctuality, to telling aggravated audience members to ‘shush’ while she addressed an unhappy fan half-way through her set, the forecast lived to be true – This was certainly not your average show

The Mancunian ensemble, who are best known for their 1989 iconic anthem ‘Sit Down’, have more than 20 UK top 40 singles to their name

Boyband heartthrob Jason Orange has said Take That to the award-winning pop group by announcing his departure.