Life

This week, MM’s very own agony aunt hears from someone who feels so lonely even though her partner is right there.

Geordie Colin Plews is just one of more than 3,000 participants in the Manchester 10k next month – but one of very few who’ll be running the quarter marathon in a dress.

A Manchester record store claims the UK’s first ever weekly Official Vinyl Charts will have little bearing on their business, despite being pleasantly surprised by their launch this week.

Manchester music legend Johnny Marr recently revealed that the city’s 25-storey CIS building provided the unlikely inspiration for a love song that featured on his recent solo album.

Mystery Mancunian artist Mancsy – a Northern take on the internationally celebrated satirical street painter Banksy – has announced his biggest ever exhibition at Trafford’s Victoria Warehouse.

New research has revealed swimmers make the best lovers – and guess what Manchester’s favourite sport is? That’s right, swimming.

This year marks the 800th anniversary of one of the most important moments in English history.

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, famed for his pivotal role in the abolition of slavery, but little attention is given these days to his eternal token of gratitude to the working people of Manchester.

MM took to the streets of Manchester to find out whether Mancunians thought that politics was now more of a popularity contest rather than policy contest.

Legendary British director Danny Boyle will kick start a HOME-warming for Manchester’s new centre for international contemporary art, theatre and film.

Heaven-17’s Martyn Ware is to join a host of artists and musicians including Jon McClure of Reverend and the Makers for an evening to support creative communities in areas of conflict and war.