Life

MM has dug up some of the first posts about Manchester’s favourite landmarks and people and now here are the weird and wonderful results.

Sex has been seen as something fundamentally human since the days of Adam and Eve – but this is not the case for hundreds of thousands of Brits.

Urban green roofing projects are offering a lifeline for threatened bird species, with MMU and a Chorlton grocers pioneering the way in the city.

Leaving your pooch home when you’re on holiday has always been a heartbreaking moment for dog-lovers, however has the solution finally been dug up?

For many Christmas is a time to have fun, share a few jokes and act a bit silly. However some people have taken this silliness further than most, even as far as governmental departments, by writing funny festive Freedom of Information requests.

Reflexology can ‘double the chance of getting pregnant’, a leading Northern reflexologist has commented ahead of an Altrincham course aimed at tackling infertility with alternative medicine.

Women’s body hair – it seems it’s quite divisive. For many it’s either too sensitive or too squeamish an issue to discuss, but for others it almost sums up the entire feminist debate.

Young people can be baffling creatures but perhaps one area where the generation gap is most obvious is in the use of slang and text speak. MM asked the people of Manchester to try to decode some of the acronyms teens use today

As cannabis gains recognition for its medical properties, and with four American states having legalised the drug, will the UK decriminalise weed?

Visitors to the city centre’s Shudehill shopping district may not be aware of a hive of activity occuring just a few floors above.

The first ever hot air balloon flight from Manchester is being commemorated with the display of sheet music from an 18th century ballad at the Central Library