Life

The severe economic impact of this crisis is being felt widely, with people losing jobs, small companies going under and newspapers folding.

With self-isolation leaving most of us stuck at home, you may be at a loss over how to spend your sudden free time.

Womens’ fear of taking part in sport while menstruating begins in teenage years. Research by ‘Betty for School’, who aim to create a generation at ease with discussing periods, found that 46% of women used their periods as an excuse to skip PE classes. Alice Reeves-Turner found out more…

MM spoke to Johnny BaBa, who has been in the barbering world since the age of 11. He moved to Manchester in 2013 where he opened his first Barber Barber store. Not before long, he opened stores in London, Liverpool, Leeds, and Birmingham. Most recently in 2018, Johnny opened a store in Hale, south of Manchester.

The world has re-invented itself over and over since the miseries of the Middle Ages. While medieval families lived off bread and scraps of meat, we now enjoy dishes from all corners of the globe, delivered to our doorstep.

During a global time of uncertainty, America’s election period is still underway to find the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2020 election. MM speak to the University of Tennessee’s Roosevelt Institute student vice-president Nick Delos Santos to find out more…

As part of a radical reimagination of the welfare system in Britain, Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell announced plans to roll-out Universal Basic Income (UBI) at the last General Election. In the wake of the coronavirus crisis such a scheme could become a necessity for Northern families.

Nostalgic for the innocence of a pre-coronavirus world, MM have compiled a list of books and podcasts that contain no mention of disease or contagion, and that might provide a welcome moment of distraction from the panic unfolding around us.

Girls with Guile’s brand new show is a spectacular insight into womanhood. It’s raw and real and it is In Her Own Words.

The Greater Manchester Older People’s Network (GMOPN) have made wider efforts to ensure Greater Manchester is a place which sees, hears and listens to its older people, and which provides them with the services that they need to live happy, active lives in the community.

Laurence Stephen Lowry is one of Manchester’s most famous artists and his work is becoming more appreciated as times goes by – indeed a newly-discovered painting of his, ‘The Mill, Pendlebury’ recently sold for £2.65m to a private collector, a timely reminder how relevant he is 44 years after his death.