Life

Earlier this month, Helen Bourne and Eleanor Shiers set up the Seeds of Hope support group in Withington for women recovering from eating disorders.

With the start of 2020 filled with conflict around the globe, to mark World Religion Day MM chatted to a member of one of the city’s lesser known religious communities – one where non-violence is their central message.

People have swapped their beef tacos for tofu, nuts and legumes as ever-changing palates have taken on Veganuary.

James Martin Manchester is one of the most popular dining haunts in the city, with its classic, seasonal fare ranking in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants across the UK. Its special menus showcase only the finest local produce, which is one of the main reasons why people venture into the city for a spectacular dining experience.

Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, the UK’s leading and longest-running travel event, will return to EventCity Manchester this Thursday-Sunday. Here’s your chance to win two tickets…

British MPs have voted against continuing negotiations of the UK’s full membership of the EU’s Erasmus + scheme.

Artist Sue Scott, better known as S L Scott, has been painting Manchester for almost a decade using her spare room in Didsbury as a makeshift studio.

Many of us have read and fallen in love with the classic children’s story The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. At MM we were lucky enough to speak to Keri Wilt, Burnett’s great-great-granddaughter, to learn more about the author’s life and discuss the growing anticipation of The Secret Garden film to be released later this year.

Thinking about giving Veganuary a go? A New Year’s resolution heading into the next decade? MM have a guide to where to eat in town and some health advice to start the new new decade on the right note…

MM’s Gemma Corby writes why, in what feels like a really rubbish version of Sesame Street for adults, her commute from Liverpool to Manchester is usually brought to her by the words ‘cancelled’ or ‘delayed’.

The Corbyn experiment has been going for four years now where Labour has moved unapologetically to the left. While he has successfully grown the party membership especially among young people, two electoral defeats and being on the losing side of the Brexit referendum must signal that this experiment has failed.