‘It is very fertile ground’: David Menon to set newest crime novel in Manchester
DSI Jeff Barton is set to tangle with Russian secret agents in the Manchester streets, in crime writer David Menon’s newest novel.
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‘It could have been my kids’: Mother of four to travel to Calais to assist migrants
After watching the news and reading stories of the desperate migrant situation in Calais, a Mobberley teacher and mother of four has decided to join the volunteer movement there.
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‘You could hear the acid coming out of the organ’: Manchester’s Victor Brox on the 60s, blues and Hendrix
Victor Brox has since spent over five decades avoiding definition.
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‘It’s mind-blowing how far it has come’: Gaming industry and football grow closer with professional tournaments
The relationship between professional football and gaming is growing even closer and the ever rising stock of the gaming world highlights the intersection between fantasy and reality.
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‘That’s my mission in life’: Inspirational Rochdale filmmaker raising awareness of Mosaic Down Syndrome
As landing a dream opportunity at the BBC by standing outside of MediaCityUK with a placard proves, very little stands between Claire-May Minett and her ambitions.
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The doctor, the doula, the homebirth pooler: Storytime with Clint and Charlie Boon
After a ‘horrific’ hospital birth with their first son Oscar, Inspiral Carpet’s keys player Clint Boon and his wife ditched the clinical wards for the comfort of their cosy Stockport home.
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‘They’re like my babies’: The curious tale of Bird Reynolds and the Didsbury taxidermist
A single lifeless crow peers down at us with beaded eyes from the bookcase, wings splayed out, in a small flat in leafy Didsbury.
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‘Who doesn’t like free stuff?’ Manchester shop ready to celebrate Free Comic Day
A Northern Quarter comic book store will be hosting a party complete with balloons and cake for the 15th anniversary of Free Comic Book Day this Saturday.
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‘He told me to become the master’: Paul Trevillion on getting his Churchill portrait signed by the man himself
A portrait of Sir Winston Churchill signed by the former Prime Minister himself has gone on public display at Manchester’s National Football Museum.
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‘You feel completely isolated’: Depression and mental health explored by Bolton theatre-maker in new show
Political rhetoric and the negative stigmatization surrounding mental health are set to be explored in a new show by a Bolton-born theatre-maker.
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‘It’s the human spirit’: Watch as MM take on the Gung-Ho! fun run in Heaton Park
Heaton Park has staged some memorable events over the years but none quite as extravagant as this.