Stockport received just 0.5% of Arts Council funding for Greater Manchester this year – despite having been the region’s 2023

Lord of the Rings, Love Actually, Downton Abbey, Doctor Who – these are just some of the classics whose stars

Oldham Coliseum has cancelled all of its shows after 26 March following the loss of its Arts Council England funding

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.

Cooper’s comments came after Arts Council England revealed it is intending to hold discussions with the government about the introduction of a tax relief for independent book publishers.

Greater Manchester will use £1.5million of National Lottery money to fund ‘transformative’ arts and heritage projects across the region.

Loitering with Intent is a new exhibition at the People’s History Museum which celebrates the Manchester-based collective of artists and activists interested in psychogeography and public space.

Books exploring magic, bereavement and landscape are among the fiction and nonfiction shortlisted for a £10,000 writing prize dubbed the ‘Booker of the North’.

MM takes a look at the city’s finest arts events

Refugee Week runs June 17-23 in Manchester

Council have signed up to Try Reading project