‘You don’t have to fit in to be happy’: MM peels back the layers of Afflecks Palace
Manchester’s Afflecks Palace opened in 1981 in a building previously occupied by a department store named Affleck and Brown.
MM’s top five MUST-SEE upcoming gigs in Manchester – from Friendly Fires to Love Fame Tragedy
Whether you want to rock, dance or sway the night away, Manchester has upcoming gigs that are perfect for you!
MM looks at top five ways social media has actually been used for good – in Manchester and beyond
The popular active wear company Gymshark recently opened up a temporary pop-up store right here in Manchester.
The Peterloo Massacre: 200 years on and still as relevant today
On 16 August 1819, more than 60,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Field to attend a meeting calling for parliamentary reform.
Manchester bike thefts – how can you make sure you don’t fall victim?
With more effort from the council on sustainable transport, the bicycle is an obvious choice and it’s clear Mancunians have taken heed of its popularity.
Interview: Dogs 4 Rescue founder tells MM all about the special pooches that ‘rescue us’
Emma Billington, owner of Dogs 4 Rescue, wants to change the stigma that all rescues, in particular Staffies, are unruly, undisciplined and destructive.
Do magistrates really represent us? MM investigates…
The statistics show a 43% decline from 25,170 at 1 April 2012 to 14,348 at 1 April 2019.
Study shows more than half of students stay in Manchester after graduation
Centre for Cities collaborated with the University of Manchester and found that 51% of students from all Manchester universities choose to live in the city after they graduate.
Manchester in the worst 10% for bike thefts in UK cities excluding Scotland
Manchester is one of the worst cities in the UK for bike thefts, ranking 30th out of 351 cities, not including Scottish cities, putting it in the top 10%.
Manchester’s changing gambling scene: How are online casinos affecting their bricks and mortar rivals?
There’s no question that as a nation we are very keen gambling fans in all of its many forms from the lottery to slots and horse racing to casinos: the figures speak for themselves as in the year from October 2017 the UK’s gross gambling yield, as reported by the Gambling Commission, was £14.5 billion.
‘Even the statues look down on me’: MM meets ex-soldier and ‘homeless tour guide’ Danny Collins
Danny now works as a ‘Homeless Tour Guide’ of Manchester for the social enterprise, Invisible Cities.