No, Gorilla is not a primate, it is one of Manchester’s edgiest concert venues – and on Thursday night Catherine McGrath owned the place.

Matilda, who travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village, finally opened in Manchester this week as the Royal Shakespeare Company’s award-winning adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 1988 book came to the Palace Theatre.

This is Shakespeare, but not as you know it.

“These dead eyed idiots will never be pleased by what I have to offer,” grumbled the French comedian Marcel Lucont about certain ungrateful audience members he had encountered – the funnyman plays Manchester September 17-19 and expect brutal gags.

The Return of the Soldier is compelling proof that, as the centennial anniversaries of the First World War draw to a close, there are still new stories and new perspectives of the Great War to be found.

Jason Kenny is deservedly among the pantheon of Britain’s sporting greats, with a memorable list of triumphs forever etched in his and the nation’s memories.

The Hilton’s Cloud 23 will be blindfolding cocktail-lovers in a bid to test the strength of people’s senses.

Today’s Manchester is oozing culture with its newly invigorated art scene, its UNESCO-respected literary heritage, and its never-waning music scene.

Mortality rates for females between 2015 and 2017 are said to be consistently higher in Scotland and lower in the UK, with Wales mortality rate being the second highest.

Bring Your Own Baby Comedy is the lunchtime comedy club for parents, where babies under 12 months can come too…and we are launching in the North of England!

Manchester’s a wonderful place to be during the summer months.