Choosing ‘Booker of the North’ winner like ‘choosing Pope without the smoke’
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’.
Manchester Thunder league semi epic will trump southern ‘event’, says Tracey Neville
Manchester Thunder netball coach Tracey Neville is hoping that their Superleague semi-final with Hertfordshire Mavericks will be a ground-breaking Northern sporting event.
Get yourself connected: George Osborne backs £15billion transport plan for northern five-city alliance
A £15billion plan asking for improvements to transport between five northern cities has been backed by Chancellor George Osborne at a speech in Manchester.
Baps? Barms? Rolls? Teacakes? War of words between north and south explored in Manchester University study
Research was compiled after a survey of 1,400 English speakers
Record-breaking exhibition celebrates L.S Lowry’s legacy at Hale art gallery – selling 14 ‘matchstick men’ paintings
‘Lowry and his Legacy’ was held at Clark Art Gallery
The £10 Challenge: Make the most of Movember Mo-bros with moustachioed ales and cupcakes
As this is the month of dodgy facial hair endeavours, a celebration may be in order.
Coalition will never take responsibility for Northern Ireland Troubles, claims Labour shadow secretary
Discussions would be welcomed if Labour were in power.
The Soapbox: Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises reminds us sex still sells
MM’s writers get the chance to air their views in the regular rant column.
Interview: Manchester graphic illustrator Stanley Chow happy to return to ‘old stomping ground’
MM’s Kevin Benson talks to graphic illustrator Stanley Chow about his new exhibition.
BBC Breakfast wakes up in Salford’s MediaCityUK for first broadcast from new studio
BBC Breakfast arrived in Salford to broadcast their first show from MediaCityUK, today
Manchester one of northern cities to benefit from 6,000 extra peak time train seats
Train passengers will benefit from 6,000 extra seats at peak time travel into Manchester and other northern cities.