Former Hollyoaks actor David Judge brings his autobiographical play ‘SparkPlug’ to HOME Manchester. Running from Feb 13 to April 13, the play explores ‘race, love and family’.

The monthly average across the region in 2013 was 1334 incidents, a figure which rose to 3106 in 2018.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman bring comedy to the court in their play Trial By Laughter, now showing at The Lowry.

Forget curry mile, we want a slice of Indian elegance, so MM head to Dishoom on Bridge Street to sample their delights…

Ah, February. The new-year malaise has almost all but worn off, supermarket aisles everywhere are ambushed with love hearts et al, and to top things off it’s really, really cold outside. Fear not however as MM look at five electronic scene gigs to warm your cockles.

February, along with January, is normally regarded as a ‘dump month’ in cinema.

MM’s Jarrod Kay goes on a one-man mission to try and find a cheap pint of Guinness.

“This is the face of depression.”

Manchester Airport has been one of the worst effected airports accounting for 22 of the most serious incidents reported in the past three years

We created a list of what we thought were the ‘10 worst offenders’ and headed down to the Manchester Beer and Cider Festival to find out what people thought.

A multitude of stalls lined the grand setting, with a variety of different drinks on offer, including beer, cider, perry’s, fruit wine and even a gin bar.