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Artist Sue Scott, better known as S L Scott, has been painting Manchester for almost a decade using her spare room in Didsbury as a makeshift studio.

Many of us have read and fallen in love with the classic children’s story The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. At MM we were lucky enough to speak to Keri Wilt, Burnett’s great-great-granddaughter, to learn more about the author’s life and discuss the growing anticipation of The Secret Garden film to be released later this year.

Thinking about giving Veganuary a go? A New Year’s resolution heading into the next decade? MM have a guide to where to eat in town and some health advice to start the new new decade on the right note…

MM’s Gemma Corby writes why, in what feels like a really rubbish version of Sesame Street for adults, her commute from Liverpool to Manchester is usually brought to her by the words ‘cancelled’ or ‘delayed’.

The Corbyn experiment has been going for four years now where Labour has moved unapologetically to the left. While he has successfully grown the party membership especially among young people, two electoral defeats and being on the losing side of the Brexit referendum must signal that this experiment has failed.

A number of days have passed since the hope of a progressive country that protects its most vulnerable and funds the basic social systems required in order for its citizens to survive was consigned to history.

With the 2019 General Election now over and Christmas on our minds, we take a look back to the last December snap election in 1923 for how things played out then…

One look at David Graeber’s latest book, Bullshit Jobs, will tell you that he is not a man to mince his words.

Denton and Reddish has traditionally been staunchly Labour, with Andrew Gwynne steering the ship since 2005. He has also served in the Shadow Cabinet under various guises: most recently, as Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. MM’s Anna Staufenberg caught up with him just ahead of the most important General Election in years…

The UK gambling is a goliath of the leisure industry, and while it has experienced a slight decrease across total and remote yields in most recent reports, it is still very much thriving and continuing to contribute to the country.

if Jeremy Corbyn seizes power on December 12, Downing Street in the 21st century will become the centre point for the start of a potential social democratic revolution, just as the Winter Palace was in the 20th century. And just like in Russia 1917, there will be no winners if Corbyn claims a majority.