Life

When singer-songwriter Novo Amor, real name Ali Lacey, plays at Gorilla in Manchester on October 16, it will kick-off a career-high 29-date tour.

As the nights draw in and temperatures start to tick down, it is with a heavy heart that we must say goodbye to the summer of 2018 and hello to another dark winter.

A teenager who began boxing to stay off the streets and trained in Moss Side Fire Station Boxing Club from the age of eight is now one of the world’s top four.

Team GB’s Menna Fitzpatrick knows all about confidence, having secured four 2018 Winter Paralympic Games medals including gold in the women’s slalom event in PyeongChang, and last week she was at the Chill Factore in Manchester to help inspire the next generation of people taking part in winter sports.

Quidditch has a real reputation for being completely inclusive and on arrival, everyone was given a sticker for their name and the pronouns they felt comfortable with. MM went to the University of Manchester recently to try out the sport which is developing both in the city and the wider UK.

Belle Vue has long been an underappreciated area of Manchester.

Virgin Atlantic and Delta are harnessing the pulling power of beer to entice Mancunians to their 230 unique American destinations.

The singer started writing and composing in 2009, her first performance was in Copenhagen town hall, Denmark for Women’s International in front of 700 women.

Since J.M. Barrie first created the character over 100 years ago, Peter Pan has been adapted countless times. The latest version, however, is totally unlike anything before it.

“It was one of the most exciting commissions I’ve done,” Manchester artist Hazel Roberts tells MM after she was given the huge task by the TUC to create three pieces of art work to celebrate the Manchester-founded Trades Union Congress’ 150th anniversary.

Historians and British military enthusiasts flocked to Manchester last weekend for a rare glimpse of the aircraft that helped save the country in the 20th century.