Life

In a world of people grotesquely craving celebrity status, there are others who steer refreshingly well away from it.

Imagine meeting Anne Boleyn, Mary Queen of Scots, Catherine Howard and Marie-Antoinette together in the afterlife. Unlikely?

When, in 1983, the final specks of vision receded from John Hull’s eyes, he found his dreams haunted by recurring nightmares where, trapped in a coal truck, he plunged deep into the depths of a mine shaft, staring up as the light above him shrunk to nothing.

In the aftermath of the Brexit body blow, many of us have been left reeling at the prospect of costly foreign travel.

Charlie Boon’s parties have seen the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Maximo Park and The Enemy perform live. More recently they’ve featured Cabbage, Ryan Jarvis, Gideon Conn and Prose.

An open brewery offering people the chance to sign up and make their own beer is coming to Manchester.

Manchester icon and political activist Bez believes British people are being fooled into thinking they have a democratic voice by Thursday’s EU referendum.

Ask a random person to describe burlesque dancing, and after a short giggle, they’d probably come up with a mangled picture of musical theatre and stripping.

With the world’s largest football museum, two of the Premier League’s top clubs and some of Britain’s most fanatical fans, it’s fair to say that Manchester has a rich footballing history.

Not content with simply being one of the hottest producers to emerge from the continent’s techno capital, Max Graef has his fingers in several proverbial pies.

In the final instalment of our trilogy of stories chronicling the amazing life of Naomi Jacobs, she tells us her plans for the future, and the possibility of a move to fiction writing.