Mary Poppins meets Kill Bill: Manchester comic Penella Mellor on swapping the NHS for laughs
Manchester comic Penella Mellor is hitting the road with a unique brand of comedy.
End stigma of mental illness ‘taboo’: Charity urges bosses to protect Manchester minds
A Manchester-based charity is encouraging local businesses to turn to them for practical guidance on mental illness awareness in the workplace in order to break down the stigma and barriers of this all too often ‘taboo’ issue.
Jump for joy! Wigan couple to skydive for charity that offers disabled and terminally ill kids shot at happy memories
A Wigan couple will be braving new heights and jumping out of an aeroplane (don’t worry, with parachutes) to raise money for their ‘lovely’ friend’s local children’s charity.
‘We can’t neglect half world’s brains’: Manchester lead fight for gender equity in sciences
Figures in a recent Sunday Times report revealed that, for a professorship in science, women get paid an average of £5,000 less than men – the figure rising to as much as £21,000 in some institutions.
Periods, pads and poverty: Campaign to stop Manchester women being forced to choose ‘tampons OR food’
The Monthly Gift is a Manchester campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the issues women sleeping rough face dealing with their periods and increase donations of sanitary products to the homeless and those in need.
‘I am Manchester’: Urban artist Mancsy on changing perception of graffiti and ‘beauty in the back streets’
MM caught up with Mancsy to discuss his work around the city, his experience as a street artist and a descendent of Bristol’s Banksy, and how the face of graffiti is changing.
Whitworth director stays true to vow to ‘act for perpetual gratification of Manchester’
The director of Museum of the Year 2015, the Whitworth Gallery, attributes the museum’s recent triumph on the international stage to the people of Manchester, vowing to inject prize fund back into the community that sculpts its success.
The murder project: Married Manchester Uni professors explore how gender, sex and age impact Britain’s killers
The most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder in Britain has been completed by a husband and wife team and is the subject of a new book entitled When Men Murder Women, published by Oxford University Press.
‘Finding the beauty in the unconventional’: Manchester artist on how city inspires him ahead of first solo show
Manchester-based artist and photographer Rod Kippen chats to MM about his first major solo exhibition and give us a glimpse of what’s beneath the Surface.
One Word to ‘blow them away’: Manchester director Caleb Shaffer wants poetic justice at film festival
Caleb, who is nominated for Best Director at the Manchester International Film Festival 2015, spoke to MM about his short film One Word and the ideas behind it.
‘Momentous’: Whitworth boss thanks all who made winning Museum of the Year possible
After undergoing the ‘largest transformation in its history’, the Whitworth Art Gallery’s £15million redevelopment project has paid off as it has won the biggest museum prize in Britain and earnt the prestigious title of ‘Museum of the Year’ 2015.