MM spoke to Bernard and Huey director Dan Mirvish as the film had its UK premiere at MANIFF last week, where it won Best Screenplay.

Film fever reached its height last weekend with the Oscars as Manchester had its own cinema celebration too with the third annual Manchester Film Festival packed full of an array of colourful and inspiring independent pictures from around the world.

A Rochdale man is raising funds to publish a dystopian novel dedicated to the memory of his inspirational grandmother.

Move over Starbucks and Costa, a Cheadle entrepreneur is providing a top-quality caffeine boost to Manchester and beyond.

Withington’s music scene has the potential to develop and see growth similar to the Northern Quarter, according to the diverse duo who run a record shop entrenched in the community.

Aphelion, a band of seven students from the city’s BIMM music school, have taken to crowd-funding site Kickstarter to raise £750 to turn their dream into a reality

Sad and frightening headlines have splashed the front pages of the newspapers in 2015, but a Manchester illustrator is hitting back with a paper celebrating the year’s most cheerful news stories.

A Wigan-based man has set about trying to realise his dream of running a convention that caters for action figure enthusiasts.

Feminist science-fiction film The Last of Her Blood that follows a young woman’s fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic reality and is based in Manchester is set for release on June 12.

A Lancashire-based game designer has taken to Kickstarter in an attempt to help get his video game off the ground.

Norman Cassidy, creator and beard enthusiast, has created a range of beard oils, balms, and moustache waxes for the hairier man.