King Lear – the tale of a monarch’s decent into madness after he attempts to secure an early retirement – is perhaps Shakespeare’s finest tragedy. And it is done a great justice by the Northern Broadsides troop at The Lowry.

Mankind could take one giant leap closer to understanding the origins of the universe thanks to the University of Manchester.

A ‘calculating’ and ‘extremely dangerous’ gunman who shot at two people sat in a parked car – almost killing them both – has been sentenced to two decades in prison following a trial at Manchester Crown Court.

Unless you’re one of Manchester’s high-rollers, or a world-class bargain hunter, owning art you’re proud to hang on your living room wall might seem completely out of reach – but not if it’s Free Art Friday!

Parasitic worms and allergies have a ‘devastating’ impact on the lives of billions around the globe – but now the University of Manchester is taking steps to tackle our currently ‘limited’ understanding of these conditions and how to treat them.

Is your sex life suffering because you can no longer get it up? Is a night in with the missus just not what it used to be? Viagra – it will solve all your problems in the bedroom… or will it?

This week, MM’s very own agony aunt hears from someone who thinks her partner is too self-assured to try out anything new. How can she convince him to spice up their sex lives and escape Fifty Shades of Beige?

KFC staff in Hazel Grove have been accused of discrimination against a young co-worker with Down’s Syndrome.

MM’s very own agony aunt discusses sexual desires and self-exploration with a man who thinks he might be gay after an office party encounter… but what will his fiancée think?

For the next installment of Mancunian Matters of the Heart, our very own agony aunt hears from a snooping girlfriend who’s found her boyfriend’s gay porn stash.

Placebo’s Manchester O2 Apollo set-list of oldies-but-goodies like Infra-Red and Every You Every Me and soon-to-be classics from their 2013 album Loud Like Love was never going to disappoint.