New Northern Quarter ‘cool’ book shop aims to challenge ‘soulless, big bully’ stores
A new bookstore, Chapter One Books, is aiming to inspire future generations of readers when it opens in Manchester’s Northern Quarter next month.
Manchester: ‘The only place’ to grow a beard (grooming company)
Norman Cassidy, creator and beard enthusiast, has created a range of beard oils, balms, and moustache waxes for the hairier man.
No wellies needed! Beacons Festival swaps Yorkshire for string of Manchester dates
Organisers are renaming the festival Beacons Metro and swapping the rustic Yorkshire Dales for gritty Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.
Grab a spoon: City’s first cereal café Black Milk will be as ‘Madchester as possible’
Fancy yourself as something of a cereal connoisseur? Well weetabit longer, and you’ll be able to snap, crackle and pop in to Black Milk Cereal, the first ever cereal café to open in Manchester.
Fifty Shades of (Earl) Grey: Northern Quarter’s Teacup offer S&M with your brew (sugar and milk)
The hotly-anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey hits cinemas today and Teacup are planning to do the impossible – make tea ‘sexy’.
From tailor’s son to Massive Attack designer: Peek inside the Tib St ‘upcycling’ palace
Tib Street designer Richard Gill’s career involves travelling the world hand-picking retro gems and hand-crafting bags for the likes of The Specials.
MM’s top five… cocktail bars in Manchester
Notable mentions: Dusk ’til Pawn (speakeasy-style cocktail heaven), Cloud 23 (best views in the city), Epernay (classiest cocktails this side of Manhattan) and Whim Wham Cafe (vintage-inspired, gin-addled drinking den).
Model jumped to death from Northern Quarter hotel after ‘secret escort life’ exposed
Laura Pahomova, originally from Latvia, threw herself from Light Boutique Aparthotel in the Northern Quarter back in 2012 after a stalker told her family she was an escort.
Northern Quarter safety drive sees 55% fewer fires after Stephen Hunt’s tragic death
The Northern Quarter’s notoriously poor record on fire safety – which saw 100 serious blazes in only 10 years – has seen an improvement of 55% following a safety drive.
Northern Quarter shoppers offered £20 discount to prove high street isn’t cheaper
Debunking the myth that high-street chains are cheaper than buying independent, customers are being given a Christmas discount to shop in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
Manchester street store gives homeless back ‘faith, dignity and power to make choices’
Manchester’s homeless were invited to the opening of the UK’s first every Street Store in the Northern Quarter last weekend