Manchester’s annual horror film festival filled with ghosts, demons, monsters, rivers of blood and screeches got underway on Friday.

Manchester’s annual horror film festival filled with ghosts, demons, monsters, rivers of blood and screeches got underway on Friday.

We crept down the stairs of Bierkeller to their German cavern. The low ceilings and long wooden pews stretching the length of the bar made the environment cosy.

Applying the perspective of an Alzheimer’s patient is a bold move, and something that proves to be incredibly unique, dark and intense experience.

Legend does the latter, yet the professional gloss that coats the story has a tendency to brush over the darker elements of the Kray twin’s story.

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker took his Albert Hall audience on an adventure into an underwater dream world with the help of the Manchester Chamber Choir and BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maxime Tortelier.

We’re more than halfway into Festival Number 6 in the beautiful North Welsh tourist village of Portmeirion. With the end drawing close, here’s a recap of our favourite acts from day two.

So, the first day of Festival Number 6 in the beautiful North Welsh village of Portmeirion is over. Here are our favourites – new and undiscovered – from yesterday’s event.

MM dive into the American diner dishes at Northern Quarter’s latest addition Infamous Diner and find the time to chat to the manager between courses and cocktails.

Indian Pakistani restaurant, Royal Nawaab in Levenshulme, was uncharted territory until Monday night.

Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is calling for gay and bisexual men to be granted the freedom to donate blood.