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Review: a-ha, Manchester Arena
Back in 2009, a-ha fans around the world wept a fjordful of tears as the Norwegian trio called time on a staggeringly successful 25-year career.
Read the full story..Artists in the Frame: Manchester Art Gallery
At a time when computer mainframes across the world heave with the visages of almost everybody who has a mobile phone and subscribes to social media, Artists in the Frame, an exhibition of self-portraits at Manchester Art Gallery, might be tempted to draw shallow parallels with this zeitgeist of digital vanity
Read the full story..Emily Allchurch: In the Footsteps of a Master at Manchester Art Gallery
Masterpieces of art have received a respectful digital makeover at Manchester Art Gallery courtesy of photographer Emily Allchurch in a fascinating exhibition that unites old and new artistic techniques.
Read the full story..Review: ChameleonsVox at Manchester Academy 2
In the musical re-rooting of the early 1980s where punk met poetry, a wellspring flowed and the mystery of melody was finally unlocked by a serendipitous gathering of Mancunians called The Chameleons.
Read the full story..Caroline Johnson: Northern Routes
Over the weekend I spent an hour in a regional art gallery I hadn’t visited before that turned out to be a bit of a gem.
Read the full story..John Lydon in Conversation at The Albert Hall, Manchester
Since 1976, John Lydon has been using words and music to question the inhabitants of the corridors of power, those untutored in the rhythms of popular culture who tut-tutted at the so-called degenerative influence of music’s equivalent of TNT – punk rock – on the nation’s youth.
Read the full story..Review: Vena Portae
For the successful recording artist, a side project offers a creative breathing space, the chance to flex muscles otherwise constrained by the commercial demands of an established outfit.
Read the full story..Photography: getting back to basics
As a keen photographer and art lover, I’ve often asked myself which of the two I prefer.
Read the full story..On the Trail of the Great Artists at Manchester Art Gallery
On a recent trip to Manchester Art Gallery, it struck me how little attention the gallery draws to the more famous names who populate its permanent collection.
Read the full story..All That is Solid Melts into Air: Jeremy Deller and the Industrial Revolution
There’s a strong sense of commemoration about All That is Solid Melts into Air, the latest Hayward Touring exhibition currently showing at Manchester Art Gallery.
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