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Space Afrika are flying the flag for the Black avant-garde

Quiet Storm — Mancunian duo Joshua Tarelle Reid and Joshua Inyang have been soundtracking their vision of industrial decay for the best part of a decade. Their latest album sees the pair join forces with global diasporic voices to create their most personal, expansive record yet.

  • Music
  • Jack Dennison-Thompson
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A Manchester laser studio is removing Harry Potter tattoos for half-price

Deletrius — They claimed that the franchise had “lost its magic” following author JK Rowling’s recent statements on trans rights.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glossop
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The fun, flares and frenzy on ‘Gallagher Hill’ when Oasis came home

Unmistakably Northern — With tickets for the Manchester Britpop legends’ reunion tour being difficult and expensive to secure, thousands of fans gathered on a hill in Heaton Park to catch a glimpse regardless. Now, its party atmosphere is immortalised in photographer Gabriel Purcell’s new zine.

  • Music
  • Isaac Muk

How do you solve a problem like the music industry?

Beyond the Music is a conference and grassroots festival bringing together people from across the industry to try and grapple with the biggest issues facing it.

  • Music
  • Ben Smoke

A gritty portrait of radicals and upstarts in 1980s Hulme

Photographer Richard Davis revisits this electric era from his youth in new book, Hulme (Manchester).

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

A photographer’s view of Manchester in the 1970s

Kemal Cengizkan recalls traversing the city, walking its roads, malls, parks, and pubs to create a tender portrait of its inhabitants.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

An ode to Curry Mile and its South Asian community

Home Away From Home — For decades, Wilmslow Road has been a bustling area full of naans, halal meat and gulab jamun. But how did it come to be what it is today?

  • Activism
  • Zesha Saleem

Disabled benefits claimants are being unfairly investigated

Cruel system — The government is using an algorithm forcing people into gruelling and invasive benefit fraud investigations. Now, disabled people who claim they have been unfairly targeted are mounting a fight back.

  • Activism
  • Anna Dent

A queer archive of Northern England in the ‘90s

Out & About — Photographer Stuart Linden Rhodes recalls capturing the North’s diverse LGBTQ+ clubbing scene, and the vibrant characters who filled the dance floors.

  • Culture
  • Patrick Sproull

The protestors battling to save Ryebank Fields

‘We wanted to send a signal‘ — Campaigners who’ve set up a protest camp in Ryebank Fields are calling for Manchester Metropolitan University to put an end to their plans to sell the land for development.

  • Activism
  • Ella Glover

We must keep up the fight to remove all police from schools

Decriminalise the classroom — Last month a campaign to oust police from schools in Greater Manchester proved victorious – but organisers say this is just the first step in dismantling an entrenched culture of over-policing that plagues Britain.

  • Activism
  • Vuyokazi Mtukela

LoneLady’s latest album was born in a subterranean studio

Where The Magic Happens — In this series, we crash someone’s personal space in a bid to find out why it means so much to them. On this occasion, the Manchester-born musician takes us through the Rifle Range – a series of experimental workspaces in the heart of Somerset House’s creative complex.

  • Music
  • Jeremy Allen

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