The Liverpool Post • 3rd June 2022 The revolution will not be televised: when the Stone Roses came to the Mersey River For one day in 1990, it seemed like the whole world had come to Widnes.
The Brighton Seagull • 7th April 2022 Brighton’s unheralded role in Hollywood: When the Seagulls swooped in to help save “superstar club” Wrexham AFC In 2021, movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney officially purchased Wrexham AFC and changed the face of football ownership forever. But things might have been very different if it hadn’t been for the people of Brighton. This is the story of how Seagulls fans helped to write a Hollywood ending for another club 253 miles away.
The Manc • 23rd February 2021 Manchester by Night: The legacy of Night & Day In the first instalment of our Manchester by Night series, we explore the history behind the iconic burgundy venue on Oldham Street that bubbled up from the depths of deep fat fryers to become a Manchester institution: Night & Day Cafe.
The Manc • 21st February 2021 Prisoners reveal what life is like behind bars during a pandemic During the first lockdown in March 2020, prisoners at HMP Manchester were offered the opportunity to write down their reflections as part of a creative writing competition – and have their work judged by real authors. The results offer extraordinary insight into the minds of inmates during the onset of COVID-19.
The Manc • 2nd November 2020 Matchday at... Bury AFC: The Impossible Football Club Bury AFC’s prologue has been an incredible David v Goliath-like tale of blood, sweat, tears and coronavirus. But not everyone wants to read it.
The Manc • 3rd July 2020 The incredible 30-year transformation of Manchester captured on camera Len Grant has amassed the largest and most significant collection of images of Manchester’s amazing transformation. No other anthology contains as many photos across such a scope. For the first time ever, we have a bigger picture of the regeneration story.
The Manc • 8th December 2019 The man behind the murals: We spent the day with Akse P19 A Smiths fan, a doctor, a chemist, a vinyl collector, a Breaking Bad enthusiast, a family man, and a humble intellectual. We spend a day with Akse P19 and discover what shaped one of the greatest modern artists in Manchester.
The Manc • 20th October 2020 The globetrotting Northerners who beat cancer twice and spent lockdown in the wild A love story like no other.
The Manc • 19th March 2021 Manchester's Sherlock Holmes: Jerome Caminada The extraordinary tale of an exceptional detective.
The Manc • 26th April 2020 Booze, drugs, streakers and speakers: The Strangeways Riot was Madchester in the sky Madchester culture had consumed the city at the turn of the nineties. But it had also found a way inside the region's maximum security facility.
The Manc • 19th June 2020 The story of Frank Sidebottom At a fancy-dress party in the early 1980s, one guest stood out among the various heroes and villains of the night: A man in a giant papier-mache head.
The Manc • 17th September 2020 Danny Brocklehurst Interview: Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave The Hyde-born writer of The Stranger, Brassic and Safe talks about teaming up with BBC 5 Live to examine how multicoloured capsules set a momentous cultural shift into motion.
I Love Manchester (MCR) • 10th July 2019 7Sins Manchester: First Look A first look at a Lever Street venue that feels like a cheeky protest against the glam trend trotting into the Northern Quarter.
The Manc • 12th March 2020 'Something I needed to put right': Simon Pegg on breaking new ground with Lost Transmissions The Manc sit with Hollywood star Simon Pegg to talk about his surprise role, mental health, women in film, and upcoming project with Nick Frost.
The Manc • 4th March 2021 How Manchester's first radical newspaper was smashed to pieces Before the Peterloo Massacre inspired a new breed of robust, local press in England, there was The Manchester Herald: A publication considered so inflammatory that it was shut down, silenced and smashed up within a year of its first issue – with its publishers fleeing into voluntary exile.
The Live Guide • 13th May 2019 Sam Fender on winning The Critics’ Choice Award Rising rock star Sam Fender muses over his ascent to fame and growing collection of accolades.
The Football Pink • 6th November 2018 Down the Spireites’ staircase: Chesterfield’s terrifying tumble into the football abyss Is there still hope for fans in the deep blue region of Derbyshire?
The Manc • 27th December 2020 Graeme Park on Hacienda’s legacy, United We Stream and the next episode for UK nightlife The Hacienda legend's career has spanned the best part of four decades. And his most recent chapter, 2020, has also been an important one. Albeit for very different reasons.
The Manc • 6th November 2020 The tipping point: Inside the University of Manchester student protests After three months of waking up to the same four walls and forking out thousands of pounds to sit on Zoom, Fallowfield first-years woke up on Thursday to find they’d been fenced-in to their accommodation. What happened next made headlines around the country.
The Manc • 4th June 2021 'I Swear I Was There': The myth of Manchester's most famous gig A Sex Pistols performance in 1976 has gone down in folklore as the “gig that changed the world”. Everyone claims to have been there. But the truth is more complicated than that…
