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Manchester Weekender promises 48 hours of music, art, books, film and more
Eight festivals, hundreds of artists and dozens of venues will unite for the Manchester Weekender this October, which includes the premiere of a Gillian Wearing feature film.
The Beautiful and the Damned - new street art at Mooch Manchester
Ambitious new Manchester street art gallery Mooch presents emerging talents in painting for an eye-catching show.
Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L Jackson head to the UK for Captain America: The First Avenger
Planners at Liverpool's Stanley Docks and Manchester's Northern Quarter are celebrating after Marvel Studios picked the pair of North-West venues for a series of blockbuster scenes to be filmed in September.
Gothic witch is the Manchester Mona Lisa
A Chorlton woman posing as a goth version of the Mona Lisa has won a major competition at the Museum of Science and Industry.
Team of volunteer designers build flying star of new Museum of Science and Industry gallery
A replica of the Manchester-designed first enclosed cockpit monoplane will become a star draw at the Revolution gallery.
Ian Davenport and David Shrigley head artist pilgrimage to Macclesfield church for Save Us
Big names and new innovators lead a thought-provoking show inside a redundant 235-year-old Macclesfield church.
Top Iraqi biologist heads to Museum of Science and Industry for Refugee Week science clinic
A top Iraqi biologist will demonstrate innovative methods of growing plants at the Museum of Science and Industry.
World Cup 2010: David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson at the Manchester United Museum
Curator Jon Sutton tells us about Billy the Goat, Beckham free-kicks and feuds between Uruguay and Argentina.
Last chance to see: Snapshots of the Iraqi art scene in Contemporary Art Iraq in Manchester
The first major UK show of new art from Iraq since the first Gulf War closes at Manchester's Cornerhouse this week.
Cecil Beaton's World War II dockyard photos loom large at Imperial War Museum North
Cecil Beaton's iconic 1943 studies of the Tyneside Dockyards make an affecting impact at Imperial War Museum North.
Exhibitions remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 65th anniversary of World War Two attacks
A series of exhibitions, talks, vigils and events reveal their impact on the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bombings.
Naval campaigns from the Atlantic to the Gulf in War at Sea at the Imperial War Museum North
War at Sea, a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North, explores the unswerving bravery of the British Navy.
Staffordshire Hoard and Lindow Man Bog Body Mystery win British Archaeological Awards
The 34th year of the annual ceremony sees wins for the Manchester Museum's year-long investigation into Iron Age remains and the history-defying Staffordshire Hoard.
MOSI goes eco friendly for its new museum makeover
Manchester's Museum of Science & Industry is going green with an environmentally sustainable £7million makeover.
Museum of Science and Industry investigators appeal for witnesses in microscope mystery
A two-metre high microscope used in Manchester after the Second World War is at the centre of a MOSI public appeal.
