Matilda Roberts looks into the positive meeting of science and art

The Manchester worker bee

Nancy Barnes draws our attention to the artistic work that goes into a night out, beside the music.

Perhaps not so well known as Manchester’s larger institutions, these venues make a vibrant, intelligent and exciting contribution to the art scene of the city

These five venues make up Manchesters’ most famous, and rightly so, between them housing world-class classical, contemporary and performance art

Often the institutions that typically document science or history give a fresh perspective on art by presenting to the public with what is not typically looked upon as art

Annabel Herrick previews ‘Articulate’ from the Venture Arts project, at the Lowry

Everyday Analysis discusses United Colours of Benetton’s recent ‘Unemployee of the Year’ campaign

Arian Lehner and James Taylor-Foster founded Mies UK as an independent project to look at architecture from a student perspective through written and filmed interview

We caught up with Shereen Perera, Visual Arts Co-ordinator at Islington Mill, to talk about her work, the Mill and how she got there

Annabel Herrick sat down with UoM lecturer Peter Cooke to discuss his career and the works which inspire him

Arts Editor Harriet Hill-Payne suggests searches out the unusual, the bizarre and the eclectic for your Easter cultural fix

Long silences over the dinner table? Let Lucy J help

Everyday Analysis apply some Freudian criticism to Julia Donaldson’s much loved children’s classic, The Gruffalo

The Everyday Analysis Collective apply some of Slavoj Žižek ideology theory to a national rail service

‘I understand the way in which the body is looked at. It’s seen as a shape, something aesthetic to be drawn in a mathematical way’

Awkward silences over dinner? Let Lucy J help

Peter Lane finds ‘An Exhibition’ intelligently and provocatively questions the very nature of ‘art’

The Everyday Analysis collective look at the hidden meanings of the humble toastie

Sarah Jones gains a rare insight into the curational process of ‘Four’ at Cornerhouse