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

Is ‘Improdigy’ the answer to the prayers of fans of stand-up comedy? Grace Williams isn’t sure

Three young curators, four emerging artists, and a little help from Cornerhouse

Rosalie Warner finds erotic cuisine, communal wine and a brave and exciting collection of new work at Black & BLUE’s Kraak launch

Our new weekly column comes courtesy of the Everyday Analysis Collective, a Manchester based group who dissect and analyse the signs of our everyday life

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The English National Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty is a technically beautiful ballet, grounded in a convincing emotional reality

Clayton Fuller visits The Cornerhouse to have a look at the latest cafe-bar exhibition by Fraser Chapman

Grace Williams visits the newly redeveloped Ancient Worlds galleries at the Manchester Museum

Toby Parker and Lucy Johnson are ‘blissfully roused’ from their slumbers by Rubin-Mayhew’s sleeping beauties

10 things you should know about Toulouse-Lautrec

10 things you should know about Vincent Van Gogh

The Portico Library serves up a slice of secret Manchester, and a good slice of cake too

Josephine Lane finds the personalities of the two performers gel perfectly.

Harry Smith finds an impish vitality in Micachu & The Shapes’s Islington Mill performance

Art History lessons with Lucy J

Clayton Fuller vists the Whitworth to check out the latest exhibition from Turner-prize nominated duo Jane and Louise Wilson

Moya Crockett vists Cornerhouse to check out David Shrigley’s latest offering

Ellie Scallan finds a thrilling atmosphere which delights human curiosity by taking the individual firmly out of their comfort zone

George Latimer-Butler finds the precursor to todays’ Bond movies in the 1959 Hitchcock masterpiece