Claire Cottis gives insight on how to create the Gin and Earl Grey Fizz, a truly British (…and easy to mix!) cocktail

How much do you actually know about the person behind the canvas?

James Jackman visits Albert Square to sample the delights on offer at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival.

As probably one of the easiest sweet treats to make, rocky road bars are my fail-safe party showstopper. The basic recipe is to grab everything unhealthy, smash it all to bits, cover it with gooey melted chocolate and refrigerate.

Hester Lonergan visits Rudy’s Pizza, a pop up in Manchester’s Northern Quarter

By Autumn 2015, restrictions on the number of student entries into universities will be removed

Shonky shares his Top 5 tips for aspiring DJs.

Kim Kahan speaks to super trio Apollonia about their formation, pre-set rituals and appearance at Sankeys Tribal Sessions’ 14th Birthday this Saturday.

The Moons provided exactly what their audience were looking for

Flying Lotus returns with his fifth studio album on a journey through the afterlife and beyond…

Helen Chapman reports from the Labour Party Conference 2014 in Deansgate where Ed Miliband’s keynote speech proposes plans for Britain’s future.

University provisions for lesbian, gay and bisexual students continue to improve, says Stonewall.

Tracks that will shake Store Street

Gráinne Morrison on the sartorial influence of student life in Manchester.

The trio instigate a frenzy in the sweatbox of Joshua Brooks

Nik McNally says we don’t need movies to teach us ethics.

Aimée Grant Cumberbatch takes a look at the decade trend that just won’t die

David Brierley and Samuel Gilmore respond to the pressing question about the imposing effects of social media; is it, or is it not beneficial?

Marina Iskander discusses the unobtainably high standards that we set ourselves on social media.

Lauren Wills: Facebook is an egotistical façade perfect for extremism, and it’s going to get worse.