10 things you should know about Toulouse-Lautrec

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

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

James Jackson discusses the positives of ‘smart’ drug use in academia and other areas.

Did Richard and Louisa hit it off at Trof, Fallowfield?

The best of theatre for the week ahead.

DIIV mark their first visit to Manchester with a spellbinding set at the Deaf Institute

Manchester’s Equestrian Club triumph

Eleni Papadopolous, world record holder for S10 200m Butterfly, talks to The Mancunion about her experiences in balancing University life with being at the peak of athletics.

Dan Jones weighs up the pros and cons of free downloading

As it turns twenty, we look back at the incendiary debut from the Californian funk-metallers

Dan J gives a penny for Daniel Bortz’s thoughts on sampling, Sankeys and music of all sorts

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

Aidan Gregory charts his top war literature picks

Author Paulo Coelho’s blog shoots straight to the heart of your internet life

Lucy introduces us to the reality of life in Marbella, beyond the glitzy image

Emma Williams discusses the recent increase in stolen smartphones – and offers tips on how to avoid being part of the ‘brick’ club…

We talk to Elizabeth Linsley, a third year Arabic Studies student on her year abroad in Amman, Jordan

Nihal introduces his Top 5 insults from films