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Night and Day Café faces potential closure

Night and Day Café faces potential closure

The Night and Day cafe is a Northern Quarter landmark hosting names such at Arctic Monkeys and Blossoms
Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Through its deliberate composition and nuanced characters, The Last Black Man in San Francisco works beautifully as an exploration of what makes us who we are
Toast Rack renovations stalling due to asbestos removal

Toast Rack renovations stalling due to asbestos removal

Asbestos is slowing the progress of the building work
Review: Blindspotting

Review: Blindspotting

Oakland-born rapper Daveed Diggs of Hamilton fame joined forces with poet-come-rapper Rafael Casal to write and star in Blindspotting.
‘How much worse can it get?’ – local businesses struggle to plan for a Fallowfield without students

‘How much worse can it get?’ – local businesses struggle to plan for a Fallowfield without students

Business owners across Fallowfield are being forced to plan for a future without a bustling student population, and many fear for the negative impact it will have on not only individual businesses, but the area as a whole. As the latest State of the City Report has alluded to, the Council’s plans to move a […]
Manchester’s housing crisis: Is gentrification ripping the soul out of the former Cottonopolis?

Manchester’s housing crisis: Is gentrification ripping the soul out of the former Cottonopolis?

Proposals to build a 35-storey tower bloc, dubbed the ‘Flintoff Towers’ by local residents, have been turned down by Manchester councillors after fears it would have a ‘disastrous’ impact on the Castlefield Conservation area
Artefact of the Week: Hardy’s Well

Artefact of the Week: Hardy’s Well

Bella Jewell delves deeper into the history and significance of Hardy’s Well: the soon-to-be lost home to Lemn Sissay’s first Landmark Poem, and the hub of a community
Council to take action over affordable housing crisis

Council to take action over affordable housing crisis

The council is launching “innovative housing schemes” to combat a trend of expensive building developments pricing out Mancunian residents from the city centre

Feature: Exploring the impact of Little Men

Eloïse Wright explores how gentrification and the domestic home are presented in Ira Sachs’ Little Men