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First look inside NQ64 - Northern Quarter's new retro arcade bar

Opening this month, the bar offers classic games, themed cocktails and retro crisps

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Up for grabs! Free food and drink at The Pen and Pencil

Brunchies? Win free-flow Bottomless Brunch for two, worth £80

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"It was incredible" - how smart glasses helped a blind Manchester writer enjoy the theatre once more

James Laird, who has has under 5% vision, describes seeing Jersey Boys at the Palace

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Life Behind Bars: Phillip Aldridge, Dusk Til Pawn, "I made a pork pie cocktail for my nan"

Getting to know the personalities behind Manchester's rampant bar scene

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'Vegan tasting menus? A load of rubbish' - Interview with chef Adam Reid of The French

We talk to Manchester's best chef about filling big boots, Brexit stockpiling and his favourite...

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Franco Manca eyeing up opening in Manchester

Hugely successful sourdough pizza chain plans to open first northern outpost

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Victoria Baths launches urgent appeal

With hundreds of stained glass pieces, the six-metre-high ‘Windmill Window’ will cost £20,000 to repair

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Darcey Bussell joins Manchester dance company

The renowned ballet dancer and Strictly judge is Company Chameleon’s first patron

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These five Greater Manchester theatres are at risk of being lost

Most are derelict and in disrepair, despite all five being Grade II-listed

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Pigging out - where to find the best Chinese food in Manchester

It's the Year of the Pig - which means it's time to trough

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A poem about…the nineties

'Tony Wilson Says', by Gerry Potter

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15 things to do in Manchester: February 2019

From waste food supper clubs to music with lightning…our guide to this month’s unmissable events...