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Vicky Smith

Vicky Smith

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2018 05 01 The Clink 11

Ex-con café The Clink opens in Canada House

Manchester’s newest café is the charity’s first outside prison grounds

180413 Repair Cafe Screen Shot 2018 04 13 At 13 43 46

New Levenshulme repair cafe will fix your stuff for free

Part of a global network challenging our throwaway culture, the monthly event helps mend everything...

2018 03 19 Craft Cafe 1

Craft Cafes: a new Manchester trend?

As Didsbury’s Bisque & Beyond prepares to open next month, Chorlton’s new crafty caff is...

2018 02 06 Tim Garner

Tim Garner: the ‘new urbanist’ capturing Manchester

After twenty years across the Channel, one artist’s rekindled a romance with his native North...

2018 03 13 Dazzling Cafe 6

What is a Dazzling Café anyway?

The Taiwanese franchise opened its first European branch on Mosley Street this month - complete...

2018 02 26 Wood Street Mission 3

Wood Street: the mission continues

Founded in 1869, one of Manchester’s oldest charities is still tackling child poverty almost 15...

2018 02 20 Syria Exhibiton 7

A century of bloodshed: Imperial War Museums 100 years on

On the centenary of WW1’s end, Syria exhibition highlights the endurance of conflict

2018 02 05 Levenshulme Library

Levy Old Library to be reborn as arts centre

It may have been replaced by Arcadia Library & Leisure Centre, but this isn’t the...

Levenshulme Baths Jeremy Hoad

Could the circus save Levenshulme Baths?

Since closing in 2016 due to funding cuts, the building has remained derelict - now...

St Johns Collective 2

Why has this property developer employed an orchestra?

Ahead of the £1.3 billion transformation of Old Granada Studios, Allied London have launched a...

2017 12 07 Evita Thumbnail

‘Doesn’t deliver on its promises’ - Evita, Palace Theatre, Review

Vicky Smith finds this show a mix of good and bad - much like the...