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In pictures: the punkest punks of Manchester Punk Festival

Photographer Chris Bethell heads to the DIY music festival, now in its ninth year, to capture the revellers trying to keep punk alive

Apr 03, 2024

How the housing crisis is impacting culture in Manchester

In his new book The Rentier City, writer Isaac Rose unpacks the commodification of Manchester’s club scene, the gentrification of the city’s suburbs, and how we can all fight back against landlordism

Feb 29, 2024

Hugh Morris

Manchester kids talk their style & the city’s wild fashion influence

Not so grim up North? No shit!

Dec 08, 2023

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

Chanel goes mad for curve models in Manchester

The Parisian house landed in the Northern city to stage its Métiers d'art show last night

Dec 08, 2023

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

Rainy Miller and Space Afrika are finding light in the darkness

Featuring the likes of Coby Sey, Mica Levi and Richie Culver, the artists discuss their joint album, A Grisaille Wedding, and why they’re ‘like Odd Future but for the North West’ of England

Nov 20, 2023

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Sign up to win two tickets to massive Matrix-inspired show Free Your Mind

Free Your Mind is an immersive retelling of The Matrix coming to Manchester this autumn, to mark the opening of Aviva Studios, home of Factory International

Oct 03, 2023

Iceboy Violet is the Manchester rapper building dreams out of desire

The rapper-producer unpacks their new album Not A Dream But A Controlled Explosion, the Manchester experimental scene, and why it’s important to ‘keep shouting about everybody else’

Aug 08, 2023

Martin Guttridge-Hewitt

Art & Photography

Gracie Brackstone, Life’s A Parade (2023)

Joyful, hedonistic photos of Manchester nightlife

From wild nights in Manchester’s queer clubs to sun-dappled afternoons with friends, Gracie Brackstone’s photo series captures the total joy of being alive

Art & Photography

Jul 24, 2023

Zara Afthab

Will the North rise again?

Northern England’s forward-thinking spirit has yet to be defeated, but after decades of neglect, economic decline and failed regeneration schemes, it’s more embattled than ever

Jun 17, 2023

James Greig

Pa Salieu for the autumn/winter 2020 issue of Dazed

The UK rap scenes outside of London to put on your radar

From the north west to the Midlands and Wales, here’s a guide to the eclectic and fast-evolving rap scenes around the UK

Jun 15, 2023

Louis Merrion

Beauty

The Manc Gala, May 2023 by Meka Goulding

Photos from Manchester’s trashy queer take on the Met Gala

Hosted by disco-rave collective Your Da Sells Avon, The Manc Gala is the city’s love letter to queer nightlife

Beauty

Jun 12, 2023

Dazed Beauty

What went down at Dazed Club Live: Manchester

On May 30, we headed to HOME in Manchester for a day of talks, a mixer, and an exclusive MUBI film screening of Medusa Deluxe

Jun 02, 2023

Get your tickets for Factory International’s Free Your Mind

The immersive performance will be a dramatic retelling of The Matrix through hip-hop choreography

Jun 01, 2023

How two alt-kids from Manchester built a million-dollar streetwear brand

Starting life as a college screen-printing project a little over a decade ago, Represent is snowballing right now. Here, founders George and Mike Heaton talk about its next chapter