Manchester Museum will be able to create a new gallery showcasing its collection of Egyptian artefacts following a £772,000 lottery grant

Protest in Derby against the government’s decision to award the Thameslink rail contract to German firm Siemens, rather than Bombardier

The real Dr Who drops in on Punchdrunk's The Crash of the Elysium at The Manchester International Festival

An art project called extInked opens at the Manchester Museum . The project involves volunteers being tattooed with images of endangered species .

Bittersweet - an old fashioned sweet shop opens up in Chorlton . Nostalgia never tasted so sweet !

Portrait of Juergen Maier