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Each month All About Manchester publishes an in-depth article on something to do with Manchester. Check out the archive below.

Manchester on a plate

They use the finest regional produce to create some of the most scrumptious food in the city. We meet up with three of Manchester’s leading chefs to find out what their favourite ingredients are and how we can use them in our cooking

The WOW factor

Manchester boasts some fantastic corporate hospitality venues, from world-famous football stadiums to charming boutique hotels and everything in between. We pick three of the best for dramatic effect.

Kevin Cummins

Kevin Cummins was an art and design student in Manchester when he started photographing local bands in the 70s. He went on to become one of the country's most revered music and portrait photographers. This month, he joins dozens of creatives from Manchester and beyond in The Tony Wilson Experience.

The magnificent 15

Another year, another opportunity for the cream of local tourist venues to shine at the Manchester Tourism Awards. Organised by Marketing Manchester, the agency charged with promoting the city-region on a national and international stage, this year's awards were announced in a lavish ceremony at Manchester Central last month. Andrew Stokes, chief executive of Marketing Manchester, salutes the winners.

Playing outside the box

Think you've seen it all? How about an electro-dance gig in a fully functioning church? Or an indie rock concert in a train station? As Salford's quirkiest independent music event prepares to take over an unconventional venue near you, organiser Mark Carlin says it's challenging and a bit bizarre, but mostly it's just great fun.

South Side Story

Just when we thought Manchester's redevelopment was starting to slow down, a new partnership forms to lead a massive regeneration programme in the area surrounding the city's Oxford Road corridor. Eamonn Boylan, deputy chief executive of Manchester City Council, gives All About Manchester the lowdown.

Great expectations

You don't have to go to Beijing this year to experience the thrills and spills of world-class competitive sport. Manchester is hosting a record number of high-profile sporting events, featuring some of the world's best and up-and-coming athletes. Meet four of the guys we will be keeping an eye out (and fingers crossed) for.

Painting the town electric

The UEFA Cup Final 2008 may still be a few months away but it has already crowned a winner - celebrated local artist Liam Spencer, who has created the visual identity for the event. He tells All About Manchester he relished the challenge of bringing fine art and football together.

Calling the tune

It survived two world wars, one terrorist bomb attack and a huge financial crisis to become Britain's longest-established professional symphony orchestra. As the Hallé prepares to celebrate 150 years of classical music in the heart of Manchester, we take a look at some of the orchestra's defining moments.

Media city

Salford Quays, once the port that powered the industrial revolution, is now shaping up to lead the digital revolution with the development of the UK's first purpose-built media city. Regeneration guru Felicity Goodey talks Evie Lucas through her vision of reinventing Salford Quays as the cradle of creativity of the future.

Science city

The atomic theory, the splitting of the atom, the Lovell Telescope, the world's first computer - just a few of the things that were made in Manchester. Evie Lucas meets Prof. Mark Ferguson, CEO of Manchester-based biotechnology company Renovo, and discovers that the original modern city is still at the forefront of innovation.

Culture city

Home to the world's first free library and the UK's first repertory theatre company, Manchester has always been a rather unsung cultural pace-setter. But since the arrival of Manchester International Festival director Alex Poots, the city is re-emerging as an original modern cultural hub and this time it is letting the whole world know.

Art blast from the past

One hundred and fifty years ago, Manchester exploded onto the international cultural map by staging the biggest art exhibition ever to take place in the UK. This month, Manchester Art Gallery gives you the chance to relive that landmark Victorian artistic event with a hotly anticipated commemorative exhibition.

World Sport

2008 will be the biggest sporting year in Manchester since the 2002 Commonwealth Games, with a record number of world championships and other prestigious events coming up. We pick three of the best reasons to cheer.

Tom Bloxham

Manchester has a proud heritage as the world's first industrial city, the birthplace of the modern world, but does it have what it takes to re-emerge as a global city to watch or has it run out of steam? Property and regeneration guru Tom Bloxham tells Evie Lucas he is doing his bit.

Manchester Jazz Festival

So much jazz, so little time. Andrew Watson picks the highlights of the 12th Manchester Jazz Festival.

See it here first

The Manchester International Festival kicks off in style this month, with the world premiere of groundbreaking circus opera Monkey: Journey to the West and a host of other unmissable world firsts.

Tourism Awards

Ever more tourists are visiting Manchester. We find out what is attracting them to the city.

State of the art

Is swapping your shoes for a second-hand pair art? How about a sonic performance involving four CD walkmans and a drill? The British Art Show 6 is in town this month, offering a unique opportunity to view recent developments in British Art.

Designer city

As a national exhibition celebrates innovative architecture in Manchester, we take a look at some of the new buildings that are turning heads.

Size matters

With so many buildings going up in Manchester at an astonishing rate, it is difficult to get excited about a single development project. Until you take a look at Spinningfields, that is.

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