Welcome to Manc-hattan: how the city sold its soul for luxury skyscrapers

Giant towers are sprouting up all over Manchester. But how will sky lounges and penthouse olive groves help the city’s rocketing homelessness problem?

How tattoos went from subculture to pop culture

Body art is more mainstream than ever but for many it is no longer a design for life

The joy of specs: eyewear’s starring role in cinematic history

A new exhibition explores how glasses have played a part in film narratives – and their journey from geek prop to urban must-have

Where The Light Gets In, Stockport: ‘The most exciting food I’ve eaten in years’

Not so much new Nordic as new northern, this is a procession of brilliance