MANCHESTER
Photography

Photos capturing the queer joy of Northern England in the 90s
From Leeds to Liverpool, Manchester to York, Stuart Linden Rhodes' pictures are testaments of a golden era of gay clubbing.
Ryan Cahill
11.24.21
Photography

Photos of clubbing at i-D parties in the 80s
Peter J Walsh's 'RAVE ONE' celebrates the glory days of beloved Manchester institution, The Haçienda.
Ryan White
10.14.21
Photography

Dave Swindells shot an infamous Stone Roses gig
On a Sunday afternoon in summer 1990, 30,000 Stone Roses fans arrived on the man-made Spike Island, somewhere along the River Mersey. What could go wrong?
Ryan White
6.10.21
Music

Aitch talks us through his new EP, track-by-track
“It’s called ‘Polaris’, the northern star... it’s my realm, up north.”
Frankie Dunn
5.29.20
Music

manchester's ariana grande stans on why she's a queer icon
Ari returned to her second city to headline Pride this weekend. We met her fans.
Douglas Greenwood
8.29.19
Music

skepta's dystopia987 introduced us to the rave of the future
In Manchester -- rave's spiritual home -- Skepta blazes a trail once more, guiding a cyberpunk tribe of phone-free humans into an augmented reality rave new world.
Charlotte Gush
7.22.19
Culture

the best things to watch, see and do this week in the uk
Get your indispensable gui-De to leisure action, with our culture highlights of the week.
Roisin Lanigan
5.7.19
Culture

the forgotten history of the reno: manchester’s original nightclub for mixed race youth
Thirty years after it closed, Manchester nightclub the Reno has been excavated by playwright Linda Brogan and a team of volunteers -- now they’re taking over Whitworth Art Gallery to continue telling its story.
Kamila Rymajdo
2.21.19
Music

get in the mood for the i-D x warehouse project party with this playlist
Ft. Pusha T, Slowthai, Flohio, AJ Tracey and more.
Frankie Dunn
12.4.18
Music

i-D is throwing a party at manchester’s warehouse project
Pusha T, AJ Tracey, Flohio, Slowthai, Clams Casino and more will be playing.
Frankie Dunn
10.16.18
Music

the haçienda’s first female resident DJ shares her story
Why have black women been omitted from the history of house music in the UK?
Kamila Rymajdo
7.10.18
Culture

the manchester record label broadcasting live from a disused tv studio
Aiming to reflect and reaffirm Manchester as the epicentre for new music, Low Four is a recording studio, a venue, a record label and, most excitingly, a television station, all rolled into one.
Matthew Whitehouse
6.27.18
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