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Talking to Blueprint Studios Owners, Ian Stewart and Tim Thomas, about the evolution of Salford’s world-renowned studios. How it all started, the parties upstairs, how 50 Cent gave them a boost, how things have changed in the industry and what it sounds like when a Dalek needs a loo break.

Sunny weather, the return of Manchester’s Flower Show and a host of pop-up bars, retail offers and street activities brought a record number of people to the area for this year’s King Street Festival, with over 50,000 people enjoying the festivities over the weekend, a 16% increase versus the same event weekend in 2017.

In this episode of CottonmouthMCR we look at the growth and growth of gin. How did we get from Mother’s Ruin to here, when every railway arch has a distillery? Talking to Charlie Hooson-Sykes, writer and gin expert and propagandist, Seb Heeley from Manchester Gin and Lucy McAvoy from Four sis4ers gin.

In this episode of CottonmouthMCR we talk to Dave Haslam about his memoir ‘Sonic Youth slept on my floor’ about DJing, writing, the Hacienda, Manchester,  the growth of superclubs and superstar DJs, mid-life crises and the power of music.

To mark the anniversary of the devastating Manchester Arena attack last year, Manchester City Council is organising a programme of commemoration events.

Ahead of the Manchester Histories Festival we talk to Katy Ashton, Director of the People’s History Museum about the historical dates that made Manchester and her favourite object from the museum’s collection. 

On Monday 14 May, Manchester City will celebrate being crowned champions of the Premier League with an open top bus victory parade through the city centre. Deansgate will be closed to all traffic, between Quay St and Great Bridgewater St from 7am Sunday 13 May to facilitate the building of the presentation stage.

Celebrate the opening weekend of Bee in the City – the stunning public art trail of 100 giant 3D Bee sculptures taking over Manchester city centre this summer – by heading to the official Bee in the City Weekender event on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 July.

By bringing everyone together, we know that we can make a real difference and not just make Manchester tidy, but Keep Manchester Tidy.

Talking to Andrew Brooks, Manchester’s finest photographer of city landscapes about urban exploring, using technology in his work and how the city is evolving.

In this extra long episode of CottonmouthMCR we talk to Paul Martin of the LGBT Foundation, John from BarPop and Tony from OnBar about the history of the Village, what’s happening now and the likely future.

Manchester’s biggest student shopping night returns for Spring. Students are invited to snap up exclusive one night only discounts and…