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1. 1. Take it as read... art of storytelling is fun

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 January 2007 ARE you sitting comfortably? Then we'll begin... On Saturday, the first of a series of literacy events landed in Greater Manchester, organised by the BBC RaW Cities scheme, aiming to build awareness, offer support and help adults - particularly parents - with intermediate reading skills.

2. 2. Stalked by alien plants

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 December 2007 ALIEN plants of gigantic proportions have taken over the Lowry entrance in its latest colourful multimedia exhibition.

3. 3. Memory Street

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 September 2005 CORONATION Street fan Tim Randal couldn’t believe his luck when he landed his dream job – watching the TV soap.

4. 4. Stephen stares danger in the eyes

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 March 2005 STEPHEN Venables was the first Briton to climb Everest without oxygen, standing alone on the summit, unsure whether he had sufficient daylight to descend. But, asked about his relationship with life-threatening danger, he says: "I always feel acutely aware of my own mortality every time I drive up the M5..."

5. 5. An invitation to put their lives into art

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 January 2007 SALFORDIANS will get to turn events and accidents which have shaped their lives into art thanks to a new exhibition at the Lowry.

6. 6. Art? It's child's play

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 May 2008 THE spontaneity of childhood is something most of us lose - and miss - as we get older, and rarely is that openness of expression better demonstrated than in children's drawings.

7. 7. Finding humour amid the horrors

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 May 2008 A NEW exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North uses the gut-wrenching guffaws of the Horrible Histories books to bring one of the worst periods of human conflict to life.

8. 8. Bring the bats home to roost

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 January 2008 THE world is full of bat enthusiasts - as 2004 Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller found out when he initiated a competition last June to design a house for the nocturnal mammals.

9. 9. Miles' silhouettes cast spotlight on Lowry

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 10 April 2007 LOOKING at the thick paint-smudged canvasses of LS Lowry, perhaps the last thing that would come to mind is delicate paper mobiles.

10. 10. Boost for Trafford as new centre opens

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 09 November 2004 FOLLOWING its official launch in April, the first season at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, has been announced.

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