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1. 1. 60s icon heads for city

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 November 2003 ONE of the figures that helped us to view the ‘60s as the decisive decade for the arts it became was Stockport-born Joan Bakewell.

2. 2. China's new mood

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 November 2003 A second glance at the rows of calligraphy that artist Xu Bing has used to supplement his exhibition at the brand-new Chinese Art Centre provides a clue as to why the organisation exists at all.

3. 3. Now booking! Comedy

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 04 November 2003 comedy booking

4. 4. Markets are full of Christmas spirit

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 November 2003 JUST when you thought you’d seen the back of Bonfire Night and its sky-shattering, sleep-denying blasts, along comes another firework bonanza. But fear not - unless you’re a Town Hall pigeon - this time it will be a much more controlled affair, marking the occasion of the Christmas lights switch-on.

5. 5. Magic man

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 14 November 2003 MATTHEW Bourne really does believe there's magic in the music. "When I was young, I believed that if I put on my favourite music when I was ill, it would make me better," he chuckles.

6. 6. Chicks On Speed, Anat Ben-David, The Obsession @ Band on the Wall

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 November 2003 FOR the first instalment of the newly reanimated Club Suicide Alive nights, The& Obsession leap onto the stage to muted applause and launch into their opening number, a song that appears to be a slowed down remake of New Rose by The Damned but without the chorus.

7. 7. The show which sells is back

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 November 2003 THE success of last year’s event has prompted the orgainsers to launch a second show of affordable original art in the city during November.

8. 8. Blood sport

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 November 2003 CAPTAIN Of England is a play about football. Don’t expect scenes of drug abuse, ‘roasting’ or childish strops, however: ex-Brookside writer Maurice Bessman - who not only buried Trevor Jordache but dug him up, too - is concerned with more pressing issues.

9. 9. Change suits streetwise Shobna

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 November 2003 WORKAHOLIC single parent and passionate campaigner for racial equality, Shobna Gulati's life-changing decision came two-and-a-half years ago when she accepted the role of Sunita in Coronation Street.

10. 10. Turn towards oneself

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 November 2003 A SHEET of blank paper, a supermarket till receipt, a printout of a student's DNA and a pensioner's video self-portrait are some of the intriguing ways in which people chose to express themselves, when given the opportunity to draw their self-portraits.

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