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1. 1. Mulligan shines in An Education

   CityLife, Friday 30 October 2009 DAMON Smith is wowed by a starlet who shines in this touching tale of a budding womanhood in a lost era of innocence.

2. 2. 'Give heads more power to transform failing schools'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 October 2009 TORY education spokesman Michael Gove accused local authorities and trade unions of 'conspiring' to protect failing schools. Speaking at a fringe meeting on education at Manchester Town Hall, the shadow education minister called for headteachers to be given more powers to transform their schools.

3. 3. Pledge to build a flagship technical school

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 October 2009 THE CONSERVATIVES will pledge to build a flagship 'technical school' in Greater Manchester as part of plans to boost vocational education. The school would be open to 14-19 year olds and focus on young apprenticeships, BTECs and other 'study-to-work' qualifications.

4. 4. The History Boys is vividly charming

   CityLife, Friday 23 October 2009 ALTRINCHAM Garrick’s version of Alan Bennett’s award winning play, The History Boys, set in a 1980s grammar school, will go down in the annuls of their history as one of their greatest productions.

5. 5. The History Boys is vividly charming

   CityLife, Friday 23 October 2009 ALTRINCHAM Garrick’s version of Alan Bennett’s award winning play, The History Boys, set in a 1980s grammar school, will go down in the annuls of their history as one of their greatest productions.

6. 6. Opinion: Diane Cooke

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 12 October 2009 X Factor judge Dannii Minogue may well find that her snide, misguided comment takes Danyl Johnson all the way to the top.

7. 7. Cameron targets region as vital step to No10

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 October 2009 DAVID Cameron has revealed the Tories will target Greater Manchester as part of a massive pre-election 'policy push' at their crucial conference in the city this week. TheTory leader confirmed the north west would be a key battleground.

8. 8. Blears told to pay £225 in expenses row

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 October 2009 HAZEL Blears has been told to pay back £225 for a shelving unit in the probe into MPs' expenses. The Salford MP was at the centre of the expenses storm - famously writing a cheque for £13,000 to the taxman in lieu of capital gains tax.

9. 9. The Modern - a cocktail bar still a cut above

   CityLife, Thursday 01 October 2009 GIVEN that Urbis recently announced it may inherit the National Football Museum – the subject of much debate among Manchester’s chattering classes – it was somehow apt to revisit the building, albeit not for its exhibition but for its somewhat hidden contribution to the city’s bar scene.

10. 10. Punk spirit in Exchange's new run

    CityLife, Thursday 01 October 2009 WHEN Punk Rock, the brilliant new play from Stockport-born Simon Stephens, cannons into the Royal Exchange from Wednesday, you’ll be treated to a volatile and quite shocking experience, revealing the brutality and disillusion within a Stockport grammar school.

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