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22nd May 2023 | By Zara Gallimore
Celebration in culture and literature at the bookshop on the Curry MileA bookshop on the curry mile, Alexandria Library, that is entirely charity-run with funding from various churches and ran by volunteers.
19th May 2023 | By Zara Gallimore
Illegal shisha café on Curry Mile has £174k confiscated after breaching planning lawA café on the curry mile has been found to be operating as an illegal Shisha bar and forced to hand over £174,000.
19th May 2023 | By Zara Gallimore
Bus diversions on the Curry Mile to be made permanentBus diversions in Rusholme to be made permanent from July 23rd.
25th November 2022 | By Joe Hylton
Confronting climate change along Manchester’s famous Curry MileA vibrant, multicultural and diverse street in the heart of confronting Climate Change. Manchester’s famous Curry Mile runs through the centre of Rusholme and is...
24th October 2018 | By [email protected]
Rusholme’s curry mile and its colourful characters brought to life in series of sketchesAn award-wining photographer has turned his talents to sketching to document Rusholme’s vibrant community. Len Grant has spent the last year sat on a sketching stool...
14th November 2022 | By Thomas Markham
Manchester’s ‘counterfeit mile’ set to be bulldozed after latest GMP crackdownManchester’s ‘counterfeit mile’ is set to be revamped as Greater Manchester Police continue a crackdown on illegal activity. Manchester is famous for its ‘curry mile’,...
4th November 2019 | By Marcus Chan
New sketch book brings to life redevelopment of city centre quarterA Manchester sketcher and writer has created a sketchbook named Mayfield Stories which brings the redevelopment of a historic part of the city to life....
6th May 2019 | By Hanya Hassan
Places to visit during RamadanRamadan is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar were Muslims fast from dawn till dusk, not only abstaining from food but from other discouraged...
9th March 2018 | By nq_admin
Handlooms: the story behind the show that challenges every expectationI would often gaze through the sari shop windows that line Wilmslow Road on my way to 10am lectures. On a grey Manchester morning, the...
2nd March 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
One hour smoking shisha is equivalent to 100 cigarettes, warns government health officialsStudies show that one hour of smoking shisha – or hookah as it is more commonly known – can be as damaging to your health...
13th December 2017 | By nq_admin
Contact Theatre and Rasa co -production ‘Handlooms’ is set to be shown in a sari shop on Wilmslow RoadThe Contact Theatre and Rasa co-production, Handlooms, is going to be set in Alankar House of Sarees on Wilmslow Road this March, as part of...
17th November 2017 | By nq_admin
Contact Theatre closes its doors for 2018The Contact theatre will close the doors of its iconic Oxford Road building at the end of December 2017 ahead of a major £6.75million capital...