On a sunny Manchester evening, over 200 people gathered into the Bridgewater Hall car park to celebrate the ending of 18 amazing days of the Manchester International Festival 2017.

The world's biggest festival about the open web is approaching. It's in October - but that will come very soon. There are lots of ways to get involved. And you can use it to achieve your Arts Award at any Level.

Lost Memories Dot Net takes us back to the early 2000s to show us how far the internet has come.

One of the higher profiles on the MIF17 bill, expectations were suitably high for Oscar nominee, Jóhann Jóhannsson's score by the BBC Philharmonic.

A film experiment? A performative debate? A play? What if Women Ruled the World? is all of these.

A play that attests "maybe Rupert Murdoch isn't evil" wouldn't usually be my cup of tea. But how wrong I was.

Electronic R'n'B dark horse, Sampha, was preceded by his own drummer, PAULi in a packed Albert Hall in the middle of Manchester and the middle of the festival.

How privileged we are to have these composers give us their music and enrich our everyday life. This was the opening sentiment of this talk with four of the six composers of site-specific music for the project Music for a Busy City set across the city centre.

The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Dr. Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.

The first Interdependence talk at MIF to discuss the big topics in society today. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, David Olusoga, Lubaina Himid, Jason Hickel, Andrew O'Hagan, and Deanna Rodger tackle Power.

What does creating a gas mask out of a water bottle, sewing an orange skin back onto an orange, and making a spear head out of a spoon have in common?

Talks, Q&As, roundtable discussions. Reviewing can be tough at the best of times but how do you review a talk?