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The last decade has seen Manchester ascend from high street mediocrity to a retail playground worth at least twice Philip Green's personal pension fund. It would be absurd to deny the role that the IRA bomb, planted right outside the... read more»

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• Afflecks Palace
• 52 Church Street

• At weekends, this four-floor alternative shopping institution crawls...  read more»

• Agent Provocateur
• Unit GA, Manchester Club, 81 King Street

• One word: gorgeous. (For men, the one word is ‘phwoar’.) But...  read more»

• Aspecto
• 85-87 Bridge Street

• Street-style designer clothing for men and women, alongside cool...  read more»

• Beatin’ Rhythm
• 42 Tib Street

• This place lives up to the wildly overused phrase ‘a real gem’....  read more»

• C Aston
• Unit 8, Royal Exchange Arcade

• There are very few good reasons not to give up smoking, but this shop...  read more»

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• Christopher Wray Lighting
• 38 High Street

• If you seldom find yourself overcome with passionate yearning at the...  read more»

• Clone Zone
• 36-38 Sackville Street

• A Gay Village institution, Clone Zone stocks a wide range of gay and...  read more»

• Co Cu
• 12 Barton Arcade

• Resembling an Edwardian boudoir, with its gilt chaise and sweeping...  read more»

• Craft & Design Centre
• 17 Oak Street

• This long-established creative hub continues to draw the best local...  read more»

• Early Learning Centre
• 6 St Ann’s Square

• With the closure of Deansgate’s Daisy & Tom in January 2007,...  read more»