Manchester

A reminder that life, too, endures, always promising to rise and overflow.

Aitch’s DJ guides us through the NQ roster on THE FACE’s cover.

The legendary Happy Mondays singer, 55, on Manchester, Madchester and digging the city’s new breed of talent (Andy Burnham included).

Set up by 24-year-old mogul Michael Adex – and fuelled by the success of chart-busting rapper Aitch – talent and entertainment company, NQ, embodies the same Mancunian spirit that’s been pulsing through the city since Factory Records.

With influences such as Kevin and Perry, Ali G and Beetlejuice, Donkwear might seem whimsical, but its designers see it as a serious alternative to fast fashion.