Put simply, Mancubist is a blog about Manchester.

Like anyone, I stumble across information about the city - via people, newspapers, books, websites, blogs, comments, emails, flyers, even council notices. It seems a shame to waste what I’ve discovered, so I post a digest of it here.

If you want to stay up-to-date with Mancubist, try the RSS feed or the mailing list. And if you’ve got a suggestion/recommendation/criticism for Mancubist, please get in touch using the form below.

Accolades…

Manchester Blog Awards 2007 - Winner - Best Arts and Culture Blog
Manchester Blog Awards 2006 - Shortlisted - Blog of the Year

Workshops…

So you wanna be a blogstar? - Manchester Digital Development Agency - January 2008 and October 2007

Not my words…

“Art, music, tech, media, and photos of clubbers outside rainy nightclubs” - the Guardian

“We don’t have a Manchesterist yet, although Mancubist does a good job all on his own” - Londonist

“An inspiration for local journalism” - The Daily

“Finally, a decent Manchester digest” - Magic-Paws, StumbleUpon

“Great Manchester miscellany” - Newfred

“Easily the most comprehensive list of interesting stuff going on in Manchester” - Ioannis’s Studio

More about this website:

• Domain registered very cheaply through Krystal.co.uk
• Hosted by the lovely people at UKFast.net of Manchester
• Built using Wordpress - THE best blogging system
  
• Theme based on Minima Plus by ThoughtMechanics.com
• Nifty masthead rotator script by AutomaticLabs
• Nice titles thanks to, er, Sweet Titles
• All cracked and hacked to death by Mancubist

Some statistics:

• Over 500,000 page views
• Each visitor typically views four pages
• Google PageRank of 5/10
• Technorati blog rank of 188,000
• Over 170 email subscribers and 160 RSS subscribers
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