Time Out pilot Manchester edition

Time Out will trial a Manchester edition later this month. The London listings bible has been planning launching in the North West for a while now, presumably because Manchester has lacked a bespoke listings magazine ever since the actually quite sad demise of City Life. The one-off edition of Time Out Manchester will be timed to coincide with the Labour Party Conference which will take over the city at the end of the month, and all delegates will receive a free copy (typical freeloading politicians - why can't they pay £1.50 for a copy like the rest of us?). It's not entirely clear whether Time Out have any definite plans for a permanent launch in the city - and if so what timescales they are working on. The pilot issue will be out on 21 Sep.