Deja Vu? How a Manchester movement split the Tories
As the Tory party appears to be fracturing itself over the Brexit Debate, About Manchester looks back to an issue that split the party...
A theatre like no other-Royal Exchange announces its Spring/Summer 2017 season
The Spring/Summer 2017 season marks the second half of the Exchange's 40th anniversary year in which the Company takes inspiration from its own beginnings.
In...
Manchester Modernist Society explore four decades of Manchester’s changing landscape in new publication
Friday 21 April will see the Manchester Modernist Society launch ‘Decades’, an original publication tracking Manchester’s journey from Victorian industrial sprawl, emerging from the...
Counting to Manchester’s International Festival begins
Manchester International Festival opens at 6.30pm on Thursday 29 June with What is the City but the People? a large-scale public celebration of Manchester...
Manchester Jazz Festival celebrates #jazz100 with 100 events in 100 hours of fantastic entertainment
The 22nd Manchester jazz festival will begin next weekend, featuring 100 events in 100 hours of fantastic entertainment, a great line-up of local, regional...
Rare plant returned to Greater Manchester canal after remarkable rescue
The Canal & River Trust will restore the rare plant, Royal Fern, to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal this month after a remarkable rescue. It's part of...
Suffragette banner returns home to Manchester after 100 years
Its been nearly 100 years since some women gained the right to vote in Britain and even longer since the women’s suffrage movement began...
Your chance to buy Bob Dylan’s artwork in Manchester
A new exhibition of works by Bob Dylan will be displayed for the first time in Manchester from today.
Titled The Beaten Path, the collection...
The Krankies are opening Manchester’s Christmas Markets
If sausage and gluhwein are your thing, you're in for a treat this Christmas in Manchester.
As in previous years, the Christmas markets are spread...
Lightwaves returns to the Quays this weekend
The annual festival 2017 will showcase an eclectic programme of digital light art, taking over public spaces for an unforgettable 10 days, from Friday...