Will Self, Urban Psychosis, Manchester One and Igloos
Writer and Journalist Will Self was in Manchester on Friday night-About Manchester went to see what he had to say.
Urban psychosis, the finely balanced...
The Victorian Meme Machine
A new project will be getting underway in the North West that aims to bring Victorian jokes up to date.
Edge Hill University’s Bob Nicholson...
Manchester’s Jazz Fest returns bigger and brighter for its nineteenth year
Manchester turns to Jazz this weekend in what is promised to be ten days of great music.
Featuring eighty eight different bands across eight venues...
Here’s One We Made Earlier: The story of BBC Children’s broadcasting told in new...
The story of BBC Children’s broadcasting - past, present and future is told in a new, free exhibition which had opened at The Lowry.
Here’s...
Pedal power celebrating Manchester’s rich cycling heritage
It is now 20 years since the opening of the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, the home of British Cycling. Since then Britain has...
Review Conflict and community -The Portico Mosley Street
With the concentration in the country on the centenary of the 1st World War, Manchester's Portico Library's new exhibition aims to widen the discussion...
Former Granada Studios turns Italian this week
Manchester will have a chance to sample the best in Italian street food under one roof in a celebration of authentic Italian cuisine this...
Al Fresco Shakespeare in Manchester
Two of Shakespeare's greatest plays are coming to Manchester this weekend and will be performed in the open air at Spinningfields.
Macbeth and The Comedy...
Salford academics call for Middle East water treaty
The Diyala River forms a natural border between Iran and Iraq for around 20 miles. It flows from Iran's Zagros Mountains into eastern Iraq...
Cash bonanza announced for the region
£476.7million is to be invested in Greater Manchester over the next few years with the announcement today that Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership has...
