The day 20 years ago that the Queen visited Manchester’s Jewish museum
Manchester Jewish Museum have decided to share the memories of the Queen’s visit to the museum twenty years ago, as part of her Golden...
M62 markers are given special status to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Commemorative motorway markers on the M62 running through Yorkshire and Lancashire have been granted protected status as part of the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations
They are...
BBC to screen documentary about the Hacienda
It’s 40 years since the opening of this legendary Manchester nightclub and music venue which unleashed the acid house and rave scene, brought us...
New report sheds light on crisis facing Britain’s beautiful department stores + urges imaginative...
Britain’s department stores are facing an existential crisis thanks to the pandemic and rapidly changing shopping patterns.
SAVE Britain’s Heritage’s new report, Departing Stores: Emporia...
Historic England Launches New Map Revealing a Century of England From the Air
Historic England has launched its new Aerial Photography Explorer - which for the first time allows users to search and explore an online map showing...
Gorton Monastery gifted organ from Salford Church
Gorton Monastery has been gifted an organ from a church in Eccles which will complete the next important part of the building’s restoration. The...
Council and Hospital honour nurses involved in historic birth of world’s first IVF baby
Oldham Council and Oldham Care Organisation have unveiled a new commemorative plaque at The Royal Oldham Hospital to honour two nurses who played pivotal...
Everyone has heard of King Arthur, but 90% of medieval manuscripts of chivalric and...
New research finds that, while the Knights of the Round Table have won global fame, most medieval English heroic or chivalric stories have been lost.
Meanwhile, more...
Town hall project puts the spotlight on contemporary Rochdale
Budding photographers could be in line with a chance to have their work permanently displayed in Rochdale Town Hall, as part of a new...
Manchester’s LGBTQ+ social history saved thanks to National Lottery funding of new project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund today marks the start of LGBT History Month by announcing a grant of £76,200 to a project that will...