Commuter Eugene passes the Turing Test
Alan Turing said that a computer could be understood to be thinking if it passed a test, which requires that a computer dupes thirty...
Thunderstorms and mixed bathing in Manchester as the bodies of the murdered couple return...
Thirty year old George Taylor from Upper Cleminson Street in Salford, a Carter, was injured when loading a lorry in a hurry on...
A segregated Britain is more diverse but also more unequal than we thought
Fifty years on from the first Race Relations Act, new research from The University of Manchester and UCL finds that so-called ‘segregated’ Britain is both...
Mike Leigh to make Peterloo film
The BAFTA-winning and Salford born writer-director Mike Leigh has announced that he will be making a film about the infamous Peterloo Massacre of 1819.
Leigh, in...
In Memoriam Sir John Zochonis
A memorial service for Sir John Zochonis, who died peacefully in hospital in November at the age of 84, will be held at Manchester...
Arts Lecturer paints ‘warning from history’
Artist David Gledhill will be holding an exhibition of his photograph-inspired art entitled ‘Album: Paintings of Poland 1940-1941’ this month.
Little did he realise when...
Manchester’s Maria Balshaw showcases 2016 Museum of the Year award
Ahead of the announcement of the 2016 Museum of the Year award, Maria Balshaw visits each of the five museums shortlisted for this year's...
Samuel Pepys’ baby riddle solved
The mystery identity of an illegitimate baby written about in the diaries of Samuel Pepys on 22 June 1662 has been solved by a...
Why Manchester will never forget Charles Halle.
"He has done more than any other musician to familiarise the people of the north with the orchestral works of all the great composers,...
Rochdale born Javid whose father came from Pakistan with just a pound in his...
The new Home Secretary Sajid Javid was born in Rochdale.
Tory MP for Bromsgrove, Sajid Javid was appointed following the resignation of Amber Rudd last...