Manchester’s Victoria Cross Heroes’ graves included in restoration project
The final resting place of thirteen of the region's First World War Victoria Cross winners will be restored to their former glory.
Communities Secretary Eric...
Manchester Historian-Mussolini was no buffoon
Benito Mussolini was not the bumbling buffoon portrayed in popular culture, but the most powerful force behind the rise of European Fascism before World...
Salford announces Shelagh Delaney Day
The 25th of November is to be marked across Salford as the city pays tribute Shelagh Delaney, one of its most famous writers.
City Mayor...
Chancellor pays tribute to Elizabeth Gaskell
One of the most influential writers of the Nineteenth Century and a resident of Manchester has been honored across our rail network as Northern...
Manchester veteran pays return visit to Bletchley Park
A former Longsight resident who worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War using the once classified Type X machine, has returned to...
Jim Taylor appointed Salford’s new chief exec.
Salford City Council has a new chief executive today after announcing that Jim Taylor has been poached from Rochdale to fill the £150,000 a...
Film project for Trafford Park aims to show there is more there than just...
A new project is inviting Old Trafford and Stretford to take part in a new film about the heritage of Trafford and, in particular,...
Museum marks anniversary of Ferranti birth with unseen photographs
It is one hundred and fifty years today that Sebastian de Ferranti was born and to mark the anniversary, the Museum of Science and...
New book and documentary aims to set the record straight over the legacy of...
A lot has been written and said about Martin Hannett, most famous for his creation of the unique Manchester sound and producing Joy Division's...
Whitworth Hall plays host to youngest Man Booker Prize winner
Manchester is to play host to the 2013 Man Booker Prize Winner Eleanor Catton who won the award for her novel The Luminaries.
The renowned...