Helen Mort fronts new Radio 4 poetry series
Award-winning poet Helen Mort presents a new four-part series on voices from around the world, starting this Sunday on Radio 4.
Mother Tongue features Mort,...
Groundbreaking ceremony for The Factory – Manchester’s £110m new arts building
John Glen, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council, Tom Bloxham Chair Manchester...
New War Horse story to mark the centenary of Third Battle of Ypres
An exclusive new story by the author of War Horse will be performed to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele.
The work by...
Grab your friends, enjoy a reasonably priced drink from Mrs Hudson and laugh your...
Launching their intimate 30 seat performance space; The Reading Room, Northern Rep’s unpredictable new performance of Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic mystery, The Hound of...
No offence returns for a third series
Manchester based No Offence, Paul Abbott’s critically-acclaimed, hugely popular, RTS Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated police procedural is set to return to Channel 4 for a third...
Fictional literary worlds to be brought to life using 3D maps
Manchester Metropolitan University are partners in an innovative new project to bring famous literary landscapes to life.
Dr David Cooper, Senior Lecturer in English, is...
The Box that changed the world.
Melvyn Bragg and expert guests (including David Olusoga, Michael Grade and Abi Morgan) consider the enormous impact that TV has had on our lives...
RNCM Announces 2017 Honorands
Actress and singer Dame Patricia Routledge is amongst the Royal Northern College of Music’s 2017 Honorands, alongside pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, violinist Henning Kraggerud, and...
First names revealed for Rochdale’s Lit Fest
The first names on the line-up for this year’s Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival have been revealed.
The seven-day festival in October will feature talk...
A curious turn at Oldham Art Gallery
A new touring exhibition curated by the Crafts Council comes to Gallery Oldham from July 8 to September 2.
A Curious Turn features 30 pieces...