I think I’m getting more political as I get older
'I am a Socialist' says playwright and folk singer Lizzie Nunnery. " and if there is one good thing about the rise of Corbynism then...
Region’s Ash Trees are under threat from as Dieback makes heads north.
The disease that has been destroying England's ash trees has arrived in Greater Manchester.
The publication of updated maps from the Forestry Commission has confirmed...
Early Burgess on show at Central Library in new Exhibition
A new exhibition charting Anthony Burgess's early years in Manchester has opened.
Manchester Made Me follows the writer's early years in the city from the...
Lowry Theatre to celebrate thirty years of Shirley Valentine
Willy Russell’s heart-warming comedy Shirley Valentine premiered in 1986 and took the world by storm. In celebration of its 30th Anniversary the first major...
The story of the 1949 Saddleworth air crash
The 1949 air crash of DC-3 above Dovestone's Reservoir has been in the news in recent days over speculation that a man found dead...
Beckett trilogy heads to the Lowry
A trilogy of Samuel Beckett plays performed by actress Lisa Dwan, will be coming to the Lowry Theatre in September for their only northern...
An exhibition on the thingness of things in the age of the thingless medium.
A new exhibition opening at Castlefield Gallery explores the potential that the digital world has for giving art works a second life
Much of our...
What’s your story?
A group of Manchester young carers have created an anthology, including topics from loneliness to sexuality, to be launched at a special event in...
Manchester Opera for the masses?
A new Manchester based initiative is aiming to break the stereotyping of opera and bring it to a wider audience.
The Manchester Opera Ensemble, founded...
Improvements but Manchester is still lagging behinds says latest State of the City report
Manchester remains a place where people want to live, work and invest, as well as visit. However, as in previous reports, there is no...