Young sailor from Manchester wins new sailing award
Last Tuesday, Panerai and the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) were delighted to announce that the winner of the inaugural Panerai Challenger Trophy was 18-year-old...
A poignant exhibition on why we remember them has opened at Imperial War Museum...
At the end of the exhibition, visitors are asked to vote on the question whether we should always remember the Ist World War
The alternatives are,...
Royton fundraiser marks final push for iconic statue of Oldham born suffragette Annie Kenney
The fundraising for Annie Kenney continued towards its target with a dinner held on Friday 20th July. The Dinner was supplemented by a wonderful...
Thousands of tributes to Arena attack victims will form part of a permanent archive
Thousands of tributes left by the public to remember those killed or injured in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack will be preserved for the...
Review-Dusty at the Lowry Theatre
She was born Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien in Enfield in 1939,she died in 1999 of Breast Cancer.
Hundreds of fans joined friends and celebrities...
First trailer for Mike Leigh’s Peterloo is revealed
The first teaser from Mike Leigh's Peterloo has been released this week.
Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for Leigh’s historical epic, starring Rory...
Manchester celebrates forty years since first test tube baby birth
The world's first “test tube” baby was conceived by IVF in Greater Manchester, at Dr Kershaw's Hospital in Royton. Louise Brown was born at...
Tiny clogs tell the poignant story of child poverty in the Industrial Revolution
A pair of children’s clogs from the Industrial Revolution stamped with the instruction “not to be pawned”, demonstrate the extreme poverty that was rife among...
What do you call yours then?
When is a bread roll not a bread roll? When you’re in the North East, North West and parts of the Midlands, according to...
Manchester Jazz Festival returns for its 23rd year this week
Manchester’s longest running music event and Europe’s most adventurous jazz festival returns for its 23rd year with 96 gigs across the city, featuring a...