Sacha Lord to be Greater Manchester first night Czar
Warehouse Project and Parklife founder Sacha Lord has been unveiled as Greater Manchester’s first-ever night-time economy adviser.
Appointed by Mayor Andy Burnham, Sacha will champion...
Represent! Voices 100 Years On – People’s History Museum’s exhibition opens
A new exhibition has opened this week at Manchester's People's History Museum a century on from when the Representation of the People Act in 1918 gave...
Knock Knock… Rowan McCabe, the world’s first Door-to-Door Poet uncovers the stories of Salford’s...
Swimming rabbits, skating on the frozen canal and mink.
These are just some of the stories that the poet Rowan McCabe has discovered from knocking...
Manchester team transforms physiotherapy through games technology
A team at Trafford Hospital is transforming the way shoulder surgery patients receive physiotherapy, by using a series of personalised computer video games to...
Our Girl Michelle discovers her Pankhurst link
Our Girl actress and Stockport born Michelle Keegan uncovers some exceptional women on her family tree.
In a first of a new series of Who...
Shirley Baker exhibition set for take off at Wythenshawe Forum Library
Shirley Baker, the famous Manchester photographer, spent a day at the airport in 1987 capturing the experiences of passengers using the airport and a...
TUC Day to celebrate its 150 years
The Manchester Histories Festival (7-11 June) is to celebrate 150 years since the formation of the Trades Unions Congress with a TUC Day curated by Dave Haslam taking place on Friday...
From Victoria to Hebden Bridge and back by poem train
Train operator, Northern has linked up with Manchester Literature Festival in an exciting partnership which celebrates the literary heritage of the north.
Award-winning poet Helen...
Early photos of the Smiths to go on display at Central Library
An exhibition of early photographs of Manchester music icons The Smiths – including the world-famous shot of the group posing outside the Salford Lads...
Cross Party group of MPs join campaign to secure the future of the Pankhurst...
The Pankhurst Trust is welcoming a campaign being led by Lucy Powell MP to press for central government funding to secure the Pankhurst Centre...