Curbing Car Culture: Putting the Brakes on City Parking

Preventing free car parking can help to reduce congestion, pollution and urban sprawl. Such generous parking requirements steal cities of energy and beauty, as...

Review-Brief Encounter at the Lowry

If you have never seen the film of the same name don’t worry all you need to understand is the premise that two strangers...

LS Lowry’s cousin leaves family heirlooms to The Lowry in his will

A member of LS Lowry’s extended family has left three works of art by his famous ‘uncle Laurie’ to The Lowry Collection in his...

Bringing an ancient Neolithic tomb to life in augmented reality

State-of-the art technology will help bring an ancient prehistoric tomb to life, thanks to a new research project. Dr Ben Edwards from Manchester Metropolitan University,...

Syria Story of a conflict at IWM North

A once stable country has been shattered and hope for the future is in short supply. A new exhibition has opened at the Imperial War...

Avro’s past present and future to be debated at a special Manchester event

To mark the launch of the second phase of homes at Avro in Manchester this month, award winning regeneration company Urban Splash has announced...

Soldiers who fought at The Battle of Manchester Hill to be commemorated 100 years...

Plans are underway to commemorate the part played by soldiers from the Manchester Regiment in a little-known battle that proved to be a forerunner...

Hansel and Gretel on the back streets of 1890’s Manchester

Based on the Brothers Grimm story, this deliciously dark interpretation of the well-loved fairytale Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Northern College will be devoured by anyone with...

She bangs the Drums-Contact Theatre’s Young Company celebrates 100 years of women’s suffrage

This March, the award-winning Contact Young Company celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the Representation of the People Act (1918) with She Bangs the Drums. This much-anticipated show...

Being Frank, the story of Timperley’s Chris Sievey to debut in Texas in March

The film that tells the story of the man behind Frank Sidebottom  will be released in UK cinemas later this year after its world premiere...