The Wonder of it all
As soon as you enter Manchester’s Wonder Inn it is instantly apparent why so many people are determined to ensure that the place sticks...
Turing’s Sunflowers: Growing Alan Turing’s legacy
The findings of a major citizen science project, Turing’s Sunflowers, are being published in the open journal, Royal Society Open Science.
This innovative project, which...
Happy Birthday HOME
HOME, Manchester’s international centre for contemporary visual art, theatre and film, will mark its first birthday with a celebratory weekend from Fri 20 to...
Making post-war Manchester: visions of an unmade city
WE THINK we are familiar with Manchester’s skyline and city centre landmarks. But what about the alternative Manchester that might have been?
During the 1960s...
Worrying signs for Greater Manchester in latest Poverty Report
More than one in five people across Greater Manchester live in neighbourhoods which are in the most deprived 10% nationally as the latest Greater...
Make your mark on Manchester’s Path of the Somme remembered
Thousands of people who were involved in the Battle of the Somme will be personally remembered in a project launched today, as part of...
Announcing 2016 Manchester Histories Festival
The biennial Manchester Histories Festival returns across Greater Manchester from the 3-12 June 2016
From the 3-12 June 2016, the biennial Manchester Histories Festival (MHF)...
Major graphene exhibition to open in Manchester
A new exhibition combines science and arts to explore graphene and other 2D materials during Manchester’s tenure as European City of Science
Wonder Materials: Graphene...
From Eastern Poland to Manchester
Guest writer Frank Pleszak has written a book about his father's unbelievable journey from eastern Poland to Manchester and shares his thoughts with About Manchester
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Letters from Preston soldiers on the Front are the basis for new sonic art...
Homing is a new sound art work created by artists Jen Southern and Sam Thulin with the Media Innovation Studio at the University of...