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...
The Jewel in the Crown
The debate surrounding HS2 and HS3 continues unabated.About Manchester gives space today for the views of MichaelBell who proposes a different alternative Ringby, the...
100 years ago in Manchester
Heavy casualties were reported among Lancashire and Cheshire Battalions with thirty four officers killed and 134 wounded or missing.
Among the deaths that week, Sapper...
Animated poem to celebrate Manchester’s innovation
Alliance Manchester Business School, in partnership with critically acclaimed performance poet and writer Tony Walsh (also known as Longfella), has today unveiled a poem...
The man who brings Manchester’s ghost buildings back to life.
Beech Holdings boss Stephen Beech transforms empty tired and unloved city centre buildings into high-end apartments for young professionals and students.
Aged just seven, Stephen...
The ‘Capture the Cathedral’ photography competition is now open
Following the success of last year’s competition The Cathedral are pleased to announce that this year's photography competition, Capture the Cathedral, is now open!
They...
Join the Somme100 Pals and take part in a once-in-a-lifetime experience
On 1 July 2016, Manchester will host the national commemoration of the hundred-year anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme.
A service...