Coral-something Rich and Strange
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that...
Modernists select fifty twentieth century icons in Manchester
Fifty of Manchester's finest examples of twentieth century are being celebrated by the Manchester Modernist society in a map which can be explored on...
John Kay a misunderstood legacy
The wonderfully simple invention of a the man who with a bit of string and two pickers actuating a fly shuttle, quadrupled the power...
Extreme architecture and science of the frozen south comes to MOSI
A piece of the frozen South Pole comes to Manchester this week in the first exhibition to be held of its kind at the...
Green, clean energy beneath Ardwick to power Oxford Road
Geo-Thermal energy reserves three thousand metres below the streets of Ardwick are to provide power to homes,businesses and leading institutions along the Oxford corridor.
The...
City Centre tops in vibrancy league
The centre of Manchester has now outstripped London as Britain’s most “vibrant” urban area with the influx of young professionals and students driving a...
75 years of Ringway
On Saturday June 25th 1938, Ringway Airport was officially opened by an air display from the Royal Air Force by the command of Sir...