Bookmark festival returns to Oldham

If books and literature are your thing, then look no further than next week in Oldham with the return of the borough's Bookmark festival. Starting...

From Street to Trench-A War that shaped a region

A new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North on Salford Quays aims to tell the stories of the people of the North West...

From the war of nature-Manchester Museum until 7th September

Cruel as death and hungry as a grave Burning for blood bony, gaunt and grim Assembling wolves in torrents descend And spread wide-wasting desolation around A new exhibition...

Call for public to help bring prehistoric monuments to life

ANCIENT burial mounds will be brought to life by a new research project taking place at Manchester Metropolitan University. Heritage Together is a collaboration between...

Belle Vue- a slight return to the glory days

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on an exhibition which brought back memories of Mancunians of Belle Vue. Now Manchester City Council have announced...

Museum marks anniversary of Ferranti birth with unseen photographs

It is one hundred and fifty years today that Sebastian de Ferranti was born and to mark the anniversary, the Museum of Science and...

New book and documentary aims to set the record straight over the legacy of...

A lot has been written and said about Martin Hannett, most famous for his creation of the unique Manchester sound and producing Joy Division's...

Ambitious plans to turn Salford Quays into the Manchester’s South Bank are revealed

Businesses and organizations from across Salford and Trafford have released plans today to turn Salford Quays into the North West's equivalent of London's South...

Chetham’s plans for new £7.5m concert hall

Chetham's school of music has announced plans for a 420 capacity £7.5million Concert Hall. The Hall, due for completion in Spring 2017, will be located...

Jerome Caminada-Manchester’s answer to Sherlock Holmes?

A new book by author Angela Buckley explores the life of Manchester's most famous Victorian Detective. About Manchester talks to the author. Angela Buckley was...