Twenty Brave Oldhamers who served at the Battle of Jutland
On May 31, 1916 the Battle of Jutland took place in the North Sea, off Denmark – and 20 Oldhamers sadly lost their lives.
Among...
Challenging Outsider Art: OutsiderXchanges heads to the Whitworth for a one-of-a-kind Art Party
Over the past 7-months, OutsiderXchanges, a pioneering visual arts project based on collaboration, reciprocal learning and creative exchange has brought together six learning disabled...
Manchester Metropolitan hosts new audio and film documentary festival
Manchester’s first dedicated film and audio documentary festival, celebrating gripping tales packed with more tension and intrigue than even the best works of fiction,...
Manchester sculpture’s dedication to the dead of Passchendaele
Professor Stephen Dixon from Manchester School of Art has created the work from clay from the battlefield site
A sculpture built from clay taken from...
Lockie: Make mine Marvel!
So here we are... Second week of my column.
The sunny weather of recent weeks seems to have disappeared just in time for the schools...
Tim Bacon’s Alchemist dream opens at Media City
The Alchemist's latest venture has opened at Media City, the golden palace as it has been already termed in a prime spot overlooking the...
New exhibition captures Mancunian identities through fashion
An exciting new project that explores the individual and civic identities of Greater Manchester’s young people through style, fashion and dress is unveiled this...
Three Masterworks By L.S. Lowry to Appear at Auction at Sotheby’s
One of the great painters of modern life, Lowry’s paintings capture life in the cities of the Industrial North of England and find beauty...
New photography exhibition to show unseen images of Salford and Cheetham Hill
An exhibition of photographs from the 1950s and 1960s is set to open in Manchester that is sure to bring memories flooding back for...
Blue Plaque to be unveiled to honour Tom Curry-victim of the Munich Air Disaster
On Sunday 4 February 2018, a special event is being planned to honour Manchester United's well-loved trainer, Tom Curry.
Tom Curry was a professional footballer-turned-coach,...