DigiFest 2020 artists, performers and activists join to mark Alf’s Act
DigiFest 2020 is about to take to the airwaves with the two day digital festival the catalyst for a host of creativity, conversations, story...
‘Health holidays’: Forgotten tales of poorly Manchester children who were sent to Switzerland revealed...
Hundreds of poorly children who swapped polluted post-war Manchester for ‘health holidays’ in the fresh Alpine air have shared their little-known adventures for a...
Why wasps become so annoying at the end of summer
The sausages are sizzling, the burgers browned, and the beer is cold. You’re all set for the perfect end-of-summer BBQ. Alfresco dining, drinks in...
It’s a virtual Pride this year for Manchester
Manchester Pride has today released the schedule for its Alternative Manchester Pride Festival over August bank holiday weekend.
From yoga and drag artists to new...
Meet the revolutionaries of past, present and future when People’s History Museum reopens
The doors of People’s History Museum (PHM), the national museum of democracy, will reopen on Tuesday 1 September. Never has there been a more fitting time to enjoy...
Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 winners announced including Manchester-based Benji Reid
A Manchester based artist has one of the categories in the Wellcome Photograph Prize winners for 2020.
Holding on to Daddy by Benji Reid, is...
Affleck’s based Company have ambitions for a post Covid future
A five thousand pound investment back in 2014 has seen a Manchester based Company grow with a turnover of a million pounds and despite...
Love on the rocks-Manchester Sea Life turtles get relationship counselling after lockdown rift
Sea Life Manchester’s giant green sea turtles, Cammy & Ernie, are receiving relationship counselling further to having developed a rift during lockdown.
The turtles, two...
Alan Turing’s Mathematical patterns help researchers understand bird behaviour
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have used mathematical modelling to understand why flocks of long-tailed tits segregate themselves into different parts of the...
Celebrating Lord Alf Morris-Digifest 2020 – first programme details announced
The first details of the programme for DigiFest 2020 have been announced, together with the news that it will be hosted by multi award-winning...