The Sleeping Green Between

Inspired by the little known story of a First World War soldier, an intricately designed textile artwork containing almost 200 hand-stitched crosses is to...

New play to tell the story of one of Manchester’s greatest boxers

It is the story of the greatest British middleweight boxer never to be champion. Manchester's Len Johnson was denied the opportunity because of his...

Manchester’s First immersive Pop up cinema launches with Maxine Peak debut

Manchester will play host to the exclusive first preview of independent thriller, ‘Keeping Rosy’ starring Maxine Peake and Inbetweeners’ star Blake Harrison next month,...

Dazzling Renaissance discoveries on display at John Rylands

Eight examples from a remarkable ‘visual encyclopaedia’ of Renaissance prints, lying undiscovered in the archives of The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library for...

The Life And Times Of Mitchell & Kenyon

Mitchell & Kenyon made their name by giving ordinary folk their five-teen minutes, or less, of fame. During the close of the Victorian period...

First World War sounds echo through Imperial War museum (North) artwork

The roar of a First World War biplane and the echoes of a field gun from the trenches will greet visitors to IWM North...

Chorltonville musical history to be recreated on its fiftieth anniversary

Back in 1964, Granada Television turned up at the already disused Wilbraham station in Chorlton and used it as a backdrop for a 1930s...

Un-Rest Comes To Victoria Baths

Victoria Baths is hosting a ten-day celebration exploring the power of physical movement, including the phenomenon of Northern Soul, with an explosive line-up of...

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...