Flares and flare-ups: youth gangs, fashion and violence in late Victorian Manchester and Salford
Andrew Davies, author of The Gangs of Manchester will be giving a free talk at Manchester Art Gallery on Thursday 23rd January at 7pm.
Between...
Poorhouse or Powerhouse?
It’s now been over 20 months since George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke about creating a Northern Powerhouse for the UK, an...
Local writers and actors get together for cancer charity
Seven short plays written by some of Manchester's most renowned playwrights are being performed at the Lowry Theatre this weekend in aid of the...
Early Burgess on show at Central Library in new Exhibition
A new exhibition charting Anthony Burgess's early years in Manchester has opened.
Manchester Made Me follows the writer's early years in the city from the...
Stoddart to deliver Anthony Burgess lecture
The acclaimed screenwriter and film director Hugh Stoddart will be giving this year's Anthony Burgess lecture on the 25th November.
Stoddart, well known for his...
Central Library to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Irish archives exhibition
Special items from Manchester’s extensive collection of Irish archives will be displayed to the public at a handling session this St Patrick’s Day.The handling...
A walk through Ashton’s Radical Past
Manchester Radical Historian Michael Herbert will be leading a walk in Ashton-under-Lyne on Sunday 2 November.
Walkers will learn about The Lancashire cotton...
Stripped down but Manchester’s 24:7 festival is back
After losing their regular funding, 24:7 Theatre Festival is delighted to announce that this year’s Big Festival Weekend 2015 will go ahead, thanks to...
Word of Warning, Contact + Dance Manchester present TURN 2016
Word of Warning, Manchester’s ongoing programme of bizarre and beautiful goings-on in the city brings you TURN 2016: a frenetic spin around brand new...
The Man Who Planted Trees to the Studio
After a third consecutive sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, an adaptation of Jean Giono’s THE MAN WHO PLANTED TREES by the Puppet...