Manchester to remember another solemn anniversary
On 6 August 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. A second hydrogen was bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945....
Mercer exhibition at the Etihad
A new exhibition at Manchester City's Etihad stadium is celebrating the memory of former manager Joe Mercer.
Mercer, who was one of City’s finest and...
Countdown to Hamlet at the Royal Exchange Theatre
Full casting has now been announced for Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre's production of Hamlet.
The interpretation of Shakespeare's classic, which runs at from Thursday...
The Great War Myths and Realities at the Working Class Movement Library
The Working Class Movement Library's exhibition, The Great War: myths and realities, opens on Wednesday 6 August.
It explores topics such as Salford’s...
New exhibition at Manchester’s Police Museum commemorates World War One
Greater Manchester Police are commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of World War One with a special exhibition at GMP Museum.
The display has...
Big Poppy picnic at Ordsall Hall
One event for the weekend which you may be interested in is Let's Go Global's Big Poppy Picnic taking place at Ordsall Hall this...
Manchester set to bloom from this weekend
The centre of Manchester is set to be transformed into a green paradise with flowers, food and fun, as Dig the City returns to...
Tickets on sale for Rochdale Literature and Ideas festival.
Whether it’s drama, comedy, dance, music, theatre, films or visual arts, tickets are now on sale for the 2014 Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival.
The...
Will Self, Urban Psychosis, Manchester One and Igloos
Writer and Journalist Will Self was in Manchester on Friday night-About Manchester went to see what he had to say.
Urban psychosis, the finely balanced...
Wythenshawe Hall is transformed back to the 1940’s
Wythenshawe Hall is to be transported back in time to the 1940s this summer for a series of events evoking an era of...