Helen Pankhurst launches #RadicalManchester campaign celebrating ‘birthplace of progress and innovation’

A campaign celebrating #RadicalManchester’s role as the ‘birthplace of global innovation and progress’ has been launched by Marketing Manchester Mbassador Dr Helen Pankhurst. Timed to coincide...
Commemorative motorway markers on the M62 running through Yorkshire and Lancashire have been granted protected status

M62 markers are given special status to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Commemorative motorway markers on the M62 running through Yorkshire and Lancashire have been granted protected status as part of the Queens Platinum Jubilee celebrations They are...

Battle of Manchester Hill exhibition features pupils’ work

Primary school pupils have been commended for playing an important part in helping tell the story of the Battle of Manchester Hill in a...

Happy 270th Birthday Manchester MRI

Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) celebrates a very special anniversary today – 270 years since staff discharged the very first patient on 23 October, 1752. Chief...

“Devastated” campaigners as the dream of Ancoats Dispensary comes to an end

Campaigners who have been fighting to save the historic Ancoats Dispensary are said to be devastated after they have been forced to hand the...

Be Part Of The Victoria Baths Story

On Thursday 1 March (4pm-7pm), Victoria Baths is hosting a Volunteer Open Day, giving people the chance to explore one of Manchester’s most incredible historic buildings and to discover how they can...

Remembering Resistance: Call for help with Manchester protest memories project

Popular protest is on the rise but there’s a long history of women’s activism in the North, with particularly strong connections in...

Plans submitted for Our Emmeline statue

Plans have been submitted to Manchester City Council by Manchester based planning consultants Turley on behalf of the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Project.  This takes the proposal to build...

Manchester University Press announces their British Pop Archive book series

Manchester University Press will be publishing an exciting series of short books, taking inspiration from The British Pop Archive (BPA) which is currently housed...

People of Manchester asked to tell the story of the city’s Black and Asian...

Historic England is calling on individuals, families and communities in Manchester to help tell the story of the city’s Black and Asian heritage over the last...