Archive project receives National Lottery support
The Royal Northern College of Music has received a grant of over £60,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support a project celebrating the...
Manchester COVID-19 history project given £1million
A University of Manchester team of researchers and volunteers who have been documenting NHS voices of COVID-19 since March, are to join forces with...
Wigan unveils statue to celebrate its mining heritage
An official unveiling of a statue designed to commemorate Wigan Borough’s mining history is one of several events taking place this weekend.
Wigan town centre...
Team of Manchester archeologists start excavating King Arthur’s tomb
Archaeologists from The University of Manchester have started a dig at a 5,000-year-old tomb linked to King Arthur, hoping to answer some of the...
Rules of engagement: the five of rules of love in Regency England
More than just late-night escapism and bingeworthy TV, period dramas encourage fascination and intrigue into fact vs fiction. The likes of Bridgerton, and its...
Salford Cathedral receives £452K to protect long term safety of the 19th Century building
Salford Cathedral has received more than £452,000 for a series of works to protect the long-term safety of the 19th-century building, including refurbishment of...
Lost works by Anthony Burgess published to mark his centenary year
Long-forgotten works by Anthony Burgess, the author of A Clockwork Orange, will be published in new editions to mark the centenary of his birth.
The...
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...
Photo finish – care past and present at Stepping Hill Hospital
The oldest recorded photo of staff at Stepping Hill Hospital has been recreated with some of their modern day counterparts, to celebrate nursing past...
North West Film Archive’s footage of life on Home Front during First World War
With the centenary anniversary of the end of the First World War approaching, Manchester Metropolitan's North West Film Archive is inviting the public to...