Sculpture representing D Day fatalities is unveiled in Media City
A new sculpture that depicts a soldier kneeling on 4,413 bullets, with each representing a man that died alongside him on D-Day...
£16 million redevelopment of Rochdale’s grade I listed town hall has taken a major...
The £16 million redevelopment of Rochdale’s grade I listed town hall has taken a major step forward, with the appointment of an...
Could you be a Peterloo descendant?
Peterloo 2019 is hoping to connect the stories of those who were present at the Peterloo Massacre with the stories of today by searching for the Peterloo Descendants. 60,000...
Elizabeth Gaskell House wins Lottery funding
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has been successful in securing a grant of £78,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Gas, books, parks and pioneers celebrated in statue
The world’s first street to be lit by gas is to be celebrated with a sculpture by the creator of Liverpool’s iconic...
Film premiere to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in Manchester
The story of how thousands of documents were saved from destruction by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto will be shown for...
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...
Peterloo 2019 invites volunteers to become Peterloo Ambassadors
2019 marks 200 years since the Peterloo Massacre a watershed moment in British democracy whose legacy continues to be felt in the Greater Manchester...
Happy Birthday Tufty Fluffytail
Tufty Fluffytail, the iconic and much-loved red squirrel who was instrumental in helping millions of children to learn about road safety from the 1950s-1990s,...
What makes Christmas music Christmassy? University Professor may have the answer
Professor Darren Sproston, who is the Director of the School of Arts and Media at the University of Chester, has been exploring the well-known,...