Exhibition launches to mark 30th anniversary of Manchester teenager’s racist murder
An exhibition has been launched at Manchester Central Library to reflect on the life and legacy of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah, who was murdered in...
How MI5 took an interest in a Manchester Historian.
Files released today by the National Archives show that MI5 were taking an interest in the Manchester Historian Rodney Hilton.
Hilton was born in Middleton...
Manchester Rafi-tone app set to help millions of children with asthma
Children with asthma will soon be able to breathe easier thanks to an interactive app created by a University of Manchester spin-out company.
Tariq Aslam,...
Up Late With Rylan star – Sophie Willan’s Stories of Care Project
Award winning comedian Sophie Willan- who is the new resident comic on the ‘Up Late With Rylan’ show for Channel 5 every Wednesday at...
From Eastern Poland to Manchester
Guest writer Frank Pleszak has written a book about his father's unbelievable journey from eastern Poland to Manchester and shares his thoughts with About Manchester
I...
Animated poem to celebrate Manchester’s innovation
Alliance Manchester Business School, in partnership with critically acclaimed performance poet and writer Tony Walsh (also known as Longfella), has today unveiled a poem...
The man who brings Manchester’s ghost buildings back to life.
Beech Holdings boss Stephen Beech transforms empty tired and unloved city centre buildings into high-end apartments for young professionals and students.
Aged just seven, Stephen...
A shot in the arm for Manchester’s railways
April 1st saw the launch of two new rail services across Manchester and the North of England, Arriva Rail North Ltd and First TransPennine...
Guilty Pleasures of Opium-
Life for De Quincey was either angels ascending on vaults of cloud or vagrants shivering on the city streets.' Thomas De Quincey - opium-eater,...
Ivan Levinstein-Manchester’s Chemical giant
One hundred years ago this month, the death was announced of Sir Ivan Levinstein at his home in Hale at the age of seventy...