Harold Brighouse-the last of the Manchester school

Eccles Born Harold Brighouse, whose most famous play Hobson's Choice is currently being performed at the Oldham Coliseum, is one of the region's unsung...

Manchester’s Victoria Cross Heroes’ graves included in restoration project

The final resting place of thirteen of the region's First World War Victoria Cross winners will be restored to their former glory. Communities Secretary Eric...

Museum marks anniversary of Ferranti birth with unseen photographs

It is one hundred and fifty years today that Sebastian de Ferranti was born and to mark the anniversary, the Museum of Science and...

New book and documentary aims to set the record straight over the legacy of...

A lot has been written and said about Martin Hannett, most famous for his creation of the unique Manchester sound and producing Joy Division's...

Jerome Caminada-Manchester’s answer to Sherlock Holmes?

A new book by author Angela Buckley explores the life of Manchester's most famous Victorian Detective. About Manchester talks to the author. Angela Buckley was...

Makeover for Heaton Park courtesy of Manchester Airport

Heaton Park is to get a £600,000 makeover thanks to money received by Manchester City Council from its airport windfall. The council announced yesterday that...

Romantic letter to Lancashire Tommy unearthed

A touching love letter from a young Frenchwoman to her sweetheart Lancashire soldier on the Western Front has been unearthed by researchers at the...

Local historian launches his first book

A new book by a Trafford historian will transport readers back to the times of the Wars of the Roses in an England...

John Kay a misunderstood legacy

The wonderfully simple invention of a the man who with a bit of string and two pickers actuating a fly shuttle, quadrupled the power...