New Manchester crime book explores murder
A new book written by two University of Manchester academics has being hailed as the most in-depth and comprehensive study of murder.
Husband and wife...
Kevin Cummins returns home
Ahead of the opening of a new exhibition at the Lowry Hotel, About Manchester talks to photographer Kevin Cummins the man who amongst many...
Wo Women Elizabeth Raffald
In the latest of our series of the twenty women nominated for the honour of having a statue, we look at Elizabeth Raffald.
Thanks go...
Manchester’s Wo Women Hannah Mitchell
Our latest in the series of the twenty women shortlisted for the accolade of having a dedicated statue is Hannah Mitchell.
Hannah was was born...
Wo Manchester Women No 7 Sunny Lowry
The first women to swim the English Channel hailed from Longsight.
Sunny Lowry was a keen swimmer from a young age who trained at Victoria...
Wo Women No 6 Annie Horniman
Many argue that The British repertory theatre movement began in Manchester in 1908 and the women Behring was Annie Horniman.
Using £25,000 of her family’s...
Wo Women No 5 Elizabeth Gaskell
In the fifth of our series of Wo Women, we look at novelist and housewife Elizabeth Gaskell.
When the BBC decided to serialise her novel...
How Manchester fell out of and back into love with the hero of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo finally put paid to Napoleon’s hopes of dominating Europe. Although he had been defeated in 1813, after the disastrous invasion...
Wo Women Louisa Da-Cocodia
In the third of our series on the twenty women shortlisted for the honour of having a statue in the city, we look at...
Wo Manchester Lydia Becker.
We continue our series on the twenty women who are contenders in the campaign for a statue in Manchester, Lydia Becker.
In September 1999, a...