How Ernest Rutherford, the splitter of the atom, helped us win the Great War
Manchester scientist Ernest Rutherford, famed for “splitting the atom”, also deserves better recognition for helping to pioneer a system we now know as sonar...
A homage to Adrift and John Cassidy
Those of you who are pleased that the area around Manchester's Central Library is opening up now after more than three years of work...
An Oldham musical legend
Gaze up at the ceiling of Oldham's Spindles shopping centre and you will see an enormous stained glass roof, designed to celebrate a local...
People from History -Archibald Prentice
In October of 1828, a new paper appeared on the streets of Manchester.
It joined a crowded market, the Guardian had been born seven...
Could we have found the next Lowry?
A Bolton auction House thinks that they might have.
A few months ago Bolton Auction Rooms received an email, not dissimilar to many that they...
Wythenshawe entrepreneur wins £10,000 prize for alternative brewery
A talented young business brain from Northern Moor has won a nationwide competition, scooping a cool £10,000 to help start up his new enterprise.
Aaron...
The Imitation Game
A trailer is out for the movie Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role as Alan Turing.
Cumberbatch won the top award at...
Bodies on Bridge Street-The story of Manchester’s School of Anatomy
Two hundred years ago this month, rooms for the study of Anatomy opened in Manchester at No 69 Bridge Street.
Four students enrolled that week...
Iconic photographer of Changing Manchester dies
The photographer Shirley Baker who photographed the changing Manchester and Salford during the 1960's and early 1970's has died at the age of 82.
Born...
Figures from Manchester’s Heritage to be honoured at First Street.
Tony Wilson Place, Jack Rosenthal Street, Isabella Banks Street, Annie Horniman Street, James Grigor Square will be opening in Manchester after First Street announced...