Manchester provides the suitably stylish backdrop for a hotly-anticipated new BBC ONE drama set in the beauty industry. Written by acclaimed local screenwriter Debbie Horsfield, Age Before Beauty was filmed in and around the city’s bohemian Northern Quarter, which became home to the fictional…
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Image credit: BBC History The latest release of material from the BBC’s Oral History collection shines a light on Olive Shapley, one of Manchester’s key figures and a pioneer of social documentary in the North from the 1930s. The release makes public for the first time her comments from 1984 on her…
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Forty years after the birth of the first ever baby to be born through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), Greater Manchester remains at the forefront of fertility research and training. Conceived in a petri dish at Dr Kershaw’s Cottage Hospital in Royton, near Oldham, Louise Brown became celebrated by…
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School’s out for another summer, and as the good weather continues the Great Northern has launched a huge family-friendly sandpit to keep the kids entertained over the holidays. Housed in the basin of the iconic amphitheater, the fun and free community sandpit is open for six weeks with 50 tonnes…
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Photo Credit: Science Museum Group Ahead of Power UP, opening 3 August at the Museum of Science and Industry, Marketing Manager Nancy Hopkins takes us through her 5 favourite retro games available to play at the event. I’m super excited about the return of Power UP! to the Museum of Science and…
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Internationally-renowned percussion player Le ‘Leo’ Yu features in a new Marketing Manchester video revealing why the city is on the global stage for music, tourism and students. Leo, 30, came to Manchester from his home city of Xi’an, China, after securing a full scholarship to study at the Royal…
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Museum of Science and Industry have been giving their Textiles Gallery a face-lift ahead of their relaunch on 21st July, resulting in more objects on display, and better hands-on activities than ever before! The gallery will paint a vivid picture of how cotton transformed Manchester into a city…
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Investors Pep Guardiola, Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano join Catalan chef Paco Pérez to celebrate new addition to Manchester A launch party for ‘Tast’ restaurant in Manchester on Thursday 12 th July 2018 was an authentic celebration of Catalan food and wine. The new venture, backed by Pep…
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Image: North News Marketing Manchester’s Simon Donohue paid a visit to The Great Exhibition of the North for its launch event... Northern Pride: that intangible sense of a place where something truly special happens. Until now. The Great Exhibition of the North is the living, breathing embodiment…
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