Talking about death, grief and bereavement matters. This is a point upheld by This Grief Thing – a project from artists at Fevered Sleep, inviting people to talk and learn about grief. At an event hosted by SICK! Festival at Manchester Metropolitan University, we spoke to Sam Butler and David…
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Levenshulme Market is a bustling haven of independent creativity, with a rotating roster of 50 traders - meaning plenty of artisan delights as well as weird and wonderful wares to enjoy. Taking place every weekend between March and December, the next edition is on Saturday 27th July – where there…
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Digging up a now disused nightclub in the Moss Side area of Manchester was the idea of artist and playwright Linda Brogan, determined that “everyone should be able to tell their own story”. Titled ‘Excavating The Reno’, this is one of Linda’s most recent projects – not only excavating the site of…
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PETERLOO: WITNESSES TO A MASSACRE by Polyp, Poole and Schlunke is a truly unique book – approaching the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 through vivid colour illustrations and is out now, published in the year that marks the 200th anniversary of the event. Bold imagery takes the reader back to 19th…
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A disastrous tear in space and time confronted five members of Manchester Metropolitan University’s Research and Knowledge Exchange Team, as they took on the ‘Worlds Collide’ Doctor Who Escape Room at Escape Hunt, Manchester. Buried in the historic underground of The Corn Exchange, this Escape Room…
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Making the announcement at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, the Governor also revealed the imagery depicting Alan Turing and his work that will be used for the reverse of the note. The new polymer £50 note is expected to enter circulation by the end of 2021. Alan Turing was…
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Local travel blogger A Single Step talks about his hometown, its radical past and an exciting future. Ro chdale, based alongside the Pennines, is a small town with a radical past. Comprising of some of the most beautiful countryside in the region, a strong food and drink scene, and an evolving…
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Not even the War could stop the hard work of The Curtain Theatre, a Rochdale-based hub of creativity that has been putting on shows, without a break, for over 90 years. An example of hidden heritage at its finest, the building is tucked into a line of shops close to the train station – and offers an…
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The UK’s longest indoor snow slope, Chill Factor e , is hosting an open day on Saturday 13 th July and is inviting kids aged between 3 and 12 to come and try ski and snowboarding lessons for free, before signing up for further lessons or a place on the Kids Summer Snow Camps during school holidays…
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Peterloo has fascinated Carolyn O’Brien for as long as she can remember – growing up in the city where the tragic massacre took place 200 years ago this year; when at least 15 people were killed and more than 700 injured as the authorities attempted to break up a peaceful protest for reform. Her…
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