Category Archives: Manchester

Design Manchester launches DM17 Festival programme | Creative Boom

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

Hold on to your creative hats. DM17, Manchester’s city-wide festival of creativity and design is returning for its fifth annual series, and this year you can expect over 50 events. Running from 11-22 October, there’ll be talks, exhibitions, workshops, films, … Continue reading →

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Manchester Literature Festival 2017 — manclibraries blog

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

Manchester is a city of stories and storytellers. It’s also a city of activism, protest, pioneers and radicals. This year’s Manchester Literature Festival welcomes over a hundred of our most talented writers, thinkers and activists to share their work and … Continue reading →

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Why People From Manchester Are Mancunians, Not Manchesterians – Atlas Obscura

Posted on July 30, 2017 by

Demonyms are vital to our conceptions of ourselves, but the rules behind them can be pretty messy. Source: Why People From Manchester Are Mancunians, Not Manchesterians – Atlas Obscura

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Proud Mancs strut their stuff on the catwalk at the spectacular launch of the Manchester International Festival – Manchester Evening News

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

The opening ceremony saw local heroes, celebrities and ordinary people from all backgrounds take to a 100m catwalk in Piccadilly Gardens Source: Proud Mancs strut their stuff on the catwalk at the spectacular launch of the Manchester International Festival – … Continue reading →

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Bomb disposal unit responds to ‘incident’ in Hulme, Manchester: Police – Kopitiam Bot

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

(Source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com) LONDON: British army bomb disposal experts and police responded to an “incident” at Linby Street in the Hulme ward of Manchester on Thursday (May 25). … Source: Bomb disposal unit responds to ‘incident’ in Hulme, Manchester: Police – Kopitiam … Continue reading →

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(24) This is the Place – poet Tony Walsh reads out his tribute to Manchester – YouTube

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Manchester explosion: Attack happened on anniversary of British soldier Lee Rigby’s murder – National | Globalnews.ca

Posted on May 23, 2017 by

Source: Manchester explosion: Attack happened on anniversary of British soldier Lee Rigby’s murder – National | Globalnews.ca

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My No Spend Year | Michelle McGagh | TEDxManchester

Posted on March 29, 2017 by
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Ordsall Chord – Network Rail

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

As part of our plan to improve rail travel in the north of England, we’re building a viaduct to link Manchester’s Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations Since October 2015, work has been taking place on the Ordsall Chord. This will … Continue reading →

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Mancunian Way shut next weekend — Travelling Manchester

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

The elevated section of Manchester’s inner ring road will be shut next weekend so essential maintance works can be carried out. Mancunian Way will be closed both ways between Chester Road (A56) and Fairfield Street. People who would come from … Continue reading →

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