Tag 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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Anthony Watt (@agogo2) • Instagram photos and videos

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

486 Followers, 930 Following, 267 Posts – See Instagram photos and videos from Anthony Watt (@agogo2) Source: Anthony Watt (@agogo2) • Instagram photos and videos Wed: http://www.sambaman.org.uk/

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How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m rail bridge – The i newspaper online iNews

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

It began with a series of simple, hand-drawn sketches on a piece of A4 paper and became an £85m rail bridge. These rough pencil drawings were an architect’ Source: How a sketch on a piece of paper became an £85m … Continue reading →

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A bit of Afoxé at Manchester Day

Posted on August 16, 2017 by

We spent a couple of months constructing the costumes and rebuilding the float for our part in this year’s annual celebration of the culture of Manchester  and you can get a flavour of the wonderful sunny day it was from the … 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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Incredible moment bride and groom joined Brazilica Festival dancers in the street – Liverpool Echo

Posted on July 19, 2017 by

Jenny and Daniel Dutton were getting married in the city centre yesterday and as they came outside the spectacular Rio carnival procession arrived Source: Incredible moment bride and groom joined Brazilica Festival dancers in the street – Liverpool Echo

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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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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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