Day: 8 March 2019

Story: The Rise of the Machine Age Object: Kay’s Flying Shuttle Year: 1733 Location: Town Hall Mural In No 8, The Birth of Textiles in Manchester, we learnt that King […]

The drama is building to an explosive end of the week on Coronation Street. A love split is on the cards for Michelle Connor and her husband Robert Preston, as […]

Next month, Manchester’s biggest Easter weekend tradition returns to the city for its 10 year anniversary. The Manchester Duck Race kicks off on Good Friday at New Bailey. And with […]

Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester city centre’s most controversial open space, is set for “improvement” – but the detested concrete wall, second only to begging on Mancunians’ hate list, is going to […]

Story: Mediaeval Manchester Object: John Bradford plaque Year: 1555 Location: Manchester Cathedral In 1596 Nicholas Mosley, a local wool manufacturer, journeyed to London to buy Manchester – the whole of […]

Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story is a moving and funny documentary that traces the life and career of the man behind the Frank Sidebottom mask. Director Steve Sullivan tells Sievey’s […]