The eighteenth instalment as part of an ongoing series for Haunt Manchester by Dr Peter N. Lindfield FSA, exploring Greater Manchester’s Gothic architecture and hidden heritage. Peter’s previous Haunt Manchester articles include features on Ordsall Hall, Albert’s Schloss and Albert Hall, the…
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Liam Gallagher, Take That, James, Emeli Sande, Mike Pickering, Tom Walker, The Courteeners, Denise Johnson, Aitch amongst stars supporting Together In One Voice A host of top musical talents who all share a common love for Manchester and its people will be introducing live renditions of their…
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Graham Nash, Peter Hook, John Cooper Clarke, Ian McNabb and Ren Harvieu are amongst the star names performing at this weekend’s special lockdown edition of SALFORD MUSIC FESTIVAL, running from this Friday 29 to Sunday 31 May. Showing typical resilience and resolve, the annual music festival –…
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Manchester Craft and Design Centre’s talented community of makers have kept calm and carried on making during these unprecedented times. Home to over 40 small creative businesses, in line with the rest of the country they had to close the doors of their historic Victorian Fish Market building in the…
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Manchester tour guide Jonathan Schofield has launched the 'The Manchester Zoom Tour Series', allowing you to enjoy the story of the city and its extraordinary characters and buildings without leaving your home. Participants are asked to buy a ticket for the corresponding tour, and they will…
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A collaboration between Emily Oldfield and artist Simon Buckley (Not Quite Light, recently interviewed by Haunt Manchester's Dr Matt Foley here). All photographs by Simon, photographed on an iPhone. The iconic Manchester musician and artist LoneLady is no stranger to the city’s outskirts…
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Despite being in lockdown, Contact Theatre have been working hard to continue delivering fantastic events directly into your home. United We Stream – Our City Speaks Sunday 31 May 7pm Contact are delighted to announce a new event ‘Our City Speaks,’ featuring the city’s best poets and spoken…
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What can we learn from the Eyam Plague of 1665-66? Just a few months ago, this question may well have seemed shocking – the illnesses of the past after all are something modern society has taught us to distance ourselves from, the events of ‘The Great Plague’ told abstractedly in children’s history…
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Dave Moutrey looks back on five years since HOME opened its doors On May 21 it will be five years since I stood on the steps outside of HOME with Danny Boyle and Sir Richard Leese when they declared the building open in front of 5,000 Mancunians, it only seems like yesterday. Over five days we…
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Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm will be DJ-ing exclusively on Greater Manchester's United We Stream fundraising platform as part of a special commemorative show to mark the third anniversary of the Manchester Arena attack and raise the spirits of the city-region. The four-hour production on Friday 22…
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