Ahead of the Manchester Histories Festival we talk to Katy Ashton, Director of the People’s History Museum about the historical dates that made Manchester and her favourite object from the museum’s collection.
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On Monday 14 May, Manchester City will celebrate being crowned champions of the Premier League with an open top bus victory parade through the city centre. Deansgate will be closed to all traffic, between Quay St and Great Bridgewater St from 7am Sunday 13 May to facilitate the building of the presentation stage.
Celebrate the opening weekend of Bee in the City – the stunning public art trail of 100 giant 3D Bee sculptures taking over Manchester city centre this summer – by heading to the official Bee in the City Weekender event on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 July.
By bringing everyone together, we know that we can make a real difference and not just make Manchester tidy, but Keep Manchester Tidy.
Talking to Andrew Brooks, Manchester’s finest photographer of city landscapes about urban exploring, using technology in his work and how the city is evolving.
In this extra long episode of CottonmouthMCR we talk to Paul Martin of the LGBT Foundation, John from BarPop and Tony from OnBar about the history of the Village, what’s happening now and the likely future.
Manchester’s biggest student shopping night returns for Spring. Students are invited to snap up exclusive one night only discounts and…
We talk to Tony Martin, General Manager of Afflecks, about the history of the market, how people get involved and the range of sellers currently in situ. And then on to the new Hatch, the Afflecks offshoot on Oxford Road, and plans for the future.
Manchester’s most fashionable summer event, the King Street Festival, returns this June celebrating the past, present and future of Manchester’s iconic retail destination.
In this episode of CottonmouthMCR we talk to the Royal Exchange’s Executive Director Mark Dobson and Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom about the history of the theatre, its radical past, its youth programmes, the wonderful building and its place in the city.
In this episode of CottonmouthMCR we chat to Clare Devaney, founder of citizen-i and ex-Research Fellow with the RSA about citizen engagement, inclusive growth, how communities can be involved in change and the ‘fourth way’ for economics.
In this episode of CottonmouthMCR we chat to Karen Shannon, CEO of the Manchester Histories Festival about what’s in store this year – Suffragettes, Peterloo, the end of WW1 and more.