‘thrilling stuff’ Science & Industry Museum reopens Power Hall, Manchester
It smells the same, but looks different. The famous Power Hall at Manchester’s Science &...
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Author: Steve Slack
‘relevance to lives lived today’ The Holly Johnson Story, Museum of Liverpool
Relax. You know the song. And you probably know the band, Frankie Goes to Hollywood. But can you...
Read MoreExhibition Review: What Kind of City? by Suzanne Lacy, The Whitworth, Manchester
Major gallery exhibitions tend to have one artist’s name over the door. Right now, at The Whitworth in Manchester, that name is Suzanne Lacy. But this is exhibition is so much more than one person. There’s no self-important ego...
Read MoreBook Review: Manchester – Something Rich and Strange
Attempting to sum up the city of Manchester in one book is no small task. Writers who have sought to do that in the past have tended to offer up words that don’t do the city justice. The co-editors of Manchester: Something Rich...
Read MoreBook Review: The Walker – On Losing and Finding Yourself in the Modern City by Matthew Beaumont
Cancel your 2020 winter getaway. Holidays are off. In fact, with lockdown 2.0 now in force, you can’t even go on a city break in the UK. You could, however, journey somewhere new via a travel book. Perhaps you’ll read a tale of...
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