The UK’s national museum of democracy is 10 years old this week. This Manchester-based incredible space has accomplished plenty in the last decade and become a beacon for a democratic society. Consider this: it holds the...
Read MoreHow often do you go to an art gallery and find yourself bored by the interpretation? The labels on the wall can be awful. Some art galleries and museums try to create novel ways of bringing their paintings to life with captions...
Read MoreA group of kids are playing with a homemade football, fashioned out of plastic bags. At first sight, it’s a photograph of childhood innocence. An image of carefree play in a village setting with lookers-on wanting to join in the...
Read MoreThis summer Manchester will mark the anniversary of a public pro-democracy demonstration on August 16, 1819, and its now infamous and bloody response from the authorities. In the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), such...
Read MoreThe hotel market in central Manchester is hugely competitive with both 3-star and 5-star offerings pretty much closed shops. The former is dominated by Travelodge, Ibis, Premier Inn and Holiday Inn, offering stag and hen parties...
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