“Let’s reboot democracy,” the man on the microphone says, to a loud roar of cheers from the crowd. It’s the second day of the Peterloo bicentenary commemorations at what was St Peter’s Field in central Manchester. The site is...
Read MorePeople’s History Museum in Manchester will open 2019 with a new exhibition of historic and contemporary banners that reflect themes of protest. This display launches a year of exhibitions and events to commemorate 200 years...
Read MoreManchester was the birthplace of the women’s suffrage movement so it was fitting that, on International Women’s Day, in the centenary of the first women to be given the vote (but only those over 30, mind, and if they owned...
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