While the coronavirus pandemic has limited our ability to travel the world, it doesn’t stop us dreaming about all those amazing trips we can take when we can freely explore again. Families travelling with small children have always had to be forward...
With the Covid vaccine providing light at the end of the long pandemic tunnel, travel lovers can start adding to that bucket-list again by making plans for a much-needed vacation. Egypt has long been a popular destination for holiday makers looking...
DJ and live event host, Tom Finkill has been connecting communities during Covid with his weekly quiz, Never Gonna Quiz You Up. He talks to Carmel Thomason about adapting to a year of virtual events and why quizzes are bringing families together...
What Does the Future Sound Like? is a series of digital films, from Manchester Jewish Museum, celebrating the diversity of Jewish music, with a unique insight into women redefining the UK Jewish music scene today. Carmel Thomason talks to...
Aristology is defined as “the art or science of dining”. But even though the word first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1835, many people still don’t know what it involves. Lorraine Worsley-Carter meets Aristologist, Gary Newborough to...
Author Cate Cullington’s debut novel, ‘The Stones’ is a crime thriller where family loyalty, mental fragility, secrets and trust collide. Lorraine Worsley Carter meets her. In your ‘ Note from the Author’ you say that six months before you wrote the...
In 1897, The Linotype and Machinery Company (L&M) opened a factory in Broadheath that was to fuel a newspaper revolution from 1800s right up to the 1960s. The distinctive, Victorian building, with its red brick walls measuring two-and-a-half...
Virtual reality and augmented reality are two rapidly expanding fields that are set to disrupt the future of every industry and the types of jobs available. Already architects use virtual reality to see what a design might look like in the real...
Hope Mill Theatre owners, William Whelton and Joseph Houston reflect on the challenges of Covid for the theatre and their excitement at bringing a brand new production of RENT to audiences both live and online. Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester was...
Music in Mind is Manchester Camerata’s pioneering music therapy project for people with dementia. Carmel Thomason talks to musician, Naomi Atherton to find out how the programme has adapted online during the pandemic, providing emergency...
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