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2023 11 20 Andy Spinoza Book

'Making sense of Manchester': Andy Spinoza interviewed

As an important Manchester book returns in paperback, here's a long read from Jonathan Schofield

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Draught Bovril & topless barmaids: Manchester pubs in 1975

Jonathan Schofield doesn't want to go back to the 70s

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HS2: Government's cold feet and Andy Burnham's arse plus some history

Jonathan Schofield describes the opening of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 193 years ago in the...

2023 04 05 Victoria Baths Curtain

Victoria Baths unveil restored Gala pool doors

The wood and stained glass panels have been lovingly restored by generous volunteers and friends...

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City curiosities: an alternative tour of Manchester Part One

Gladstone's extra finger, a camp Shakespeare and bang bang bollards... Jonathan Schofield reveals strange details...

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Short history of Manchester: Britons, Romans, Saxons

Part one: Lindow Man, the very Dark Ages and Mamucium

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Emily Williamson - ecofeminist of Fletcher Moss?

The winning vision for Manchester's newest statue is announced

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Alan Turing £50 note design is revealed

Manchester icon commemorated in cash

2020 12 16 Barton 6

Barton-upon-Irwell: the decayed 'wonder' with a ray of hope

How a decayed area of Greater Manchester could become a huge tourist attraction

2020 11 26 Len Grant 9  Afterthebomb

Regeneration Manchester: Len Grant and a city in transition

How a local photographer captured the city's growing pains in words and images

2020 09 25 Manchester Jewish Museum Time Capsule

An astonishing time capsule has been discovered in the walls of Manchester Jewish Museum

Glass jar contains an amazing glimpse into 1870’s Manchester

2020 09 03 Gravestone Cleaned

Thomas Walker: Manchester's anti-slavery campaigner, freedom fighter and forgotten hero

Jonathan Schofield makes a fascinating discovery in a Chorlton churchyard

2020 06 25 Pan African Photo

75 years on: The Manchester Congress that changed Africa

Jonathan Schofield on a lovely building unveiled with a hugely relevant history

2020 06 12 Statues Gandhi

Has Manchester had issues with its statues before?

Jonathan Schofield suggests a solution to the statue issue

2020 05 28 Archi 3 Assize

The story of Manchester architecture: Part three 1850-1894

Jonathan Schofield and the battle of the styles

2018 06 14 Warth Mills 1

Warth Mills: the Bury WWII internment camp that time forgot

As VE Day approaches, we look back on a compelling wartime tale

2020 04 09 Lloyd George Boris 2

Pandemic PM parallels: Boris Johnson and Lloyd George

Jonathan Schofield on a Manchester connection with a twist in the tail

2020 01 07 Water Polo 1858 Baths 2

Golden Age - when Manchester won major sporting medals...for water polo

Jonathan Schofield stumbles on a century-old Mancunian triumph at Mayfield Baths