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Ideas Worth Fighting For

Stuart Maconie, the broadcaster and travel writer once described by The Times as a ‘national treasure’, talks Andy Pearce at the People’s History Museum about democracy, protest and how a Northern town turned local politics into a global issue.

Cairo: The Breaking Up of the Ice.

Ahead of a new exhibition at Cornerhouse, Jacob Cartwright and Nick Jordan talk about the wild west, the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, and how a 19th century ornithologist inspired their latest work

A Manual for the 21st Century Gatekeeper

Can arts organisations meet the challenges posed by the web 2.0? New York curator, Michael Connor talks art and technology with Cornerhouse’s Sarah Perks

Jake Chapman in conversation with Tim Marlow

Unseen footage of Jake Chapman in conversation with TV critic and White Cube’s Director of Exhibitions, Tim Marlow, in an exclusive event held at Manchester Art Gallery in November 2009

Maggi Hambling, the sea and LS Lowry.

Maggi Hambling talks exclusively to The Lowry ahead of her new exhibition of seascapes

In conversation with Jeanette Winterson and Patricia Allmer

Jeanette Winterson talks to Patricia Allmer, curator of female Surrealist show, Angels of Anarchy

In conversation with Sacha Craddock and Wolfgang Tillmans.

Sacha Craddock and Wolfgang Tillmans discuss the talent that makes up this year’s New Contemporaries

In conversation with Jeremy Deller and Dave Haslam

Manchester International Festival artist and Turner Prize winner, Jeremy Deller, talks to former Haçienda DJ, Dave Haslam

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