imperial war museum north
The Half-Term Survival Guide.
Half-term: a phrase that strikes fear into the heart of any benevolently-neglectful parent. Fear not – here is our guide to things to do with the kids this February.
The Urban Insider: Salford and The Quays
Think you know this city? The secret of Salford is it’s not as hard as all that.
‘It was like being parachuted onto the set of a war film.’
John Keane on the art of war.
Something for the weekend? The Manchester Weekender, 1-3 October.
The Manchester Weekender, a new autumn event that wraps up the best of the city’s art, culture and festivals into a single weekend in October, sets its stall out
Salford and The Quays
Mark Addy was a Victorian hero who saved more than fifty souls from drowning in the Irwell. His memory is worthily honoured by the Salford pub that bears his name, The Mark Addy (below). Renovated from a passengers’ waiting room for the packet boat that departed from a nearby landing stage in the early 1800s, [...]
Cecil Beaton at Imperial War Museum North. Shipyard Chic.
Neil McQuillian discovers what happened when Cecil Beaton – high society photographer and fashionista – was commissioned in 1943 to document the distinctly unglamorous Tyneside shipyards.
One for the kids: Easter in Manchester
It’s raining, the kids are off and there’s nowt to do – ah yes, it must be Easter. Save yourself from boredom with our special schools-out guide to things to do in Manchester
Shaped by War. Don McCullin at Imperial War Museum North.
Acclaimed war photographer, Don McCullin, speaks candidly to Paul Herrmann on the eve of his major exhibition at Imperial War Museum North. Having spent his career either on or close to the front line, McCullin tells Herrmann that it was only when it struck him that ‘the real price of war was civilian’ that he realised the true purpose of war photography: to give a voice to the people in his images, that photography was merely a form of communication.
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Boutique Weekender: February 2012
Mark the start of spring with this very special, pick n’ mix weekend of art, music, dance and fashion
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History lesson.
Visiting Manchester? Want to find out more about what makes Manchester (and Mancunians) tick? Look no further than our potted guide to Manchester past and present. Susie Stubbs and Jonathan Schofield tell all.
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Curiouser and curiouser.
Susie Stubbs gets confused and amused at Tate Liverpool’s latest exhibition, Alice in Wonderland
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