The Manchester Weekender 2011 – Fri 14 October
LipService: Hysterical Historical Due to popular demand we have added a third tour on Friday following the sell-out of both Saturday events. Audrey and Olivia, WI frontliners and stars of...
Written by Jonathan Schofield
Audioboo: Michael Powell
at Chetham's Library
at Chetham's Library
Our own Chetham’s Library is one of the stars of this summer’s Manchester International Festival. For starters, mystic hero Dr. John Dee, the subject of Damon Albarn’s opera, used to...
Audioboo: Anish Kapoor
Jonathan Schofield caught up withTurner Prize winning artist Anish Kapoor for Creative Tourist when he was in the city for the launch of his exhibition Flashback at Manchester Art Gallery. ...
Jonathan Schofield & Dave Haslam on literary genius – & Jonathan Franzen
In the final installment of our pre-Manchester Weekender Audioboos, Jonathan Schofield talks to Dave Haslam about his upcoming event at the Whitworth with ‘literary genius’ Jonathan Franzen Dave Haslam is...
Audioboo: Jonathan Schofield talks to Whitworth curator Mary Griffiths
As curator Mary Griffiths prepares for the Whitworth’s latest blockbuster exhibition – opening this weekend – she takes five minutes to talk forests, riots and the devil with Jonathan Schofield...
Three for me.
To kick off our new series of recommended sights and attractions, the writer, broadcaster and historian, Jonathan Schofield (who also edits Manchester Confidential) list his top three Mancunian buildings.