Manchester
Greater Manchester Police Museum
At the Greater Manchester Police Museum you can stand in the dock, see make-shift riot weapons – such as a soap in a sock – and try the feel of a wooden pillow.
Written by Natalie Bradbury
Small Museums #4: Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum
With the help of costumes, Victorian fire appliances and model horses, this small museum in Rochdale tells a firefighting tale. Rochdale Fire Station is the first sight to greet visitors...
City Zine: Manchester blog The Shrieking Violet celebrates its 20th – in print
Natalie Bradbury tells us why she took her blog off digital and into the real world. In summer 2009, I decided to take my blog, the Shrieking Violet, off the...
Manchester history: the bees, the bees!
Take a tour of Manchester with us and find out why the Manchester bee is everywhere: on buildings, bridges and even bins. I was once sitting in a cafe in...
Manchester Music: Delia Derbyshire Day
at Band on the Wall
at Band on the Wall
The Delia Darlings celebrate the legacy of sound pioneer & Dr. Who theme tuner, Delia Derbyshire With its futuristic bleeping, mysterious whooshing, ominous organ and chugging guitars, the theme tune...
Get dirty, look
at art. The Irwell Scupture Trail.
at art. The Irwell Scupture Trail.
Writer Natalie Bradbury, whose blog and zine The Shrieking Violet won Best Arts and Culture Blog at the 2011 Manchester Blog Awards, won a Creative Tourist writing commission as part...