Manchester’s urban history is being celebrated with a new book featuring images of local independent shops in the 1980s, which already look like a bygone age. The series of rarely seen black and white photographs, taken by...
Read MoreIn recent years, second-hand and vintage clothing has enjoyed a resurgence of interest. In order to explore the inspiration behind historic designs, Chester’s Grosvenor Museum is showcasing Curated Closet, a new exhibition,...
Read More“Manchester dominates my photography, I realise that now. And in some ways, this is my golden period.” – Richard Davis Richard Davis’s Hulme Crescent shots are iconic. If you were lucky, you may have caught some of...
Read MoreWhere did all of our arts schools go? Spanning two galleries, the starting point for Harmony, Contrast and Discord is the fact that there were more than 150 art schools in the UK in the mid-60s, many of them in industrial towns...
Read MoreAt Manchester Collective, our work used to be about travelling around the country and performing live concerts to a large number of people packed into relatively small spaces. Like most performing arts organisations, we have had...
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