Manchester This is a refined introduction to the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester’s prime venue for music events. Halle Orchestra performs here, and early in 2009 Bridgewater Hall was graced by the ...
Manchester – Arts & Entertainment – Landmarks The history of Greater Manchester Police is consecrated to Newton Street where the police headquarters used to be located in the Victorian...
Manchester The native of Bury, and the son of a rich calico manufacturer, Sir Robert Peel was the 19th c. Prime Minister whose long-lasting mark on the British history was in the form of a nickname fo...
Manchester Even back in the 18th c. King Street was about fashion, being developed as a hub of fashionable residence. Fastforward a couple of centuries, and King Street today is planted with diverse a...
Manchester When the statue of Abraham Lincoln by the American sculptor George Barnard was finally unveiled in Platt Fields park in Rusholme, a Manchester Guardian critic observed that, while London ha...
Manchester The role of Robert Owen (1771-1858) in the history of Manchester and The Co-operative Group is impossible to underestimate. A native of Wales, he worked extensively in Lancashire and Scotla...
This afternoon I went out to take some photos for the City Guardian project, and on my way back I joined the happy crowds celebrating the Metal Tiger New Year in Chinatown. Rather than filming people ...
Today is a wonderful day: there is a New Moon, a Chinese New Year, and St Valentine’s Day. The New Moon is the time of new beginnings, so I hope we all start something lovely and SMART at this t...
English people are well-known for their eccentricity, and this trait does not seem to change much with time. This Monty Python sketch was made a few decades ago, but in my 6.5 years in the UK I’...
Manchester Autumn 2009 6, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. The Hub and the CityInn by Piccadilly I took this photo last autumn, and it offers an interesting perspective in the proper sense ...