Featured image: Design: Bradley Sansom. Photography: Susie Wilson, Monique Roffey, Carson Wolfe The Manchester Writing School is a thriving centre of creative excellence and one of the UK’s biggest and most successful literary centres. Led by Dame Carol Ann Duffy (Poet Laureate 2009–2019), alumni include winners of the Costa First Novel Award, the Forward Poetry…
Featured image: Rebecca Lupton Belinda Everett is a force of nature. A qualified bike mechanic, workshop practitioner and Manchester’s first-ever Bicycle Mayor, she is on a mission to make cycling inclusive and accessible for all. As Manchester celebrates becoming the first European Capital of Cycling, Belinda’s work is central to driving forward change in our…
Featured image: Gregory Norminton Against a backdrop of flash floods, heatwaves and hurricanes, distant concerns are becoming a reality. These global challenges have inspired ‘green writing’, a new creative movement embraced by the Manchester Writing School. The School now offers a Green Writing module developed by acclaimed writers Gregory Norminton, Monique Roffey and Paul Evans…
Featured image: Richard Davis Moving to Manchester was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. When I think of the mountain range outside my window and the hummingbird that flutters in the garden, my eyes get misty as I reminisce about Trinidad. Still, I know there’s no place I’d rather be than Manchester. When…
Featured Image: Paul Coltas Award-winning musical comedy The Book of Mormon returns to Manchester as it continues its UK tour. Created by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and with songs written by Bobby Lopez, whose songs are featured in Disney’s Frozen and Avenue Q, the musical has been running for over a…
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