Words and Photographs by Frazer Tudor MacDonald. On Sunday Night, a group of Horror writers convened in Manchester’s International Anthony Burgess Centre to give a reading of some of their works as part of the final event included in this year’s Manchester Gothic Festival. Organised by Dr. Linnie Blake, Dr. Xavier Aldana Reyes and David…

Words by students from Loreto College and Siobhan O’Toole Teen Tech came to the city this Wednesday, facilitated by a collaboration between The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University. The event was designed to enlighten year 9 pupils and encourage them towards potential career paths. The day kicked off with a ‘remote controlled’ presentation…

Words and Photographs by Lisa Burns What better way to usher in the Halloween season than to attend a real, live (no pun intended) ghost hunt? On Wednesday, Ordsall Hall Museum in Salford became the place to do just that. As part of MMU’s Gothic Manchester Festival, the Tudor mansion became the site of a…

Words by Sophie Bannister On Friday night, the Town Hall put its fabulously Gothic decor to good use as the venue for the Mayor’s official welcome to the Gothic Manchester Festival. A strictly invitation-only gala, the event involved speeches by Professor Berthold Schoene, Director of MMU’s Institute for Humanities and Social Science Research (IHSSR), Dr…

Words by Justine Chamberlain It was probably a good 10 years ago when I first entered the National Poetry Competition, run by the Poetry Society. It was the first day I found out it existed and, because I hadn’t written any poetry in while, I didn’t have any ready to enter. So I wrote two…