Words by Jason Cooke As part of the Manchester Literature Festival, author David Peace paid visit to the National Football Museum, Manchester, to talk to Hacienda legend, Dave Haslam, on stage about his latest novel, Red or Dead. Red or Dead follows the life of Liverpool FC managerial legend, Bill Shankly. Dave Haslam took to…

Words by Jason Cooke Humanities’ Hallows has been tracking the progress of one of MMU’s most successful authors. David Peace is currently in the UK to promote his latest novel, Red or Dead, and Humanities’ Hallows had the privilege of interviewing David before his event at the National Football Museum, Manchester, as part of the…

The US empire’s illusion of benign omnipotence has been broken by the heroic acts of Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden writes Neil Harrison  The grotesque climax to the manifest destiny dream. Invisible in the sky, malevolent and capricious, an Old Testament-stye god rains arbitrary, brutal fate upon unsuspecting civilians.  On that Baghdad street, on that…

Words by Amillah Javed. The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Naeem Ul Hassan, warmly invited me to open my fast with him on the evening of Thursday, 1st August, at Manchester’s Multifaith Centre. As soon as I walked through the door, I was astonished to find so many people meeting and greeting, whilst also waiting for…

Words by Amillah Javed   L to R James Scanlon Naeem Ul Hassan Suzanne Clapson and Aaron O’Connor On Thursday, 1st August, students along with their parents gathered together from schools across Manchester in order to celebrate their tremendous efforts and achievements in completing an independent travel training programme. The event was hosted and funded…