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8 hidden gems in and around Manchester city centre. Historic buildings with rare collections, displays, exhibitions and events... The Working Class Movement Library is one of eight museums, libraries...
An exhibition marking the centenary of the introduction of conscription in early 1916. The north-west had a vigorous anti-war movement from 1914 onwards. This exhibition looks at some of those involved, both men and women, who fought for peace. Bill Chadwick from Westhoughton and Hugh Hutchinson from Bolton, whose......
Talk by Robin Stocks. We mark the centenary of the Easter Rising with an account of how, in the middle of WW1, members of the Irish community in Manchester and other British cities resolved to travel to Dublin to prepare for a rebellion to achieve independence for Ireland. ......
Taking inspiration from the machine-breaking Luddites of the early 19th century, artist Richard Milward is producing a series of paintings which, in his words, ‘expose, exaggerate and ridicule the ways in which modern technology encroaches on – and distorts – everyday life’. Each painting will focus on a different......
To Make That Future Now! - 150 years of the Manchester and Salford Trades Council - exhibition. For 150 years the Trades Council has fought, not only for socialism and trade union rights, but also against injustices such as poverty, discrimination and unemployment - and, as two separate institutions......
Richard Cleminson will give the 7th Frow Lecture. His topic is “A new world in our hearts”: anarchism and the Spanish Civil War. Richard is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Leeds. In this lecture Richard will outline and critically assess the anarchist political and cultural contribution......
Three institutions, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Islington Mill and ourselves, join forces to fly the flag for Salford as part of Manchester After Hours 2016. Using WCML and Salford Museum as locations, Islington Mill will curate a live programme of music and spoken word that’s in tune with......
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