The Maine Road Mystery

Article published: Wednesday, May 6th 2009

The building site that is Manchester City’s former stadium is silent and inactive. Five years after the demolition of the Maine Road stadium in Moss Side, the hoardings are still up. The Council awarded a contract in 2004 to Lowry Homes to build 477 new homes in Moss Side and Rusholme as part of a […]

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A different side to regeneration

Article published: Friday, May 1st 2009

A walk through East Manchester is never dull. At each turn, layers of history mingle: huge mills and canals from the industrial revolution, 1930s red-brick terraces, tower blocks from the great post-war social housing projects. The area entered a lengthy economic decline in the 1980s as Britain de-industrialised. During the past decade, a huge regeneration […]

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Halloween creatures invade Manchester early: chance to win two tickets to the Illuminaughty Halloween party!

A heavy mist suddenly falls on a darkened Manchester hiding from sight unspeakably hideous creatures. Drums can be heard in the distance lulling you into a hypnotic trance, the work of witches and daemons no doubt. Or perhaps Voodoo ring masters, descending onto the city streets armed with psychedelic beats banged out by their armies of musical Goblins possessed with the desire for mischief and fun. It must be that time of year again; it can only be the Illuminaughty Halloween party.

Science Slam: a synergy of science and poetry transcends expectations

Poetry and science are two things generally not associated with each other, in fact if you joined the two in a word association test you would be one step closer to a chemical cosh and your very own padded cell. However the audience attending the Science Slam at the packed out Nexus Art Cafe Thursday night will never again doubt the validity of the two pursuits being combined; though I can’t rule out they may end up bouncing of the walls of a padded cell at some time in the future.

Review: Greater Manchester Fringe Festival – A Dream Play

We were outside Nexus Art Café in the Northern Quarter, queuing, when a car raced up, the driver shoved a woman to the pavement and the performance began. This was the introduction to the character Aggie in A Dream Play by the Déjà Vu Ensemble, daughter of the gods, who has come to our world to learn what it means to be human.