In the second part of a guided tour around Victoria Baths, Michael Pooler looks at what the Baths tell us about how people lived when it was built and wonders what its future may be.
Today campaigners are set to march on the Labour party conference to call for support for the South Manchester Law Centre which faces closure. MULE’s Michael Pooler asks why this valued and well used service is being forced to shut its doors and argues that far from an isolated incident, its closure is part of a […]
In preparation for Manchesters’ local history fair, Victoria Baths received a portrait of one of Longsight’s most famous sons – Rob Derbyshire the Olympic swimmer who learnt his strokes in the Edwardian pools. In this two part feature the MULE’s Michael Pooler looks at a building building steeped in history and sociological significance.
Earlier this month the government dispatched cabinet office member Neil Smith to Manchester for a panel discussion about David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’. Over 100 representatives of charities, social enterprises and public bodies from across the North West and beyond gathered to hear the civil servant do his level best to explain what’s in store…
Sexy, aggressive, and full-contact: Robin Macdonald reports on a women’s sport with a difference.
The cutting of police funds and numbers is likely to make them target activists more surgically warns Kevin Blowe.
Tim Hunt spoke to David Dunnico, a documentary photographer from Manchester, who has recorded the rise of CCTV throughout Britain. His new book, Reality TV: CCTV Photographed by David Dunnico, is self-published through Blurb.com and can be downloaded for free at www.ddcc.tv.
