URGENT vigil today at 4pm to stop Child M deportation in Gorton

Article published: Monday, September 13th 2010

This afternoon (Monday 13 September) there is to be a vigil to defend Child M and family from immediate removal. Child M and his family have been served with an order that will see them forcibly returned to Iran. There they face persecution as they are accused of circulating the Salman Rushdie book ‘The Satanic […]

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Iranian family targeted as part of deportation pilot scheme

Article published: Thursday, August 19th 2010

Manchester College student Farhad Vahidi and his family are facing deportation to Iran as of this Friday 20 August. It is believed the family are part of pilot scheme, on trial in the North West, to deport asylum-seeking families within a few weeks of failed asylum applications as an alternative to child detention.

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Culture

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.