Past events
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The City After Dark: Air Space Night Walk + Workshop
18:30 - 20:30 16 May 2024
“The city after dark is always in a process of becoming, arguably even more so than the city during the daytime, since boundaries of identity and place may appear more ambiguous and be less easy to perceive” (Dunn, 2022: 4) Creative Manchester and the Air Space research team invite you to join us...
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Olivia Laing: The Garden Against Time
10 - 19 May 2024
‘A garden is a time capsule, as well as a portal out of time.’ In her compelling new work of non-fiction The Garden Against Time, Olivia Laing brings to life her own slice of paradise: the restoration of a garden designed by Mark Rumary of Notcutts. Alongside her own endeavours, Olivia explores...
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Research Café: Animals in Civic Futures
11:30 - 13:00 8 May 2024
'Animals in Civic Futures' brings together interdisciplinary academics from across geography, sociology and cultural practices to discuss multispecies perspectives on the lives and geographies of animals over an informal networking lunch. The event is presented in collaboration with the Animal Geographies...
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Art Not Evidence: The misuse of rap in criminal trials
16:00 - 17:30 1 May 2024
Keir Monteith KC, in his inaugural lecture for the Law School at the University of Manchester, will review the increased criminalisation of rap music, including the use of lyrics and music videos as evidence against young people accused of serious crimes. Keir will provide contemporary examples of how...
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In Our Own Words: A performance and discussion on supporting NHS staff to tell their own stories
12:00 - 15:30 26 April 2024
Join us for In Our Own Words, for an exploration of ways in which NHS staff have been and can be supported to tell their stories, make sense of their NHS experiences and feel heard. The workshop begins with a short performance by Wake The Beast Theatre Company drawn from the words of NHS staff and is...
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Research Café: Materials in Civic Futures
11:30 - 13:00 24 April 2024
‘Materials in Civic Futures’ brings together academics working across Humanities and Science and Engineering to discuss interdisciplinary perspectives on the lives of materials and material thinking. It’s an opportunity to connect with others working on issues of production and consumption, over...
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David Nicholls in Conversation
22 April - 19 May 2024
A welcome return to Manchester Literature Festival for one of the UK’s best loved authors. David Nicholls joins us to discuss his witty and engrossing new novel, You Are Here. The story of two lonely people, thirty-eight-year-old Marnie and forty-two-year-old Michael, battered by break-ups and the...
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AMBS Event: Sustainable manufacturing: from good to great
16:30 - 18:00 17 April 2024
Join us for this Vital Topics event where our panel of industry experts and academics will discuss the improvement of sustainable manufacturing. Hear from industry experts and academics in the field as they discuss innovative ways of working to support and advance sustainable manufacturing, the circular...
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Research Café: Plants in Civic Futures
11:30 - 13:00 10 April 2024
‘Plants in Civic Futures’ brings together academics working across Literature, History, Geography, and Cultural Practices to discuss interdisciplinary multispecies perspectives on plant lives and plant thinking. It’s an opportunity to connect, over an informal lunch, with others working on Plant...
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Percival Everett in Conversation
10 April - 19 May 2024
With my pencil, I wrote myself into being.’ In James, Percival Everett’s thrilling retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the enslaved Jim is allowed to tell his story for the first time. While journeying down the Mississippi with Huck, Jim has a series of adventures and encounters. Often...
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