Oppenheimer‘s Manchester atomic connection
Chorlton Central ChurchAuthor and historian Ed Glinert relates the history of the atomic bomb and how John Dalton and Ernest Rutherford’s work in Manchester was an important part of that history.
Author and historian Ed Glinert relates the history of the atomic bomb and how John Dalton and Ernest Rutherford’s work in Manchester was an important part of that history.
A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it ‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’ Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that […]
Andrew Simpson, Chorlton's favourite historian will again lead one of his popular guided history walks. By popular demand this year’s walk will be in the former parish church yard by Chorlton Green. The first place of worship was built here in the early 16th century and continued to serve the needs of its parishioners till 1940 while […]
Poetry and prose about the sea, from lighthouses and oilrigs to shorebirds and whales Join writers Sarah-Clare Conlon and David Gaffney for a literary celebration of all things aquatic. David Gaffney was writer in residence for The Whale project, an interactive live theatre installation in Whitehaven, Cumbria, that offered a strange real-but-imagined encounter with a […]
One overflowing table in a café, eighteen writers, a mix of laptops and notebooks, a weekly churning of thousands of words – that’s the recipe for a unique anthology from Chorlton Writers' Cafe. Stories, poetry and life writing flow through the book, punctuated by original illustrations, tracing themes of identity, place, time passing, people thinking […]
Author Juliette Tomlinson introduces us to the unforgettable characters in her debut novel. It was the year of 1864, and the great city of Manchester was Cottonopolis, rising with the sound of industry, and the boom of a hundred mills. At the heart of its energies was John Rylands, 'the greatest merchant prince the world […]
Between 1976 and 1981, Linda Brogan, a multi-award winning playwright, attended The Reno nightclub in Moss Side. On the corner of Princess Road, this famous venue hosted the likes of Bob Marley, Muhammad Ali, and Tony Wilson. With live music and drinks, it became a hub for the West Indian community in Manchester. The club […]
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