ok Festival aims to challenge the dominance of south Manchester
The festival has been set up to celebrate the authors and independent businesses that are thrivingAn innovative literary festival is taking place in north Manchester that aims to challenge the skewing of cultural events south of the city.The inaugural ...
Cameroon couple win asylum seeker status after long fight
Playwright Lydia Besong and her husband, Bernard Batey, can stay in the north west after their campaign was successfulThe news that a Cameroon playwright and her husband have won their asylum case after a long battle has been welcomed by campaigners.A ...
Jeanette Winterson to take up writing professorship at Manchester University
Novelist best known for Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit will teach undergraduates and MA students in city of her birthJeanette Winterson has been appointed professor of creative writing at Manchester University, a post held in recent years by Martin Ami...
The north embraces World Book Night
A series of events are taking place to celebrate the second occasion in which books are being shared and distributed to encourage readingIt's World Book Night and an indie punk band will be playing in a Manchester library as part of the series of event...
Wind mast to be built on moors that inspired Wuthering Heights
Campaigners fear move paves way for wind turbines that will deface landscape of historical and cultural significanceHad the Brontë sisters been alive today, campaigners claim they would have been horrified by the plans to build giant wind turbines on ...
Teaching council drop Miss Rusty case
Relief for Leonora Rustamova as the General Teaching Council drops the case against herThe General Teaching Council has dropped its case against Leonora Rustamova, it has emerged this week.It said there was no case to answer against her. Rustamova said...
World premiere of Anthony Burgess’s songs
Musicians at Manchester University performed at the premiere of "A Clockwork Operetta" inspired by Anthony Burgess's most famous workHe's best known for his novel A Clockwork Orange, but the depth of Anthony Burgess's work is much broader.On Thursday, ...
Blackpool bucks library cuts trend
Seaside council's investment contrasts with widespread budget cuts and closures across the UKAn English council is investing more than £1m in its libraries, in contrast to the rolling programme of closures across many areas of the country as authoriti...
Manchester’s Alice in Wonderland exhibition
The Portico Library's charming exhibition which celebrates the most enduringly popular children's novel is worth a visitA charming exhibition celebrating the enduringly popular children's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, is taking place at a Man...
Miss Rusty wins employment tribunal appeal
Almost three years after her dismissal from Calder High, it is regarded as a victory for common sense for the popular teacherThe latest chapter in teacher Leonora Rustamova's fightback against the local authority that sacked her from her job has led to...
Miss Rusty’s reading cancelled after council row
Author and former teacher, Leonora Rustamova, withdrew from a reading after the local authority said they would read out a disclaimer at the eventEarlier this week, author Leonora Rustamova should have been at a reading as part of Calderdale Readers an...
Liverpool Playhouse Theatre prepares for centenary
This November, a series of events are planned to celebrate its 100 year historyThe Liverpool Playhouse Theatre, home to one of the oldest repertory companies, will celebrate its centenary later this year with a special gala performance of The Ladykille...
