Past events
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Manchester Literature Festival: David Peace at HOME
18:00 - 19:15 6 October 2024
Limbs and hearts may be broken, but the spirit remains. Their message is that the club is not dead. Manchester United lives on. In February 1958, BEA Flight 609 crashed on take-off at Munich Airport. On board were the Busby Babes, the young, gifted Manchester United team, along with journalists and...
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Manchester Literature Festival 2024: Caroline Lucas
13:30 - 14:45 5 October 2024
‘Engaging, illuminating and ultimately uplifting, Another England opens the path to a renewed country with real reasons to be proud of itself.’ Fintan O’Toole Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party, looks at the elements that make us English – our beautiful countryside, our literature,...
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MLF 2024: Jackie Kay: A Life in Poetry and Protest
18:00 - 19:15 5 October 2024
Festival favourite Jackie Kay (Red Dust Road) returns to celebrate her new poetry collection May Day. From Reclaim the Streets to Pride to Greenham Common to Black Lives Matter, Jackie traces a line in protest. It’s a line that connects her life to that of her beloved parents who were committed socialists...
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WCLC: The Lucky Dog Picturehouse – silent movie screening with live musical accompaniment
12:10 - 12:55 3 October 2024
Experience silent comedies from over 100 years ago with era-authentic scores, performed live by the musicians of The Lucky Dog Picturehouse. Presented by Music, Drama & Film departments. "The Lucky Dog Picturehouse mix a lip-smacking cocktail of classic silent movies and zesty new live music, garnished...
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AMBS Event - Digital Echoes: How Our Tech Past Shapes Our Future
12:00 - 13:00 2 October 2024
Our Original Thinking Lecture series showcases some of the world-leading research from colleagues at Alliance Manchester Business School. Michelle Carter, Professor of Information Systems and Director of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at AMBS, will give her inaugural lecture at this event. Digital...
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