Past events
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Writing for Wellbeing (Festival of Libraries 2025)
13:30 - 15:30 5 June 2025
Expressing yourself and crafting an object have long been studied and considered a way to relieve stress and emotional turbulence. We are told that “talking helps” and that making “something out of nothing” can make us feel better. Writing is a form of speech. And so, as part of the Festival...
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Creative Café: Crafting Connections – A Heritage for Wellbeing Toolkit (Festival of Libraries 2025)
12:00 - 13:45 4 June 2025
Join Creative Manchester and Manchester Histories as they unveil their new Heritage for Wellbeing Toolkit, designed to spark creativity and foster meaningful connections. This toolkit features ten interactive activities aimed at enhancing wellbeing through heritage and the arts. In this session, the...
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What's in a Word, and What's in a Dictionary?
14:00 - 15:30 4 June 2025
How would you describe the meanings of everyday English words such as rose, aunt, or giggle? You have probably come across words in one language that have several translations in another – how can that be? How do dictionaries define words? What about idioms such as spill the beans? How do children...
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Blackout the Jargon (Festival of Libraries 2025)
15:00 - 17:00 4 June 2025
Join Creative Manchester and the Linguistic Diversity Collective for a session of ‘blackout poetry,’ finding meaning in a scientific text by selecting certain words and redacting the rest to create a literary and visual work of art. Although scientists publish their work in academic journals or...
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Playing with Cruelty: Pop Culture, Performativity, and the Stanford Prison Experiment
15:00 - 17:00 4 June 2025
Professor Stephen Reicher (University of St. Andrews) in conversation with Professor Stephen Scott-Bottoms (University of Manchester) This special event marks the UK launch of a new 3-part documentary series, The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth, which premiers on the National Geographic...
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