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2019 Alan Turing Cryptography Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 28 January 2019
Do you know anyone in secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019 Alan Turing…

2019 MathsBombe Competition - registration open

3 December 2018 - 30 January 2019
Do you know anyone in sixth form and secondary school who likes cracking codes or solving puzzles? Or maybe you just know pupils who want to win some prizes? Registration for the 2019…

Alice Kettle: Thread Bearing Witness

1 September 2018 - 24 February 2019
From the Barberini Tapestries to the Bayeux Tapestry, monumental textiles in the form of large-scale narrative embroideries, weaving and tapestries have been used to illustrate contemporary…

Bodies of Colour: Breaking With Stereotypes in the Wallpaper Collection

4 May 2018 - 28 April 2019
This latest exhibition uses the Whitworth’s extensive and significant wallpaper collection to focus on how Imperial attitudes to people are reflected in wallpaper. The wallpapers in…

D&E Cluster Seminar with Nicole Martin: Bias at the Ballot Box: why do ethnic minority candidates face an electoral penalty?

15:30 - 17:00 16 January 2019
Dr Nicole Martin of the University of Manchester will speak on bias at the ballot box and why ethnic minority candidates face an electoral penalty. Dr Martin's work focuses on political…

Daily: Art Hampers – resources for families at the Whitworth

10:00 31 August 2018 - 10:00 31 May 2020
Are you and your family hungry to get creative? Pick up a picnic hamper with a difference. Come to our Oxford Road or Parkside entrance and pick up one of our special hampers - free…

English Corner

10:30 6 October 2017 - 12:00 31 May 2019
Fourth Friday of each month 10.30am–12pm Monthly conversation classes for people who are learning to speak English. Free, no need to book

Exchanges

24 March 2018 - 2 February 2020
Exchanges sets art and artists together, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in opposition – always with insight and intention. In this evolving exhibition, art that has recently been…

Four Corners of One Cloth: Textiles from the Islamic World

23 June 2018 - 3 November 2019
A section of a Kiswa will form the heart of the exhibition. The Kiswa cloth covers the Ka’bah and is replaced each year during Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). Positioned in the direction…

Great Escape: Tai Chi for Wellbeing

08:30 16 January 2019
Great Escape: Tai-Chi for Wellbeing Wednesdays, 8.30am – 9.30am. £5 A traditional Chinese internal art for mind and body. Located in the peaceful setting of our Art Garden, Jian…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 16 January 2019
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

Prints of Darkness: Goya and Hogarth in a Time of European Turmoil

7 July 2018 - 4 August 2019
Francesco José de Goya Lucientes (1746-1828) and William Hogarth (1647-1764) were the most remarkable artists of their times. Both were famous painters, but their most compelling works…

Tours at Two

14:00 20 April 2018 - 14:45 31 December 2019
Each day our public tours are led by our Visitor Team and are an insightful view into our history, collections, exhibition spaces, architecture and park. Daily tours are designed for…

William Kentridge: Thick Time

21 September 2018 - 3 March 2019
South African artist William Kentridge weaves together global histories of revolution, exile and utopian aspirations, exploring how they are shaped by the creative forces of memory…

Work and Equalities seminar: ‘An unequal opportunity? Female academics’ experiences of research evaluation in the UK'

15:30 - 17:00 16 January 2019
‘An unequal opportunity? Female academics’ experiences of research evaluation in the UK' Dr Emily Yarrow, University of Edinburgh Business School

Adam Rutherford: In Conversation

19:00 - 20:30 17 January 2019
The AHRC Double-Helix History project and Manchester Literature Festival are delighted to present an evening with self-proclaimed ‘author, broadcaster, scientist, geek’ Adam Rutherford.…

Exploring Lost Property

11:00 - 16:00 17 January 2019
Are you a serial loser of keys? Always leave your umbrella on the train? Perhaps you’ve never forgotten a sentimental item you once lost? Researcher Dr Helen Holmes from the University…

Great Escape: Yoga

08:30 - 09:30 17 January 2019
Great Escape: Yoga Thursdays, 8.30am – 9.30am. £5 No emails, texts, updates or alerts –yoga that takes full advantage of the Whitworth’s peaceful setting. No need to book. When the…

Lovell Lecture: Professor Daniel M. Davis

19:30 - 21:00 17 January 2019
The Beautiful Cure, Professor Daniel M. Davis The immune system holds the key to human health. In The Beautiful Cure, leading immunologist Professor Daniel Davis describes the scientific…

Peacock Feathers and Pearls; Printing Press Demonstration

11:15 - 11:30 17 January 2019
Learn more about Annie Horniman and Manchester’s first repertory theatre. Watch our experts print you a copy of an original programme from the time. Free. No need to book, just turn up.

Glenn Prestwich seminar: Propelling Chemically Modified Glycosaminoglycans Into the Clinic

11:00 - 12:00 18 January 2019
Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are ubiquitous, complex, and essential components of the extracellular matrix, and have been used therapeutically for years. The focus of this talk is chemically…

SHORT COURSES: Logistic Regression

18 January 2019
This course examines the fitting of models to predict a binary response variable from a mixture of binary and interval explanatory variables. The approach is illustrated using examples…

An introduction to the Women Who Shaped Manchester

10:30 - 11:00 19 January 2019
This event is now SOLD OUT. Hear the stories of some of the women who shaped a changing Manchester in the early 1900s. Our curator will tell you all about the inspiring legacies they…

Body Cobblers

19 January 2019
Body Cobblers What if wings were where the head should be? What if tentacles were where the feet should be? What if you had a typewriter for a body? Use the Museum's collection…

Making the modern world: England's first civic university (Heritage Tour)

13:00 - 14:00 19 January 2019
This tour takes visitors on a journey from the beginnings of England’s first civic university to the sites of world changing discoveries. It begins within the fine neo-gothic architecture…

John Rylands Research Institute and Library

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