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An Evening with Alan Johnson (Manchester Literature Festival)

19:30 - 21:00 10 October 2021
Much-loved former Labour MP Alan Johnson makes a welcome return to MLF. Following his series of successful memoirs – This Boy, In My Life, The Long and Winding Road and Please, Mr Postman,…

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

24 April - 31 October 2021
Astronomy Photographer of the Year Saturday 25 September – Sunday 31 October The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s hugely popular Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at…

Decision Manchester

1 September - 31 December 2021
All students who successfully complete the Manchester Access Programme will be eligible to submit a MAP Decision Manchester application form to The University of Manchester. Submission…

Elif Shafak in Conversation (Manchester Literature Festival)

16:30 - 18:00 10 October 2021
A fig tree with a tale to tell; a grieving teenage girl who wants to know her family’s story; two sets of lovers hiding from society. In her enchanting new novel, The Island of Missing…

Exchanges: Recent Additions to the Collection

2 July 2021 - 1 May 2022
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…

Star Hunters Trail

24 July - 31 October 2021
Summer Holidays: Star Hunters Trail 24 July – 17 October (Weekends only) Seek out what the night sky has to offer in this brand new scavenger hunt. Find the hidden constellations across…

Telescope Talks

25 September - 31 October 2021
Telescope Talks 25th September- 31st October (Weekends Only) Times: 11:15am, 12:15pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm Come and join one of our Explainers for a talk about the Lovell telescope. You’ll…

Telescope Talks

25 September 2021 - 29 May 2022
Telescope Talks (weekends only) Times: 11am, 12pm, 2:15pm and 3:15pm Come and join one of our expert Explainers for a talk about the Lovell telescope. You’ll learn all about the fascinating…

Manchester Live – Accommodation

11:00 - 12:00 11 October 2021
Join us for an introduction to university accommodation at Manchester and how to apply. Suitable for UK, EU and international students who are thinking of applying to The University of Manchester.

Dr. Nasreen Akhtar: Keeping ‘abreast’ of mammary gland tissue morphogenesis

16:00 - 17:00 13 October 2021
MRC Come & See are delighted to announce Dr Nasreen Akhtar as the fourth speaker in our virtual public health keynote series. How the cells inside our bodies assemble to form organs…

Global Development Institute Lecture Series - From China to COVID: Impacts on the Global (and Local) Political Economies of Trash

16:00 - 17:30 13 October 2021
This talk describes the impacts of recent global upheavals on markets for, and movements of, trash, in the three years since China implemented its crackdown on the imports of plastic…

An Evening with Colm Tóibín (Manchester Literature Festival)

20:00 - 21:30 14 October 2021
‘I can make no sense of the present. It is all confusion. I know nothing about the future.’ In his extraordinary new novel, The Magician, Colm Tóibín conjures up the past and the life…

Leo Boix, Kayo Chingonyi & Andrew McMillan (Manchester Literature Festival)

18:30 - 20:00 15 October 2021
Three brilliant contemporary Vintage poets showcase work from their excellent new collections which all explore themes of grief, lineage, and love. Latinx poet Leo Boix’s Ballad of…

Sylvia Pankhurst: Natural Born Rebel with Rachel Holmes & Lemn Sissay (Manchester Literature Festival)

19:00 - 21:30 15 October 2021
What does a life in resistance look like? Acclaimed biographer Rachel Holmes (Eleanor Marx) brings Sylvia Pankhurst out of the shadows of her family and shows us her lifelong commitment…

Vona Groarke, John McAuliffe & Victoria Kennefick (Manchester Literature Festival)

16:00 - 17:30 17 October 2021
Three superb Irish poets showcase their latest collections. In Vona Groarke’s stunning Link, the world is personified, entering a conversation with the narrator, Irish, about what…

Manchester Live – Student Life

19:00 - 20:00 18 October 2021
A recent graduate will be chatting all about student life at the University of Manchester, including everything from the students' union and student societies to sport, accommodation,…

Global Development Institute Lecture Series: Labour Regimes in Global Production Networks

17:00 - 18:30 20 October 2021
Work looking at the intersections of labour and global production networks has expanded significantly over the past decade. That being said, there is still arguably a tendency to look…

Half-Term: Operation Earth classroom crafts

25 - 29 October 2021
Half-Term: Operation Earth classroom crafts Monday 25th October- Friday 29th October Times: Drop-in any time throughout the day Drop by our Classroom Crafts Zone and make some items…

Half-Term: Operation Earth science show

25 - 29 October 2021
Half-Term: Operation Earth science show Monday 25th October – Friday 29th October Show Times: 11am, 12pm, 2pm and 3pm Our Earth is feeling a little under the weather and is going to…

Novel Voices: Heba Hayek in Conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama (ONLINE)

19:00 - 20:00 25 October 2021
The Novel Voices series features Ellah P Wakatama (Senior Research Fellow) in conversation with debut authors about their craft and the journey to shaping their first, published full…

A Dialogue on Visual Novels (Games) - Webinar

13:10 - 14:30 27 October 2021
‘Playing with Characters: Dating Sims as a Transcultural Space’ Nicolle Lamerichs AND ‘Affection by Design: Adult Computer Games as Moving Images’ Patrick Galbraith East Asian Studies…

ESRC Festival of Social Science Manchester

1 - 21 November 2021
The University of Manchester, Manchester Metropolitan University, and the University of Salford are running a variety of online and in-person events as part of this year’s ESRC Festival…

Novel Voices: Caleb Azumah Nelson & Brandon Taylor (ONLINE)

1 - 14 November 2021
This Digital event will be available for tickets holders to watch from 1pm on Monday 1 November until midnight on Sunday 14 November on the MLF Vimeo channel. Two brilliant young novelists…

Dig for Victory: An interactive urban gardening workshop to grow Greater Manchester's sustainable food revolution

12:00 - 14:30 2 November 2021
Have you, or would you like to set up a community garden in your local area? Are you interested in recovering a green space to produce your own food? Or simply curious to find out…

Refugee Arts Networks: Extending the Frame

13:30 - 16:30 2 November 2021
This panel discussion & exchange brings together refugee artists’ advocacy networks to discuss new models for resilient creative networks. About this event What are the strategies…

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