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Manchester Matters: Boycott the Breweries?
Manchester’s been hit with a triple whammy of venue closures within the last few months. Three iconic ale houses have shut up shop across the city – each of them had diversified their efforts to stay afloat. Oxford Road’s Jabez Clegg and The Lass O’Gowrie and Chapel Street’s Black Lion have, or will shortly, close their […]
Manchester Matters: Museums Under Threat
June 5, 2013
BREAKING: As this article went to press it was announced by Ian Blatchford, Science Group Director that “almost certainly” one of the three museums could close as a results of cuts. It was first with bafflement, then shock and absolute horror that I read the news this week that we might be losing a hat […]
Manchester Matters: Saving Levenshulme Library
February 9, 2013
Today marks National Libraries Day, a day according to the website that is “a culmination of a week’s worth of celebrations in school, college, university, workplace and public libraries across the UK”. Yet in Manchester, a very real battle to save a library from closure is unfolding. Originally opened in 1904 as one of the ‘Carnegie libraries’ […]
Manchester Matters: RIP Market Street?
February 3, 2013
The recent news of the collapse into administration of Jessops, HMV and Blockbuster within the space of a week refocuses the question of exactly how much longer the high street can survive. At one point the lynchpin of a town with its local shops for local people, big chain stores set up shop squashing these independent stores underfoot. […]
Manchester Matters: Manchester Culture on the Rocks?
April 24, 2012
Yesterday was World Book Night, a celebration of literary culture and encouragement for wider reading amongst the public. Special events were organised up and down the country, including a special World Book Night celebration with local authors at the Deansgate branch of Waterstones. Yet, there were three bits of bad news that continued to cast […]
The Fiction Stroker 
January 2, 2014
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