Henry Normal In Conversation with…
Flapjack Press, Manchester Libraries and New Poetry Society present Henry Normal in conversation with… A series of live stream poetry, chat and Q&A every Wednesday evening in September. Free but […]
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Salford and Cheetham Hill – iconic photos from the 1950s and 60s
First Floor Exhibition HallThis unique collection of photographs shows aspects of life in Cheetham Hill and Salford in the 1950s and 60s. There are images of whit walks , shops, factories, schools, family […]
The Prostate Gap
Lower Ground Floor Exhibition SpacePhotographer Ian Smith presents this exhibition with the objective of raising awareness of prostate cancer in the under-represented. It focuses on the lack of understanding of how prostate cancer affects […]
History of Carnival Workshops by Linford Sweeney
Performance SpaceThe history of Caribbean Carnivals is much more complex than many realise. Carnival has origins based in colonialism and religious conversion, but it has now become a festival and celebration […]
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Sex Pistols in Manchester – Exhibition
First Floor Display CasesOn 4 June 1976, the Sex Pistols played for the first time in Manchester at the Lesser Free Trade Hall. The gig is seen as the catalyst for the Manchester […]
Jan Carson & Louise Kennedy
Performance SpaceTwo award-winning stars of Irish writing join us to discuss their acclaimed novels. Jan Carson’s The Raptures is a playful, inventive whodunnit set in the small town of Ballylack. Hannah’s classmates are […]
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Kit de Waal
Performance Space‘I live with the dread that one day when my young muscles rebel, can take no more stillness and the brutal confinement of my very self, I will stand and […]
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Paterson Joseph in Conversation
Performance SpaceIt's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. So how does Charles Ignatius Sancho meet the King, write and […]
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Damon Galgut in Conversation
Performance SpaceOne family, four decades, four funerals, one unfulfilled promise. Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize, Damon Galgut joins us to discuss his masterpiece The Promise, a gripping, beautifully written family saga […]
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Monica Ali
Performance SpaceThe bestselling and much-loved author of Brick Lane, Monica Ali visits MLF to celebrate her brilliant new novel Love Marriage, her first book in a decade. Yasmin’s engaged to fellow Junior Doctor Joe, […]
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Nihal Arthanayake: Let’s Talk
Performance SpaceAward-winning BBC broadcaster Nihal Arthanayake brings a defibrillator to our ailing ability to connect through conversation. In Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations, Nihal considers what’s happened to discourse, both public and […]
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From Millworkers to Millennials: Jean Hobson
First Floor Exhibition HallFrom Millworkers to Millennials: paintings, drawings and screen prints by Jean Hobson When Jean Hobson started drawing Manchester’s old buildings in 2007, she did not realise she was charting a […]
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