by Piccadilly People / Manchester Piccadilly Vertical Gardens As a stakeholder in the local area, I am writing to enquire whether you would be interested in supporting the following idea for the improvement to Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester. For Manchester, it seems a terrible shame that the first/last and most dramatic view of the city for […]
Dr Cathy Gelbin, Senior Lecturer in German Studies at the University of Manchester and currently on AHRC Fellowship, writes about cosmopolitanism and the Jews in a piece that will be published on Friday 7 February in The Jewish Chronicle … When I was growing up behind the Wall in East Germany, cosmopolitanism was not a good word […]
by Sam Baars, PhD candidate, Institute for Social Change At first sight the city is all noise, movement and purpose – a place where people, vehicles and buildings jostle for space and every last inch of ground is accounted for by its function. But in this bustling urban environment inactive, suspended spaces are abundant. Manchester city […]
by Andrew Speak, PhD candidate Geography Remember the hole in the ozone layer? It’s amazing how little discussion is given now to what seemed like a major global crisis just 20 years ago, but such is the nature of the media. A huge hole in the Earth’s protective ozone layer was discovered over the Antarctic […]
by Alex Allred. Alex is a postgraduate student at NOVARS Centre for Electroacoustic Composition, Performance and Sound Art. The steady rolling rumble of the busses, the screaming throttle of a passing motorbike, jet engines above, sirens below, “tough” lads singing in the street after several inspirational pints, the city is always moving, always changing. […]
by Chris Perkins (Geography, School of Environment and Development) Maps tell many different stories and their social significance and reach waxes and wanes. In 2011 mapping has gained a striking cultural popularity, with the form more frequently deployed than at any time in human history. A huge profusion of maps are called into being on […]
David Campbell (author) is a Transport Partnership Officer at the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO), and in this piece he follows up on an earlier piece he wrote as part of a wider discussion pre the 2010 General Election on the transport challenges facing the Manchester city region. THIS is the age of… […]
by Kevin Ward. Preamble It is a sunny Saturday morning in the centre of Manchester. I have just arrived into the city and I am heading from the bus station in Piccadilly Gardens to the train station. It is a ten minute walk. England are due to play football against Scotland at 3pm at Wembley, […]
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