GMCDP’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 5:00pm on Wednesday 10th June at the International Anthony Burgess Foundation in Manchester City Centre. We will be discussing the organisation and our projects during the 24/25 financial year, as well as voting in new members of our Executive Committee. Following the formal proceedings, there will […]
Chaminuka MBIRA School warmly invites families and people of all ages to join them in exploring traditional Zimbabwean Mbira music through engaging workshops where you can learn to play and sing along with authentic instruments like MBIRA, HOSHO, and NGOMA. Its also a chance to meet like-minded people, and discuss culture. All are welcome. You […]
A day led by the President of the Wagner Society, Derek Blyth, on Wagner’s ‘preliminary evening’ to the ‘The Ring’. It is, arguably, Wagner’s perfect work, following, as it does, the principles laid down in his essay ‘The Artwork of the Future’ and his book ‘Opera and Drama’. In the course of the day, we […]
Over recent years, AI has developed rapidly in its sophistication and its usage continues to grow. Has the architectural profession, and the wider construction industry, kept up with the advancements? The RIBA published an Artificial Intelligence Report in 2025, in which they reported 59% of practices using AI for at least the occasional project, up […]
Join CNM Manchester for a clinically grounded talk on how oral health shapes whole-body function, from conception through to adulthood, led by local biological dentist Dr. Seb Lomas. Explore the connections between jaw and airway development and: • Tongue tie • Breathing • Sleep • Immunity • Chronic inflammation Learn how early nutrition and safe […]
The Plenary Lecture for the 2026 Sexuality Summer School will be Professor C. Riley Snorton’s ‘An Ambiguous Heterotopia, Or Some Informal Remarks on “Biology” After Samuel Delany, Judith Butler, and Sylvia Wynter’. No booking required, all welcome. The Sexuality Summer School (SSS) is a week-long event consisting of seminars and workshops for 40 postgraduate students, […]
The Love Lectures — In a world loud with hate, love louder. Inspiring expert speakers who will change how you think about love — and what you do with it. One extraordinary evening. Manchester, 18th May, 7.30pm. Anthony Burgess Foundation. The Love Lectures explore love in all its forms. The first event showcases experts on […]
An experimental workshop exploring digital inclusion and innovation through human–AI improvisation. This workshop, part of Tuning into Opera, a research and engagement initiative from English National Opera and The University of Manchester, and the OperAI: Future of Opera series, invites you to experience live opera reimagined through human–AI collaboration. Led by Dr Alexandra Huang-Kokina, Bicentenary […]
Wentworth Woodhouse, one of the grandest stately homes in Britain, is undergoing a multiple-phase, whole-site regeneration. Alongside extensive conservation work, creative reuse projects and regular community engagement alongside extensive conservation work, creative reuse projects and regular community engagement, it has reimagined the wider estate as a catalyst for positive change in South Yorkshire. This RIBA […]
Greater Manchester has been the site of many democratic movements. The Peterloo Massacre saw the state kill its own citizens because they had the guts to demand the electoral franchise include working class men The Chartists, whose presence was particularly strong in the North West, extended the struggle for suffrage that inspired Peterloo. Their demands […]