Part of the 2025 Manchester Animation Festival Each and every animation career is different, with experiences, challenges and triumphs shaping the individual and their journey within the world of animation. Joining us to discuss their career in animation is Laura Tofarides; a stop-motion director, animator & puppet maker. A professional animator for over ten years, […]
The Newcomen Society presents The Polaris Missile System: Development and Operations, a talk by John Boyes. The atom bombs dropped on Japan heralded new military possibilities as the post-war world became the Cold War. Seeing with great foresight the potential for developing nuclear power for the US Navy, Capt. Hyman Rickover pushed forward a research […]
Over the past 38 years, SimpsonHaugh Architects has established a strong presence in Manchester, compiling a distinguished portfolio of award-winning projects and playing a pivotal role in helping shape the city’s identity on both the national and international stage. The practice’s initiation was motivated by a shared belief in the power of high-quality design to […]
Bill Ross Memorial Workshop – British Society for Phenomenology Special Event 2025 A workshop in memory of Bill Ross, and to celebrate the posthumous publication of his book Order and the Virtual: The Philosophy and Science of Deleuzian Cosmology (2024). Convened by the British Society for Phenomenology with the family and friends of Bill. About […]
Manchester Game Centre: Games Workshop Research Day 2025 Manchester Game Centre is pleased to announce that our second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025! For its second outing the event will run all day from 9:30 until 20:30 and has three parts. The morning will be dedicated to […]
SYP North (Into): Publishing MA Panel & Networking Are you interested in studying a Publishing MA? Want to understand what all the hype is about? Well… look no further as all your answers are waiting for you in Manchester! We have an event to gather like-minded people into one room – including Publishing MA lecturers […]
How They Built the Atom Bomb: The Manchester Connection: a talk by Ed Glinert, Manchester’s most energetic historian Manchester’s Atomic Legacy What connections does our city have to one of humanity’s most transformative scientific developments? Manchester’s scientific legacy holds surprising links to the development of atomic energy and ultimately, the atomic bomb. The Birth of Atomic […]
One hundred years after the publication of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, Mark Hussey and Kaye Mitchell discuss this iconic book. One hundred years after the publication of Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf, Mark Hussey and Kaye Mitchell discuss this iconic book. The fourth and best-known of Virginia Woolf’s novels, Mrs Dalloway is a modernist […]
The Sexuality Summer School presents the Opening Academic Plenary Lecture: ‘Between Desire and Dissociation: ‘Queer Magical Thinking in Hetero-Authoritarian Times’. Featuring Tavia’ Nyong’o, William Lampson Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at Yale University). This event is 4pm–6pm. No booking required, all welcome. The Sexuality Summer School […]
Join the Sex Lectures for an intimate and thought-provoking evening where speakers with bold, cutting-edge perspectives will share their ideas in six compelling 12-minute talks. Topics will range from modern sex education to the mysteries of erotic encounters. This time, we’re celebrating a queer and kinky takeover! Exploring kinks and desires beyond everyday norms can […]