The refurbishment of Manchester Town Hall will cost another £95m and is expected to finish in spring 2027, council chiefs say ...

Wealthy doctors, engineers and working class people all lived in the "slums" of Victorian era Manchester, new research has revealed. The study by Cambridge University Historian, Emily Chung, used data ...

Manchester Victoria and Salford Central stations in the UK have been reopened to passengers after a ten-day closure over Easter, as part of enabling works for the Ordsall Chord rail link. Under the ...

VICTORIA REGINA MANCHESTER 1929 – 2012 Vicky died peacefully on November 3rd. A world traveler, crossword puzzle whiz, photographer and friend to many. Survived by cousin, Gar (Marian) Manchester, ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Like almost anybody with a library named after them, John Rylands was a very ...

The U.K. will soon have a trio of new statues in its streets, each celebrating inspiring female figures throughout British history. The monuments will adorn cities across England, with Manchester set ...

It is an ideology that continues to grip millions, not least because of its piercing critique of capitalism. And Communism's founders, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, used the social conditions they ...