Culture

Hulme Community Garden Centre

In Culture, Living and Society on 01.04.2015
Contributed by Alex Wharton

Rachel Summerscales, the Centre Manager of Hulme Community Garden Centre, tells Alex Wharton about working with nature and balancing books in an interview for the GMLIP Realising the Potential of Community Hubs project.

Festival celebrates Manchester square's radical past & future

In Culture and Society on 30.03.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

This weekend Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter was transformed from a concrete traffic interchange to vibrant hub of creative activity with green public spaces and a rooftop garden.

Making Contact: arts and sustainability

In Culture, Education and Society on 27.03.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

Speaking in Manchester this week, cultural and environmental experts discussed the steps being taken by cultural organisations to cut their carbon emissions, as well as the potential held by The Arts to influence behaviour in this sector.

The Rooftop Project: finding space to be Curious-in-Action in Manchester

In Buildings, Culture and Society on 27.03.2015
Contributed by alice.toomer

On 28th March, a mass-collaborative, co-designed community rooftop project launches in Manchester’s Northern Quarter and for the first time is made accessible to the public for The Ladies’ Room radical history event #RooftopProject.

Local artists create world's first Northern opera

In Culture, Education and Society on 19.03.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

Clare Wiley sees a sneak preview of the world's first Northern Opera, 'The Arsonists'.

Q&A: Manchester Art Gallery

In Buildings, Culture and Energy on 11.02.2015
Contributed by Clare Wiley

This year, Manchester Art Gallery has been longlisted for the Ashden Awards, which recognise organisations that promote sustainable energy. Here, Clare Wiley speaks to Amanda Wallace and Catriona Morgan, who are responsible for the gallery’s sustainability strategy.