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Friends of The Meteor

The Friends of The Meteor category contains articles that have been published elsewhere and  selected by The Meteor team as worthy of sharing to our audience also. They will generally have a Manchester or Greater Manchester focus and are from publications we trust and respect.

NUJ open afternoon to discuss Greater Manchester alternative media

By Conrad Bower | June 21, 2017Friends of The Meteor

Guest article from The Salford Star: This Saturday, 24th June, the NUJ Manchester and Salford Branch is screening the short Pulitzer Prize-winning documentary about journalists, Below the Fold, to be followed by a discussion on Greater Manchester’s alternative media with editors from The Meteor, Salford Star and Real Media. After Grenfell Tower, the need for […]

Save our NHS street party sees samba, DJs and ‘Tories Out!’ message

By Guest Writer | June 4, 2017Friends of The Meteor

Guest article from The Salford Star: Manchester city centre shoppers, yesterday, got down to the beat of the PCS Samba Band and a host of DJs giving out the message that the Tories must be kicked out on Thursday to Save Our NHS… “Surely no-one believes that the NHS is safe in the Tories’ hands” […]

Poet Tony Walsh says ‘choose love Manchester’ at vigil for the Arena bombers victims

By Guest Writer | May 26, 2017Friends of The Meteor

Guest article from The Salford Star: Last night, as thousands of people, including the Salford Mayor and the city’s MPs, attended a vigil in Albert Square, it emerged that the suspected Manchester Arena bomber, who left 22 dead and 59 injured, was 22 year old Salman Abedi, a student at the University of Salford. “This […]

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