Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale
This conversation forms part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
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Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’
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Greater Manchester MPs who are stepping down before the 2024 General Election
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“What does being queer mean to me?”
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Questions remain over Manchester’s new ‘council housing’
What happened to nuclear free Manchester?
Dr Kim Foale says that now, not only do we have several companies here who manufacture or assist in the production of nuclear missiles and submarines, we put them in the regional marketing brochure.