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Two of the four (former) railway viaducts crossing the canal at Giant’s Basin, Castlefield.

Castlefield Viaduct: Manchester’s new park in the sky could transform the city – but who will benefit?

By Guest Writer | 17 August, 2022Friends of The Meteor

This week’s guest article is by Ian Mell, Reader in Environmental & Landscape Planning at the University of Manchester. He considers the possible impact of the city’s new sky park, and whether the benefits will be enjoyed by all Mancunians.

Greater Manchester Places for Everyone plan image

Greater Manchester is overspending its carbon budget and Places for Everyone will make it much worse

By Guest Writer | 25 March, 2022Friends of The Meteor

Environmental campaigners question the sustainability of the Places for Everyone Plan in light of the climate emergency. Have the GMCA carried out sufficient impartial analysis of the carbon emissions inherent in their plan?

Guest post from Steady State Manchester and Save Greater Manchester Green Belt.

Climate Emergency

Grassroots climate campaign fighting to save our planet, starting with Manchester

By Kit Bell | 17 March, 2022Features

Climate Emergency Manchester are an activist group keeping Manchester council on their toes when it comes to meeting their commitments on tackling the climate emergency.

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Bev Craig announces ambition for a ‘Real Living Wage’ Manchester

By Alex King | 21 February, 2022News

Laying out her vision for the city for the first time as leader of Manchester city council, Bev Craig said social value should be an ‘approach that we all take’, starting with a Real Living Wage.

Manchester council land ownership revealed in interactive online map

By Alex King | 10 January, 2022News

The authors of the map hope it will encourage public debate around how Manchester’s land can be better used to address social and environmental needs rather than turning a profit for developers and investors.

‘What the bloody hell are museums for?’ Manchester Museum launches ‘Local Matters’ in Ardwick to help reimagine their role

By Conrad Bower | 24 December, 2021Features

Manchester Museum is reimagining their role in society with the launch of a research project investigating inequality in Ardwick, undertaken by Museum staff, and the co-curation of a South Asia gallery reflecting the experiences of the diaspora in Greater Manchester.

How I helped bring a ‘lost classic’ Manchester novel back into print: Passing Time by Michel Butor

By Danny Moran | 18 November, 2021Culture

Writer Danny Moran heard about a strange novel written in the 1950s. Getting it republished opened up a whole world of Manchester in fiction.

clothes swap bag

Embrace change at a pop-up clothes swap in Greater Manchester

By Alice Toomer-McAlpine | 8 November, 2021Features

Want to change up your style in an eco-conscious, budget-friendly way? Dress to address change at one of Greater Manchester’s pop-up swap shops.

Collage of Cop26 campaing images in Manchester

Manchester campaigns for climate justice in the run up to Cop26

By Stephen Pennells | 27 October, 2021Features

Stephen Pennells reports on climate justice campaigns in Manchester running up to the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow.

Manuscript records Manchester homeless experiences in illuminated style

By Noora Mykkanen | 15 October, 2021News

The stories of homeless people in Manchester have been published in a medieval style illuminated manuscript, launched at Manchester Cathedral.

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