Past events

MLF 2024: An Evening with Meera Sodha

18:30 - 19:45 9 October 2024

‘The ability to put a good dinner on the table has become my superpower and I want it to become yo...

MLF 2024: Humanise with Thomas Heatherwick

18:00 - 19:15 8 October 2024

‘Humanise is a masterwork.’ Alain de Botton One of the world’s most prolific designers, Thoma...

Manchester Literature Festival: Lindsey Hilsum

15:30 - 16:45 6 October 2024

‘I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a...

Manchester Literature Festival: David Peace at HOME

18:00 - 19:15 6 October 2024

Limbs and hearts may be broken, but the spirit remains. Their message is that the club is not dead....

Manchester Literature Festival 2024: Caroline Lucas

13:30 - 14:45 5 October 2024

‘Engaging, illuminating and ultimately uplifting, Another England opens the path to a renewed coun...

MLF 2024: Jackie Kay: A Life in Poetry and Protest

18:00 - 19:15 5 October 2024

Festival favourite Jackie Kay (Red Dust Road) returns to celebrate her new poetry collection May Day...

Lunchtime concert: Manchester University Music Society’s Piano Showcase

12:10 - 12:55 4 October 2024

Manchester University Music Society’s Piano Showcase is the first weekly lunchtime concert of the...

WCLC: The Lucky Dog Picturehouse – silent movie screening with live musical accompaniment

12:10 - 12:55 3 October 2024

Experience silent comedies from over 100 years ago with era-authentic scores, performed live by the...

The Man who Photobombed De Gaulle

15:00 - 17:00 3 October 2024

The 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris offers an opportunity to explore the discrepancy bet...

Mandarin Corner (EVERY WEDNESDAY)

2 October - 4 December 2024

THIS IS A RECURRING EVENT - EVERY WEDNESDAY at 4:30PM – 5:30PM Mandarin Corner is back for anoth...