Have you always wanted to be on the other side of those hoardings and get on site? Fancy yourself in a high viz jacket and hard hat? Well for some lucky people, our building contractors ISG, have offered site visits via their Open Doors programme on Friday and Saturday of this week.

I feel very privileged to have had a number of opportunities to join site visits and am always amazed by the changes week by week. Quite a few of our funders and other external stakeholders have joined tours too, as have Whitworth staff – including a group only today (those standing smiling in our new cafe!).  Even for those of us who have worked at the Gallery for many years and are familiar with all it’s nooks and crannies, our new building will be a very different place in which to work, and a wonderful new experience for…