The Manchester Modernist Society is FIVE years old.

Can you believe it? We certainly can’t. To celebrate we’re having a bit of a gathering at Twenty Twenty Two.. its a bar in the Northern Quarter, with a quiz and cake.

And you are invited to join us, so please RSVP byregistering here. There will be a quiz from Eddy Rhead and a chance to mingle with fellow modernists.

We will also be launching ‘Departed’, which issue #12 of The Modernist Magazine and the last of the ‘D’s before we revamp and relaunch the mag in December with ‘Expo’, our first ‘E’ edition.

Perhaps we should have a bit of a recap..to begin at the beginning: Five years ago Jack Hale and Maureen Ward met for a cup of tea and by the time the pot was empty a plot was hatched. Soon after, Eddy Rhead joined in and the…