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Originally posted on London Multimedia News:
Ed Miliband launches the Labour Party manifesto in Manchester. image: @Ed_Miliband Ed Miliband pledged to lead a Britain that ‘works for working people’ as he launched the Labour party’s election manifesto in Manchester, earlier…

Originally posted on Down by the Dougie:
The main exhibition showing at the Whitworth following its reopening is a major retrospective of the work of Cheshire born artist Cornelia Parker. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but was blown…

Originally posted on Oblique Exposure:
I took rather a lot of photographs in my trip to Manchester so I decided to split them into two posts. As I mentioned in the last post, it was pleasing to see the popularity…

Originally posted on Postcards from Manchester:
She sheds the jacket, glances at her reflection. Nervous, but pleased with what she sees. The April sun is unseasonably warm. It doesn’t always rain in Manchester. She has told him this a hundred…

Originally posted on jpratt27:
Floating cities?may seem like utopian sci-fi, but autonomous ocean settlements could become reality as early as 2020, says?The Seasteading Institute. The forward-thinking organization recently launched the?Floating City Project—an architectural design contest that seeks innovative designs for…

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Originally posted on Thine Pen Is Mightier – Learning Through Prose:
Brazil was the single largest importer of African slaves, accounting for almost 6 million slaves imported between 1500 and the late 1800s. Slaves could serve a variety of purposes…

Originally posted on Origin68:
I don’ t know how things are in your neck of the woods, but here in Origin68 land (Manchester, England in reality) things are hotting up nicely. Gone are the driving blizzards and avalanches! It’s defintely…