Tag Archives: Manchester

Lighting is key

Brief My brief was to go to Salford Lads Club and photograph there new art work. The artwork shows the names of every 22,500 of Salford Lads’ Club members since the 1900s and is made from aluminium which has been cut … Continue reading →

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Manchester Lowry – Planthropy

Part of a brilliant digital art exhibition on at the Lowry, Manchester. “Right Here Right Now”. Here Planthropy by Stephanie Rothenberg http://www.thelowry.com/event/right-here-right-now http://www.thelowry.com/Downloads/gallery/RHRN/RHRN_Catalogue_OnlineFIX.pdf https://chrisphotosblog.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/manchester-lowry-planthropy/

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A landmark to take note of (B2)!

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a question about cultural globalisation

How did ‘love locks’ spread from the great cities of Europe to a grim motorway junction in suburban north Manchester? There’s about 10-20 on here at present. I’m going to keep checking back to see if they spread.  They can … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Themed Bar Opens In Manchester

Have you ever wanted to go down to the local cantina with a few friends and knock back some bantha milk after a hard day in the office and then realise wait there is no such thing? http://nerdlowdown.com/2015/11/28/star-wars-themed-bar-opens-in-manchester/

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Looking Up In Manchester

http://livemancunia.com/2015/11/28/looking-up-in-manchester/

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Looking Up…Art Deco On King Street

http://livemancunia.com/2015/11/28/looking-up-art-deco-on-king-street/

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Top 15 facts about Tea

If you don’t want to mosquito bites on your skin, dampen tea leaves to harness their scent and voila! You have a natural mosquito repellent at your home. There is an estimated 1,500 different types of tea. The United Kingdom … Continue reading →

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Carmel on BBC Radio London, Robert Elms Show

Carmel was at BBC Radio London, on the Robert Elms show on Saturday, 21st November 2015 Carmel and her band played a couple of tunes and blew Robert and his listeners away. Take a listen http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p037kf1h (2hr05 and you get … Continue reading →

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Supercommuting: is it worth it?

By Rebecca Jackson In recent years there has been a surge in the number of people in the UK being classed as ‘supercommuters’ – people who travel more than 90 minutes to work each day. And figures from the TUC … Continue reading →

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November Snippet

Apparently, here in the UK, Monday night was the warmest November night on record. My wife had on the heating, fleece pyjamas, and the electric blanket. Don’t laugh-you will get old one day. https://cityjackdaw.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/november-snippet/

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You have been invited…….Reportage of an event about Human trafficking

You will probably already know by now if you look at my blog regularly or follow me on any of my social media platforms that Reportage, storytelling through drawing, is my thing!  My sketchbook is full of annotated drawings and … Continue reading →

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