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Manchester News Today | The Daily News Now!Security Guard's Tragic Death: Inquest Reveals Police Handling FlawsIn a heartbreaking turn of events, security guard Osagie Harrison Aimiyekagbon, known as Harry, was tragically killed by his housemate, Samuel Opokiti, in Levenshulme. Opokiti, diagnosed with schizophrenia, pleaded guilty to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility and is now at Ashworth High Secure Hospital. The inquest into Harrys death revealed that he had previously reported threats from Opokiti, but the police response was questioned. Harrys family, including his brother Uye, is still seeking answers and justice.DNN | The Daily News Now!The world’s first global local news network.Every city. Every story. AI powered.
2025-11-2701 minManchester News Today | The Daily News Now!Manchester's Housing Market Boom: Top Postcodes & GrowthManchesters housing market thrives, with a 53% surge in online home searches and notable price increases in postcodes like M4, Didsbury, Fallowfield, and Levenshulme. Experts praise the citys stable, gradual growth, signaling a robust and sustainable market for investors and homebuyers alike.DNN | The Daily News Now!The world’s first global local news network.Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-11-2301 minManchester News Today | The Daily News Now!Urgent: Missing Woman Last Seen in ManchesterUrgent appeal for information on missing woman Christie, last seen at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport. Believed to have traveled to Manchester area, possibly by bus or train. Last sighted in Levenshulme on Sunday. Christie is 56, dark blonde hair, blue eyes, wearing light grey jogging pants and black hoodie. Family and friends concerned. Please contact police with any information, reference incident 270/17/11/17.DNN | The Daily News Now!The world’s first global local news network.Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-11-1801 min
A Slice of Bread and ButterGarfield's Story: Theatre, Food Waste, and CommunitySend us a textFrom the bright lights of theatre to the humble act of sharing food with neighbours, Garfield Allen's story shows how The Bread and Butter Thing touches lives in unexpected ways.Garfield, a freelance theatre producer with 40 years of experience bringing creative ideas to the stage, first connected with TBBT when finances were tight. Though his work bringing dance, film, mime and puppetry to audiences doesn't always pay generously, it fulfills him in ways many never experience in their careers. "I've been very lucky in life in that way," he reflects, "that...
2025-09-1918 min
RISE podcastCarbon Co-op Levenshulme: A blueprint for scaling up retrofitIn today’s episode host Jonathan Newton is joined by Hannah Dixon, Director at Progress in Practice, to discuss the Carbon Co-op Levenshulme Area Based Retrofit Scheme. Hannah outlines the shared values and culture of collaboration that existed right from the start of the project, and how key successes such as the valuable relationships and engagement with householders and the supply chain can help inform others looking to replicate the model. For further information visit:https://www.progressinpractice.co.uk/https://carbon.coop/portfolio/levenshulme-abs/This podcast is an informal discussion bet...
2025-08-2016 min
Any Questions? and Any Answers?AQ: Reem Ibrahim, Alison McGovern MP, Enver Solomon and Lord WillettsJames Cook presents political discussion from Levenshulme Old Library, Manchester.
2025-07-1851 min
Avenue RedAvenue Red Podcast #248 - Tomas BextonMaidstone-based veteran selector Tomas Bexton - hot on the heels of his recent appearance at our last event @ OverDraught in Levenshulme, Manchester - here delivers his 3rd mix contribution for Avenue Red. This time Tomas is keeping things on the firmer side, with some icy blasts from the past in the world of deep, pulsating abstract techno. Feel the turbulence.
"Obviously delighted and honoured with a third appearance on the musical vortex that is Avenue Red! My intention was to do something different to my other Avenue Red sets and attempt a dub-techno mix. However, this was the result.
I...
2025-05-261h 28Avenue RedAvenue Red Podcast #248 - Tomas BextonMaidstone-based veteran selector Tomas Bexton - hot on the heels of his recent appearance at our last event @ OverDraught in Levenshulme, Manchester - here delivers his 3rd mix contribution for Avenue Red. This time Tomas is keeping things on the firmer side, with some icy blasts from the past in the world of deep, pulsating abstract techno. Feel the turbulence.
"Obviously delighted and honoured with a third appearance on the musical vortex that is Avenue Red! My intention was to do something different to my other Avenue Red sets and attempt a dub-techno mix. However, this was the result.
I...
2025-05-261h 28
You Are Here1.2 - Field Notes: Truck | Intelligible | GainsTruck | Intelligible | Gains (Fallowfield Loop Soundscape)Sound design by OscillateA soundscape created using field recordings gathered on the Fallowfield LoopThe Fallowfield Loop curves through South Manchester - a former railway line turned walking and cycling route, lined with overgrown platforms, graffiti, birdsong and nature.This soundscape captures the fragments of life that echo along the Loop. Built from field recordings made on location, it offers a different way of listening to the park: not a story, but a space - shifting, layered, and full of atmosphere.Part...
2025-04-2404 min
You Are Here1.0 - Litter by Valerie O'RiordanLitterWritten and performed by Valerie O’RiordanSet on the Fallowfield LoopA man follows his ex-wife along a local litter-picking route, trying to make sense of the past, the future and what it means to let go. Set against the backdrop of the Fallowfield Loop, Litter is a story of disconnection, stubbornness and longing - and the way even the most familiar spaces can become sites of confrontation and reckoning.Valerie O’Riordan is a writer and lecturer in Creative Writing at Greater Manchester University. Her short fict...
2025-04-2414 min
You Are Here2.0 - Tripe by Verity PlattTripeWritten and performed by Verity PlattSet in Nutsford ValeMarta walks through Nutsford Vale, her thoughts drifting between motherhood, inheritance and the body - the weight of care and the strange rituals that shape our days.Set in a park that was once a clay pit, then a tip, Tripe is a lyrical, layered meditation on usefulness, repetition and the uncanny that quietly lurks on the edges of ordinary life.Verity Platt is a writer from Manchester whose work explores the intersections of place, and memory. Her...
2025-04-2417 min
You Are Here3.0 - Lignum Vitae - Hette PhillipsLignum VitaeWritten and performed by Hette PhillipsSet in Chapel Street ParkA park watches the people who pass through: the ones who gather, the ones who grieve, the ones who disappear. With a voice that is slow, patient and rooted, Lignum Vitae unfolds as a quiet observation of life from the perspective of a place that is always changing but always the same.Set in Chapel Street Park, this is a story about memory, connection, and how the land itself carries the lives that move across it....
2025-04-2436 min
You Are Here4.0 - Parakeet by Dipika MummeryParakeetWritten and performed by Dipika MummerySet in Highfield Country ParkAs snow falls on Highfield Country Park, Neena walks with her partner Mo. He’s made a decision - one that could take them away from the life they’ve built together. Parakeet is a quiet, powerful story about belonging, uncertainty, and what it means to put down roots.Dipika Mummery has written short stories and flash fiction across genres including sci-fi, fantasy, realist fiction and horror. Her work has been published by Comma Press, Arachne Press, Fox & Windmill, Tasa...
2025-04-2417 min
You Are Here5.0 - Jean, Darlene, Jacqueline by Marie CrookJean, Darlene, JacquelineWritten and performed by Marie CrookSet in Cringle ParkEach morning, Jean puts on a different version of herself - a different wig, a different name. One day, a stranger in her local park mistakes her for someone else entirely. And for a little while, Jean plays alongSet in Cringle Park, Jean, Darlene, Jacqueline is a quietly uncanny story about reinvention, care and the longing be someone else.Marie Crook is a writer based in Levenshulme. Her work has appeared in The Real Story...
2025-04-2416 min
You Are Here2.2 - Field Notes: Fears | Boring | ChipFears | Boring | Chip (Nutsford Vale Soundscape)Sound design by OscillateA soundscape created using field recordings gathered in Nutsford ValeNutsford Vale sits in a quiet dip between roads and houses - once a clay pit, later a landfill, now a park. It’s a place shaped by layers, histories and reinvention.This soundscape gathers sounds and textures from the park, creating a layered, atmospheric reflection of the space as it is and was.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme Old Library featuring five original short st...
2025-04-2413 min
You Are Here3.2 - Field Notes: Lease | Moves | SlowerLease | Moves | Slower (Chapel Street Park Soundscape)Sound design by OscillateAn audio piece created using field recordings gathered in Chapel Street ParkTucked behind terraced streets, not far from the railway, between a primary school and a pub, Chapel Street Park is a quiet, open space threaded with memory and movement.This soundscape brings together the ambient textures of the park, creating a layered listening experience that captures the pace and rhythms of the place.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme Old Library featuring five...
2025-04-2405 min
You Are Here5.2 - Field Notes: Knots | Form | StrutKnots | Form | Strut (Cringle Park Soundscape)Sound design by OscillateA soundscape created using field recordings gathered in Cringle ParkCringle Park presents as a traditional Victorian park - wide paths, open spaces and quiet corners where people pass, pause and play. However at its centre sits a small stone circle whose origins are unclear but whose presence is quietly magnetic.This soundscape captures the layered sonic textures of the park: footsteps, birds and the steady hum of passing lives.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme...
2025-04-2403 min
You Are Here1.1 - A Portrait of a Park: The Fallowfield LoopFallowfield Loop – Portrait of the ParkProduced by Levenshulme Old LibrarySound design by OscilloscopeThe Fallowfield Loop follows the path of an old railway line - now a walking and cycling route lined with trees, graffiti, and fragments of the city’s past and present.In this portrait, we hear from the people who helped shape the Loop as a public space, a local resident passing through, and writer Valerie O’Riordan, who reflects on the space as the setting and inspiration for her story Litter.Part of You Ar...
2025-04-2419 min
You Are Here2.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Nutsford ValeNutsford Vale – Portrait of the ParkProduced by Levenshulme Old LibrarySound design by OscilloscopeNutsford Vale was once a clay pit, then a landfill - now it’s a green space shaped by care, campaigning, and community vision.In this portrait, we hear from the people who helped make that transformation possible. Their reflections reveal the long, determined effort behind the park’s existence, and the quiet pride in seeing it grow into a space for future generations.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme Old Librar...
2025-04-2415 min
You Are Here3.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Chapel Street ParkChapel Street Park – Portrait of the ParkProduced by Levenshulme Old LibrarySound design by OscilloscopeTucked behind houses and running alongside the railway, Chapel Street Park is a small, open space with a quiet kind of presence - a place of memory and movement.In this portrait, we hear reflections from writer Hette Phillips and a local volunteer, each offering their own perspective on the park’s atmosphere, its role in everyday life, and the connections that form quietly in shared spaces.Part of You Are Here, a podc...
2025-04-2417 min
You Are Here4.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Highfield Country ParkHighfield Country Park – Portrait of the ParkProduced by Levenshulme Old LibrarySound design by OscilloscopeHighfield Country Park stretches across woodland, open ground and winding trails - a space for wandering, noticing and sometimes getting a little lost.In this portrait, writer Dipika Mummery shares her personal connection to Highfield, reflecting on how its landscape and wildlife shaped her story, Parakeet.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme Old Library featuring five original short stories, soundscapes, and portraits inspired by Levenshulme’s parks and green spaces.
2025-04-2410 min
You Are Here4.2 - Field Notes: Gives | Splice | AgentsGives | Splice | Agents (Highfield Country Park Soundscape)Sound design by OscillateA soundscape created using field recordings gathered in Highfield Country ParkHighfield Country Park is one of Levenshulme’s largest green spaces - a mix of woodland, meadow, paths and water, where people and wildlife move together through the seasons.This soundscape weaves together fragments of that environment: birds, trees, quiet footfall and distant conversation - creating an immersive portrait of a space that feels both natural and lived-in.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme Ol...
2025-04-2405 min
You Are Here5.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Cringle ParkCringle Park – Portrait of the ParkSound design by OscillscopeCringle Park is a space for walking, sitting, drifting - a park with open paths and quiet corners, home to a mysterious stone circle and the routines of daily life.In this portrait, writer Marie Crook reflects on the role Cringle Park plays in her creative process, and how the textures and rhythms of the space shaped her story, Jean, Darlene, Jacqueline.Part of You Are Here, a podcast from Levenshulme Old Library featuring five original short stories, soundscapes, and portraits in...
2025-04-2412 min
Avenue RedAvenue Red Podcast #247 - Chris CurtisAvenue Red welcomes back Glasgow DJ & producer Chris Curtis AKA Theta Waves (moniker for his deep & moody production works). Here we have an immaculate and expansive 2+ hour mix session whose centre of gravity is firmly in the sphere of planet deep techno.
And here's some related news... We are hosting an Avenue Red event @ OverDraught in Levenshulme, Manchester on Saturday 10th May from 3pm-1am, where you can catch Chris playing alongside Dubrovnik (UK) (also travelling down from Glasgow for the occasion), Tomas Bexton heading up from Maidstone in Kent and Avenue Red boss Alec Pritchard all commandeering the decks...
2025-04-232h 13Avenue RedAvenue Red Podcast #247 - Chris CurtisAvenue Red welcomes back Glasgow DJ & producer Chris Curtis AKA Theta Waves (moniker for his deep & moody production works). Here we have an immaculate and expansive 2+ hour mix session whose centre of gravity is firmly in the sphere of planet deep techno.
And here's some related news... We are hosting an Avenue Red event @ OverDraught in Levenshulme, Manchester on Saturday 10th May from 3pm-1am, where you can catch Chris playing alongside Dubrovnik (UK) (also travelling down from Glasgow for the occasion), Tomas Bexton heading up from Maidstone in Kent and Avenue Red boss Alec Pritchard all commandeering the decks...
2025-04-232h 13
You Are HereYou Are Here: Five Stories About Levenshulme’s Parks (Trailer)You Are Here: Five Short Stories About Parks in LevenshulmeYou Are Here is a podcast of five original short stories, each inspired by one of Levenshulme’s green spaces. Written by some of Manchester's finest authors, these stories blend fiction with place, shaped by the histories, landscapes and lives that pass through them.Alongside these stories, the series also features portraits of the parks -episodes capturing the voices of people who use these spaces - and immersive soundscapes that bring the locations to life through audio.The full series launches on 24th Ap...
2025-03-2000 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Woman in the Park by Lucy EdmistonA ghost story for Christmas.Mary, a new mother in a new town, seeks solace in her local park. But who is the strange woman who mirrors her lonely walks? As the winter sets in, Mary gradually begins to question her marriage, her sanity, and the hidden connections between her past and this unsettling figure in the snow.Lucy Edmiston is a writer and poet based in Manchester. Her short story 'Mothers and Daughters' was longlisted for the 2024 Motherhood Uncensored Writing Competition and is due for...
2024-12-1919 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Letter Box on Cromwell Grove by Reshma RuiaA ghost story for Christmas.When Ukrainian refugee Olga moves in with the quiet, grieving Wilsons, she finds herself perturbed by the eerie stillness of their home and its strange collection of antiques. As unsettling events unfold, Olga realizes that the house holds secrets she never could have imagined.Reshma Ruia is a poet, novelist and co-founder of The Whole Kahani, a collective of British South Asian Writers. Her first novel, Something Black in the Lentil Soup, was described in The Sunday Times as ‘a gem of straight-faced comedy’. Her...
2024-12-1916 min
Ghosts at the Old LibrarySpirit Level by Sophie ParkesA ghost story for Christmas.A woman, unsettled by the flaws in her new home ‒ dank walls, faulty lights, strange sounds in the rain ‒ finds herself shadowed by a presence that defies logic and drives her to drastic, ritualistic acts. Is the house harbouring something both ancient and inexorable? Or is she merely losing her grip on reality?Sophie Parkes is a writer of novels, short fiction, and music journalism with a PhD in creative writing and folklore from Sheffield Hallam University. Her hist...
2024-12-1912 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryInstructions From the Other House by Abi HynesA ghost story for Christmas.Lauren, a mother struggling with sleepless nights, uncovers the dark past of her new home as mysterious disturbances disrupt her children's rest. As eerie messages from a reclusive neighbor hint at lurking dangers, Lauren must confront the unseen forces threatening her family's safety.Abi Hynes is a drama and fiction writer based in Manchester. Her debut short story collection, Monstrous Longing, was published by Dahlia Press in 2023 and has recently been longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize. She won...
2024-12-1915 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryTrespassers by David GaffneyA ghost story for Christmas.When a train stalls on a bridge in Levenshulme in Manchester, three regular commuters pass the time by sharing ghost stories. But when one passenger recounts a recent unsettling encounter under the very bridge they’re now stranded on, the silence around them begins to feel anything but empty.David Gaffney is the author of the novels Never Never, All The Places I’ve Ever Lived and Out Of The Dark, and the flash fiction and short story collections Sawn-Off Tales Arom...
2024-12-1918 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Lamb by Tor BellamyA ghost story for Christmas.After escaping the clutches of a religious cult, a young woman struggles to adapt to life in a dreary flat. Haunted by memories of forbidden love, visions of her past and a strange sound which echoes through the pipes, she realises the past may still have a hold on her.Tor Bellamy has had two short stories published by Manchester's award-winning Comma Press, 'A Story for the Sea' in 2020 and 'The Nursery' in 2023....
2024-12-1919 min
Watts OccurringMark Cavendish on breaking the Tour de France stage record, racing with G over the years, and their bond transcending cyclingWant to try ROUVY? Get a free month on us using the code GTCC1M at this link: https://rouvy.com?utm_source=geraint-thomas-cycling-club&utm_medium=direct-buy&utm_campaign=chasing-goals&utm_term=podcastAnd make sure you're signed up for our first-ever GTCC x ROUVY ride, on Wednesday December 4th at 5pm (UK time)! Click here to sign up.G and Cav have known each other since they were kids. Lining up together on London Bridge for their Tour de France debuts in 2007, they had to pinch themselves. 'What are we doing...
2024-12-0347 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryPipistrello by Ella SprakarnHappy Halloween! We have a treat for you - a tale that unfolds on the familiar paths of the Fallowfield Loop, the former railway line which runs through Manchester which now serves as a popular footpath. In Pipistrello a night walk leads an ecologist and a group of students into the heart of something eerily familiar and deeply uncanny. Meet Matt, reluctantly roped into leading a bat-watching excursion on an October evening soaked in rain and restless memories. What starts as a slightly damp, disappointing nature walk...
2024-10-3113 min
Avenue RedAvenue Red Live Session #009 - Alec, Lou, Robert & Wilson @ OverDraught, Manchester (28-09-2024)On 28-09-2024 Avenue Red crew hosted another in an endless series of one-off sessions with friends and cohorts @ techno pub OverDraught in Manchester’s Levenshulme area.
Expect all shades of underground house, deep house, techno, dub techno, electro, electronica, IDM and more! VINYL ONLY! 💥
~~~ Lineup 🚨 ~~~
Alec Pritchard [The weird one from Gloucester]
Lou Start [Deep House wizard over from Hull]
Robert Vigh [Slovakian 🇸🇰 prisoner unleashed for techno purposes]
Wilson Logan [Quadrant Soundscape/Dub Explorations, Emerald Isle 🍀 crew 🙌]
FREE ENTRY! 💥
Tell your friends! 🙌 🎚️ 🔊 🍻 🍷 💃 🕺 🎂
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http://www.draughtmcr.co.uk
🎧 Avenue Red :: https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red
🎧 Alec Pritchard :: https://soundcloud.com/alecpritchard
🎧 Lou Start :: https://soundcloud.com/lou-start
🎧 Robert Vigh...
2024-10-104h 29Avenue RedAvenue Red Live Session #009 - Alec, Lou, Robert & Wilson @ OverDraught, Manchester (28-09-2024)On 28-09-2024 Avenue Red crew hosted another in an endless series of one-off sessions with friends and cohorts @ techno pub OverDraught in Manchester’s Levenshulme area.
Expect all shades of underground house, deep house, techno, dub techno, electro, electronica, IDM and more! VINYL ONLY! 💥
~~~ Lineup 🚨 ~~~
Alec Pritchard [The weird one from Gloucester]
Lou Start [Deep House wizard over from Hull]
Robert Vigh [Slovakian 🇸🇰 prisoner unleashed for techno purposes]
Wilson Logan [Quadrant Soundscape/Dub Explorations, Emerald Isle 🍀 crew 🙌]
FREE ENTRY! 💥
Tell your friends! 🙌 🎚️ 🔊 🍻 🍷 💃 🕺 🎂
——
http://www.draughtmcr.co.uk
🎧 Avenue Red :: https://soundcloud.com/avenue-red
🎧 Alec Pritchard :: https://soundcloud.com/alecpritchard
🎧 Lou Start :: https://soundcloud.com/lou-start
🎧 Robert Vigh...
2024-10-104h 29
Spoken LabelHeather Skowood (Spoken Label, August 2024)
Latest up from Spoken Label, features Levenshulme based poet, artist,
Based in Manchester, UK I work from my home studio creating body adornments, festival decor and offer workshops for you to learn a new craft and have lots of fun.
Heather describes herself as "I am a Human, flawed and vulnerable as you.
I wonder through our shared world with an insatiable appetite for connections with people like you and experiencing things visually, mentally, physically and spiritually in unique and stimulating...
2024-08-0137 min
The Manchester Briefing from The MillThe strange death of Levenshulme MarketLevenshulme Market was a local success story, cementing a narrative of a neighbourhood on the rise. For ten years, it ran weekly markets on a council-owned car park near the train station serving everything from craft beer to books, cocktails and gifts, and the market became celebrated for its role as an incubator for small businesses that managed to make the jump from a market stall to a spot on the high street. Then, in 2023, the directors announced that the market would have to cease trading for the rest of the year after a "painful planning permission process" made...
2024-07-2516 min
GND MediaWhy are cars getting so much bigger? Finance, Loans and Debt with Dr Tom Haines-Doran50% of all new cars are SUV's, which may come as a surprise to you, considering the various noises around the world about moves to green transport. Is this just people with more disposable income wanting bigger cars, is it for the prestige? Or do car companies need you to buy bigger?This week on the show Lucy and Andrew are joined by political economist Dr Tom Haines-Doran, to discuss his recent paper " The financialisation of car consumption". They discuss how the car industry is slowly destroying itself through over production, why fiance and debt companies want you...
2024-04-0858 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Gift by Marie CrookIn the aftermath of a catastrophe, Ellen agrees to use a long-lost ability to connect the shattered community with the afterlife. Orchestrating séances in the Old Library, she fabricates messages of solace to provide the lost locals with a semblance of hope. However, when a stranger enters the building things, the past threatens to intrude on the present.Marie Crook writes poetry, short fiction and creative non-fiction. Her work has been published in The Real Story, The Caterpillar and Confingo and she runs the creative writing workshop series Feed the Fox.Artwork: K...
2023-12-2714 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryAdvent by Gaynor JonesAs Christmas approaches, Chloe buys an antique mirror for her mother. But the mirror appears to hold a power, one which Chloe is drawn to. As the fractures in her world multiply, reality begins to blur, Chloe learns that sometimes the most extraordinary gifts come with unforeseen consequences.Gaynor Jones is the author of Among These Animals. She has won the Northern Writers’ Award, the Bath Flash Fiction Prize and the Mairtín Crawford Short Story Award, among others. Ghosts at the Old Library is produced by Levenshulme Old Library in collaboration with...
2023-12-2616 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryMagic Eye by Jo HowardJennie is a trainee teacher eager to make World War I come alive for her new class. She strives to connect with Zehra, a mute refugee. Bonding over a magic eye book, they discover an unexpected shared love for history, but Jennie also learns that the past may not yet be over.Jo Howard is a writer of children’s and young adult fiction. Her work has been published in Confingo, Funny Pearls and in 100 Voices, an anthology celebrating 100 years of women’s suffrage.Ghosts at the Old Library is produced by Leven...
2023-12-2519 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Continuum by Nicholas RoyleWhen a cryptic message from an old acquaintance reignites forgotten connections, Nick finds himself drawn into the life Mark, of a former classmate. But who is Mark? Had he actually been the same school as Nick? And is their shared past truly over?Nicholas Royle is the author of five collections of short fiction, two works of nonfiction and seven novels, most recently First Novel. Ghosts at the Old Library is produced by Levenshulme Old Library in collaboration with ALLFM with support from Arts Council England.Artwork: Kanie Lu...
2023-12-2415 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Loop by Dyani SheppardBeneath the cadence of her running steps, Helen discovers an eerie harmony on the Fallowfield Loop - an isolated former railway line, now a public footpath. Haunted by the echoes of an historic train accident, she finds herself drawn by a mysterious song she hears on the Loop, a melody that seems all too familiar.Ghosts at the Old Library is produced by Levenshulme Old Library in collaboration with ALLFM with support from Arts Council England.Artwork: Kanie LuccheseMusic and production: OscilloscopeSeries editor: Richard V. Hirst.
2023-12-2315 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryGratitude by Lauren O'DonoghueA young woman navigates the aftermath of her father's death, As she struggles with her grief, mysterious offerings of soil materials in her home, and she finds that living and the departed may now be as separate as she thought.Lauren O'Donoghue is a writer from South Yorkshire. Her fiction has been published in ergot and Mslexia among others.Ghosts at the Old Library is produced by Levenshulme Old Library in collaboration with ALLFM with support from Arts Council England.Artwork: Kanie LuccheseMusic and production: OscilloscopeSeries editor: Richard V...
2023-12-2217 min
Avenue RedAvenue Red Live Session #006 - Alec Pritchard & Wilson Logan @ OverDraught, Manchester (11-11-2023)6+ hours in the mix with Alec Pritchard and Wilson Logan of Quadrant Soundscape / Dub Explorations. All manner of live, impulsive fun with a great crowd of heads there grooving away at the awesome techno pub that is OverDraught in Levenshulme, Manchester! More to come...
https://soundcloud.com/alecpritchard
https://soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape
2023-11-256h 13Avenue RedAvenue Red Live Session #006 - Alec Pritchard & Wilson Logan @ OverDraught, Manchester (11-11-2023)6+ hours in the mix with Alec Pritchard and Wilson Logan of Quadrant Soundscape / Dub Explorations. All manner of live, impulsive fun with a great crowd of heads there grooving away at the awesome techno pub that is OverDraught in Levenshulme, Manchester! More to come...
https://soundcloud.com/alecpritchard
https://soundcloud.com/quadrantsoundscape
2023-11-256h 13
Brewing It Over with Cup NorthEpisode 8 – Pauline JohnstonIn this episode of Brewing It Over, we have invited Pauline Johnson, co-founder of the award-winning cycle café and active travel hub - Station South to join us and share her insights around “Brews and Bikes”. As a nationally recognised, multi-award winning advocate of active travel, she’s been working her magic to introduce more active places to the north of England after her success of creating Greater Manchester’s first-ever active neighbourhood in Levenshulme.Episode Sponsor: Brew-it GroupFeaturing content from: Manchester Coffee Festival (the panel discussion plays from 32 minutes)InstagramBrewing...
2023-09-201h 08
The Justin PodcastSeason 4 ; Episode 2 ; Welcome to the Station SouthAt his very first independent home area; Levenshulme, Justin made his debut at a destination cycle café, bar, bike workshop and urban garden (that used to be a railway station) then a park (where a railway used to be) he had never been before.
Trivia: This is the very first podcast to be recorded by Justin, himself!
2023-07-0627 min
The British Food History PodcastTripe Special: Sam Bilton & Neil Buttery Talk TripeIn a special bonus of the podcast, Sam Bilton and Neil Buttery have combined forces to make a whole episode about all things tripe. We discuss our experiences, and why it is viewed rather differently in different countries and it’s indelible association with poverty. Sam interviews chef and food writer Rachel Roddy for some tripe inspiration, and Neil visits Chadwick’s stall at Bury Market to interview one of the few remaining tripe sellers in the country. He also takes some home to cook up.Things mentioned in today’s episode:Rachel Roddy’s blog, Ra...
2023-05-051h 05
Bread and ThreadElizabeth RaffaldWith guest Dr Neil Buttery, whose book "Before Mrs. Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England's Most Influential Housekeeper" is out now!
Digitised 1st edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper (1769): https://archive.org/details/experiencedengl01raffgoog/page/n9/mode/2up
Zoom talk on Elizabeth 26 April at 7pm (BST) - free tickets can be had via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-extraordinary-life-of-elizabeth-raffald-tickets-605899791587
In-person Manchester talk at Station South, Levenshulme is on 14 May at 7pm. Info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/165241569745457
2023-04-091h 16
Ghosts at the Old LibraryGhost Story by Melissa WanThe year is 1778. Rose is celebrating Boxing Day with her parents when her husband returns home. Peter is soaking wet and seems preoccupied, but this isn't the oddest thing about him: Rose's husband has been dead for 20 years. Melissa Wan is the author of This Must Be Earth, published by Nightjar Press. Her other short fiction has been published by a number of independent presses, including by Bluemoose Books, Dead Ink Books and Cōnfingō Publishing.
2022-12-2715 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryPlum Porter by Richard V. HirstA retired builder relates his experiences when working on the foundations of a demolished Victorian library building beneath which he discovered a door in the ground. Richard V. Hirst is a writer and editor based in Manchester.
2022-12-2615 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryA Holy Trinity by Marie CrookAnge's life is one of routine: marriage, children and a job in her local library. But when it's announced that the neighbouring swimming baths are to be closed down, she finds it provokes a fierce and inexplicable reaction - both in herself and seemingly in the two buildings. Marie Crook is a writer based in Levenshulme. Her work has been published in The Real Story and The Caterpillar magazine.among others, and she has performed at numerous venues including Manchester Central Library.
2022-12-2517 min
Ghosts at the Old LibraryThe Only by Adam FarrerGhosts at the Old Library is a series of ghost stories for Christmas commissioned by Levenshulme Old Library, a former Carnegie library building in South Manchester, now the home to a local community arts charity. In 'The Only' a young boy relates the story of how he died in the library and became a ghost - and the terror that awaits him. Adam Farrer is a writer and editor based in Manchester. His first book, Cold Fish Soup, a memoir in essays about the Yorkshire coast, won the 2021 Northbound Book Award.
2022-12-2516 min
Sunday Chats 969Jonny Rees - Conductor of Levenshulme Community ChoirAhead of the new choral season in the run up to Christmas we welcome back conductor Jonny Rees to celebrate the achievements of Levenshulme Community Choir in their very 1st year & invite local listeners to a free workshop on Sunday 11th September
2022-09-0551 min
Pree Da PodcastEP 11 Leve BlockStory time has arrived! Take a trip down memory lane with me and my childhood friend Patrick Burns. This episode is were we find out more about my origin story growing up in Levenshulme during my primary school years, as well as going to high school in a town called Stockport where all the Manchester City fans live. Not to mention the adventures me and Patrick had as RAF Air Cadets!!! And you never know you might also be treated to an unexpected surprise in the last segment of the show.
2022-08-181h 18
Graps and Claps PodcastGCP Goes To: Rev Pro Summer Sizzler 2022GCP with Geoff & Andy Ogden report from a bar in Levenshulme with a review of Rev Pro Summer Sizzler 2022 from the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/graps-and-claps-podcast/donations
2022-07-2456 minGraps and Claps PodcastGCP Goes To: Rev Pro Summer Sizzler 2022GCP with Geoff & Andy Ogden report from a bar in Levenshulme with a review of Rev Pro Summer Sizzler 2022 from the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/graps-and-claps-podcast/donations
2022-07-2456 minGraps and Claps PodcastGCP Goes To: Rev Pro Summer Sizzler 2022GCP with Geoff & Andy Ogden report from a bar in Levenshulme with a review of Rev Pro Summer Sizzler 2022 from the Victoria Warehouse in Manchester!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/graps-and-claps-podcast/donations
2022-07-2456 min
Podcast ALL YOU MIX de AYN RadioAYM-330-T11X07 JLB Deejay and DanyMixTHE CARPENTERS vs DROP OUT ORCHESTRA - The Carpenters Drop Out Drill (Sintonia All You Mix)
KATRINA STUART - Blue Roses (Radio Edit)
PBR STREETGANG, DAVID CHRISTIE - Back Fire (PBR Streetgang Remix)
MOTHERS FAVOURITE CHILD & TANYA TIET - Reflections of a Disco Ball (Joey Negro Club Mix)
FLASH ATKINS - Levenshulme Orphanage For Boys
FREE CLUB #006 - Smoking Soup
B.W.H. - Stop (Purple Disco Machine Rework)
D.WHITE & DIMAD. - 600 km (Italo Mix)
KEEP SCHTUM - Do It
SILICON DREAM - Marcello the MastroianniANGEL MAN - G.A (Ilya Santana Re - Touch Edit)
REAL LIFE -All...
2022-01-081h 00
The British Food History PodcastLent episode 7: Lent Comes to an EndOriginally released 4 Apr 2020.*Best listened to on the sixth and final Sunday of Lent*In the final episode of the season, we look at how the last Sunday of Lent was marked in the past, focussing on Fig Sunday and Palm Sunday. Neil cooks up some historical pax cakes to give out to shoppers and traders at Levenshulme Market to see how they would go down today. With Easter Sunday on his mind, Neil gets hold of some very special meat from Hebridean sheep farmer Helen Arthan, and find out what it’s like working wi...
2021-07-201h 05
Are We Nearly There Yet?Bring your whole self to work. Julianne Antrobus, Global Head of Nuclear, PA ConsultingJulianne joined PA Consulting last year and is Global Head of Nuclear. She also sponsors the PA’s Women Networks and works with Women in Nuclear on their leadership programme.
She lives in Southport with her husband David also known as ‘Mr A’ and two children Oliver and Lucy who are at primary school age - and has been doing plenty of home schooling with them!
Julianne grew up in Levenshulme, Manchester and moved to Southport with her family to start a hotel business. She spent most of her youth living in a hotel where she le...
2021-04-0737 min
The Scratch Cast: The Alternative Music PodcastBONUS EPISODE: The Scratch Cast - The Interviews - Episode 03 - WACOFor the third Scratch Cast interview, Grant and Snedds have the pleasure of catching up with Jak and Welshy from the genre-bending punk band WACO. We ask about the band’s brilliant new album Hope Rituals and Jak and Welshy open up on their interstellar idiosyncrasies and a whole host of other topics including their charity singles, how positivity influences their music, what they miss about gigs and whether we’re alone in the universe. We had a proper laugh chatting to these guys and hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did!
2021-03-051h 34GND Media"When are we going to put nature above profit?" Pesticides, agriculture and biodiversity with Nick MoleIf you like the show tell your comrades!Find us at Twitter:@MCRGND_PODInsta: ManchestergndpodFB:MCRGNDPODThere are many schisms embedded into the modern world. A foggy distance between our actions and the fallout from those actions. The carbon output of your job, the manufacture of the clothes you wear and the final destination of the waste we create. The separation between what we eat and how it is grown is one of the largest chasms we face. To feed 9 billion people do we have to turn a blind eye to p...
2020-06-291h 19
Humans of XS ManchesterDave ScottWhilst in lockdown, Humans of XS Manchester will continue to celebrate the spirit of the city by telling the incredible stories of the amazing Mancunians who call it home.In the sixth and final episode of Humans of XS Manchester: At Home, Clint chats to Mancunian poet, musician and broadcaster, Dave Scott.Dave talks about growing up in Levenshulme, being raised on Britpop and Hip Hop, discovering poetry, pursuing a career in the arts, his passion for football and why he loves Manchester.Don’t forget to subscribe to never mi...
2020-06-1548 min
Humans of XS ManchesterGraham MasseyIn the ninth episode of Series 3, Clint Boon speaks to musician, record producer and founding member of groundbreaking electronic group 808 State, Graham Massey.Graham talks about growing up in Levenshulme, the importance of community, his first musical influences, witnessing the events of the 60s as a child, forming 808 State, new projects with the group, how Manchester's musical timeline goes way beyond 'Madchester' and why he loves the city!This series is sponsored by our friends at Safer Roads GM, helping us to keep ourselves and each other SAFE on the roads of Manchester.
2019-08-1245 min
The Food ProgrammeFeeding the High Street: Are food shops the answer?At a time when shops are closing across the country, we visit three food retail businesses that are bucking the trend. Levenshulme Market in Greater Manchester, A Small Good Thing in Bolton and Squash in Liverpool are all making a positive impact in their communities Sheila Dillon meets entrepreneur John Timpson to find out what this could tell us about the future of our high streets.Presenter: Sheila Dillon
Producer: Siobhan Maguire
2019-05-0527 min
onewithmusicFEB2015SICC01. Maxxi Soundsystem feat Name One - Lone Raver [Culprit Records]
02. Flash Aktins - Levenshulme Orphanage For Boys [Paperecordings]
03. Lonely Boy - I Like Disco (The Emperor Machine Disco To Go Special Extended Dub) [Futureboogie]
04. Public Service Broadcasting - Gararin (Psychemagik Dub) [Test Card]
05. EDX - Remember House [Enormous Tunes]
06. Gorgon City - Go All Night (Nicky Night Time Remix) [Neon]
07. Moonwalk - Hard Way [Go Deeva]
08. UnoMas - Just Can't Stop [Toolroom]
09. Therese - Missing Disco (Gordon John Remix) [Vixon]
10. Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better (Illyus & Barrientos Remix) [Virgin]
11. Disciples - They Don't Know (Pete Tong Remix) [FFRR]
12...
2019-03-011h 00
All Out Radio ShowUploading ALL OUT Radio Show - 24th March 2018 - Ed from Staying Out and Faye from Open HouseMurry and Claire are Joined on the phone by Ed from Staying Out 2018 talking about their events across the UK looking at the legacy and impact of Section 28, thirty years after the passing of the law. The Manchester event is 7th April at the Peoples History Museum.
in the 2nd hour Faye from Open House an inclusive and accessible event for all LGBT+/deaf/disabled/mental health people joins us to talk about her DIY event at the Klondyke in Levenshulme on 30th March 2018
want the music too? listen on mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/alloutradioshow/all-out-radio-show-24th-march-2018-ed-from-staying-out-and-faye-from-open-house/
2018-03-2554 min
In TouchBlind man mistakenly tasered. Returning a Guide Dogon February 23, Greater Manchester Police were called to Levenshulme by two witnesses who reported a man with a gun behaving in an agitated manner.The attending firearms officers tasered the man and subsequently discovered he was blind and that what had been thought to be a gun was, in fact, his folding white cane. This follows a similar incident in 2012 when a blind man's white stick was mistaken for a samurai sword.In last week's case, the police apologised, and the Professional Standards Branch of Greater Manchester Police, carried out an investigation. It found that...
2017-02-2818 min
A Voice from the IslesThe Icon of the Theotokos of the SignSubdeacon Immanuel speaks about the new fresco Icon of the Theotokos of the Sign written by Efrem Carrasco on the wall behind the altar at St Aidan’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Levenshulme, Manchester.
2015-10-0700 min
Taped Ministry - Church of God in ManchesterJohn Terrell - Epistle to the Romans: Part 3Speaker: Dr. John D. Terrell.
Manchester Weekly Ministry Meeting
7.30pm Every Tuesday Evening
Recorded on 22.09.2015 at:
The Church of God in Manchester,
82 Albert Rd, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2AD
www.churchesofgod.info
2015-09-2929 minTaped Ministry - Church of God in ManchesterNathan Udoh - Celebration in RevelationSpeaker: Nathan Udoh.
Manchester Weekly Ministry Meeting
7.30pm Every Tuesday Evening
Recorded on 15.09.2015 at:
The Church of God in Manchester,
82 Albert Rd, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2AD
www.churchesofgod.info
2015-09-1528 minTaped Ministry - Church of God in ManchesterJohn Terrell - The Epistle to the Romans: Chapter 12Speaker: Dr. John D. Terrell.
Manchester Weekly Ministry Meeting
7.30pm Every Tuesday Evening
Recorded on 08.09.2015 at:
The Church of God in Manchester,
82 Albert Rd, Levenshulme, Manchester, M19 2AD
www.churchesofgod.info
2015-09-0938 min
BBC Radio ManchesterYou’re never to old to…learn to code!Meet Trish from Levenshulme. She was a teacher during her working life, but having retired years ago she now volunteers for the charity Intergen at a Greenend Primary School in Manchester.
She runs a computer coding club during lunchtimes. But it was a skill she had to first learn herself before showing the youngsters... Trish spoke to BBC Radio Manchester reporter Clare Freeman.
2015-07-0202 min