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Frank Whittle, inventor of the turbojet

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Flying and engineering were passions from an early age for Frank Whittle, who was admitted to the RAF at the second...
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Ada Lovelace: the first computer programmer

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The only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace described her approach to mathematics as “poetical science” and herself...
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Michael Faraday: “one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time”

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Michael Faraday (1791-1867)“One of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time” Today’s digital revolution owes much to...
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Culture

Barbara Brown: the golden girl of Heal’s

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Asked about his slogan “I miss my pre-internet brain” in an interview with the FT, the artist Douglas Coupland observed: “I...
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Design

A voice, of sorts* – the life and art of Alan Kitching

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The sound of Celia Stothard fills the room at 19 Cleaver Street in Kennington, transporting me to years precociously spent in...
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Professor John Benyon, criminologist and passionate educator

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John Benyon was Professor of Political Studies at the University of Leicester from 1993 until his death on 19 May aged...
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“I did it any way”: what punk taught me

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Punk sprang up all around me in Manchester, seemingly in answer to questions I was already beginning to pose in early...
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People

Raj Loomba: the widows’ voice

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The lot of a widow is shocking in many parts of the world, the sorrow of losing her husband compounded by...
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Anne Boleyn: Mother of the Anglican Church

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She may not have given Henry VIII the male heir he thought so important but, apart from giving birth to arguably...
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Finsbury Park heritage programme concludes

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In 2019-20, 2NQ – the community non-profit co-directed by Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – delivered People + Heritage, a programme...
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XR to creatives: “Stop toxic!”

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We’ve been mesmerized by the COVID-19 pandemic for months. New problems have become apparent, but the old ones have not gone...
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Safe Space: art for vulnerable adults in lockdown

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Safe Space, a new art workshop programme for older or vulnerable adults and carers designed “for lockdown and beyond” is launching...
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Observations in paint: “What procedures?”

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Let's get this done Copyright © 2020 Simon Poulter What procedures? July 7, 2020
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Architecture

Tom Bloxham: “We are not delivering units”

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The railway arches at Mayfield, a stone’s throw from Piccadilly Station, is what all of Manchester was like when Urban Splash...
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Cities

Finsbury Park heritage programme concludes

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In 2019-20, 2NQ – the community non-profit co-directed by Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – delivered People + Heritage, a programme...
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Innovation

South London: the new hotspot?

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SouthBank IQ is a research study and consultation document by Images&Co that evaluates the potential for innovation-led growth in South London. The...
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Design

How the Bauhaus changed the ’80s

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The first ever creative collaboration between Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – the October 1981 edition of New Sounds New...
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Culture

Coming : Being : Going. The Michael Clark Company IG Takeover

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On 4 and 5 May, the designer Malcolm Garrett was invited to take over the Michael Clark Company Instagram account to...
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Communities

People and heritage

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In 2019 – Finsbury Park’s 150th anniversary year – we celebrated with a programme of events including #Everything150, a contemporary archaeology...
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Tate is the star in cities show

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Living Cities, a display of works from the Collection in the George Economou Gallery on level 4 of The Switch House,...
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Design

How the Bauhaus changed the ’80s

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The first ever creative collaboration between Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – the October 1981 edition of New Sounds New...
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People

“I did it any way”: what punk taught me

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Punk sprang up all around me in Manchester, seemingly in answer to questions I was already beginning to pose in early...
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Politics

The world of elective intrusion

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Presentation delivered at a Close & Remote symposium on secure cities at Deptford Lounge in south-east London on May 9, 2013.
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Communities

Covid-19 Threads #3: Dominic Minghella

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https://vimeo.com/417007603 Covid-19 Threads is a series of short films presenting twitter posts that have appeared with...
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Cities

Manchester launches a design manifesto

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This is the text of the statement issued by Manchester City Council and Design Manchester on 19 October 2018
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