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Lee Rourke – novelist best known for The Canal, Vulgar Things and Glitch; James Rowley – cricketer; Shaun Ryder – vocalist and songwriter with the Happy Mondays [80] who became famous in the Madchester era [81] Peter Saville – Manchester-born artist and designer, best known for his work with Factory Records [82]
A busker in St Ann's Square. The Culture of Manchester is notable artistically, [1] architecturally, [2] [3] theatrically and musically. [4] Despite being the 5th largest city in the United Kingdom by population and the second largest conurbation, Manchester has been ranked as the second city of the United Kingdom in numerous polls since the 2000s (decade), [5] [6] with an influential culture ...
Manchester is one of the principal cities of the United Kingdom, gaining city status in 1853, thus becoming the first new city in over 300 years since Bristol in 1542. Often regarded as the first industrialised city, [1] Manchester was a city built by the Industrial Revolution and had little pre-medieval history to speak of. Manchester had a ...
Manchester was the subject of Friedrich Engels' The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Engels himself spending much of his life in and around Manchester. Manchester was also an important cradle of the Labour Party and the Suffragette Movement. [citation needed] Manchester's golden age was perhaps the last quarter of the 19th ...
Artists from Manchester. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. D. Designers from Manchester (1 C, 12 P) P.
This is a list of music artists and bands from Manchester, and may also include some people or bands who hail from the wider area of Greater Manchester, in England This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
This is a partial list of places in Greater Manchester, in North West England. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
Manchester bee art in the Northern Quarter. The worker bee is one of the best-known symbols of Manchester. It was adopted as a motif for Manchester during the Industrial Revolution, at a time when Manchester was taking a leading role in new forms of mass production, and symbolises Mancunians' hard work during this era and Manchester being a hive of activity in the 19th century.