Episodes
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We spoke to Nusrat Ahmed on Zoom to hear about her role as Lead Curator of the new South Asia Gallery at Manchester Museum. The first permanent gallery of its kind in the UK, it was uniquely brought together through the collaboration of community leaders, educators, artists, historians, journalists, scientists, musicians, students and others from South Asian diaspora. The gallery displays world-class material from the British Museum alongside the best of South Asian collections in Manchester.
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Join Your Manchester Stories host, Hayley-Jane Sims, and a distinguished panel while they discuss the theme of this year's LGBT History Month - Politics in Art. Featuring: Rob Cookson - Deputy CEO, LGBT Foundation Dominic Bilton - Student and Youth Engagement Producer, The Whitworth Dr Monica Pearl - Lecturer in 20th Century American Literature Lynn Sutcliffe - Managing Director, Mighty Productions
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A distinguished panel of speakers, including academic Dr Sean Pert, alumna Christine Burns MBE, student Gabe Clark and UoM staff members Natalie Craig and Paul Marks-Jones, discuss support for the LGBTQ+ community and the importance of allyship.
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Professor Brian Cox OBE FRS (BSc(Hons) Physics 1995; PhD Physics 1998) and President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell are joined in conversation by alumnus Simon Collins (BA(Econ)(Hons) 1982) discussing curiosity and collaboration in science and research in a post-coronavirus world.
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Thanks for listening to our first series - please enjoy some of our favourite quotes from our excellent guests!
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Ben Elton joins us to talk about his time studying drama at Manchester, finding inspiration and his first stand up tour in 15 years. Recorded 24 October 2019 - contains strong language Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Your Manchester Stories!
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Professor Tony Peyton (BSc(Hons) Electrical & Electronic Engineering 1983, PhD Electrical Engineering and Electronics 1987) and Dr Liam Marsh (MEng (Hons) Electrical & Electronic Eng 2007, PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2011) join us to talk about their very interdisciplinary research in landmine detection and polar exploration. We also have our first visit to the future in our time machine. Visit your.manchester.ac.uk to watch their lecture on detecting landmines for a safer future.
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Hear from Jim Hancock, former political editor of BBC North West. Jim has interviewed every prime minister from Harold Wilson to Boris Johnson. Jim talks to us about Brexit, his weekly blog and, most importantly, Plymouth Argyle.
Recorded in May 2019
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Tag Warner joins us to talk about the benefits of personal re-branding, being the youngest CEO of a global media company and the importance of ally-ship for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Naa Acquah joins us to tell her story from her time as general secretary of the student union to embarking on a new career sorting out Brexit.
(Recorded on location in London.)
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