by Chris Hughes Chris Hughes is a graduate of the University of Salford and the University of Manchester, and a freelance political commentator, as the founder of alt-politics https://www.alt-politics.co.uk/. In this article, Chris Hughes reflects on the novel Love on the Dole, and the lives of his grandparents who were married at St Paul the Apostle Paddington in […]
Artist Leslie Holmes has lived in Ordsall for over 30 years recording the changing inner city landscape of Salford and Manchester. He is the project manager at Salford Lads Club and has created projects, with schools and community groups, looking at the past and present. He was lead artist at Ordsall Community Arts from 1996 […]
A reminder that from 20th January to 21st April 2023 we will be running a small exhibition of the work of the Salford-born social documentary photographer, Shirley Baker at the Working Class Movement Library in Salford. The exhibition will focus on the way in which the change to the built environment of Salford from ‘slum’ […]