John Dee: Manchester's first scientist
Long before Joule and Dalton made the city famous for science, one of England's most infamous early scientists made his home in Manchester.

The rise and fall of King Street
As the credit crunch hits hard on King Street, take a look at how it became one of Manchester's most prestigious thoroughfares.

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Diary reveals Great Escape plot
Coded plans for The Great Escape are found in the wartime diary of a World War II airman from Greater Manchester.

Stretford's pioneering aviator
90 years ago, Mancunian pilot Sir John Alcock became the first to fly a plane across the Atlantic non-stop.

Adela: from left to right
How the youngest of the Pankhurst daughters took a political journey from one extreme to the other.

Ewan MacColl: theatre legend
How Salford folk legend Ewan MacColl's radicalism stretched into the world of theatre.

Uttley's radical youth revealed
A world famous children's author is revealed as a young radical with the publication of a suffragette poem online for the first time.

Rutherford: splitting the atom
Discover the genius Ernest Rutherford, whose atomic research at the University of Manchester changed the world forever.

City's aviation history at an end
From Lancaster to Nimrod: a century-long tradition of building planes is on its final approach.

How America changed the North
Discover why the American Civil War led to the building of parks, roads and canals all over Greater Manchester.

Manchester's best kept secret
Celebrating 20 years of ridding the world of anti-personnel mines from its offices in Manchester.

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Darwin whale's tooth in wardrobe
A whale's tooth, carved by a royal marine who sailed with Charles Darwin, is found buried in the bottom of a wardrobe in Cheshire.

Postcards were Edwardian 'texts'
Social networking Edwardian style saw six billion quick messages sent via picture postcard.

Digging up Manchester's 'Hell'
The worst slums of Victorian Manchester have been revealed for the first time by archaeologists.

Macabre fame of Hannah Beswick
Scared of being buried alive? We reveal the macabre notoriety of Hollinwood's first celebrity.