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✨📄 New blog post: An Interview with Felienne Hermans 📄✨
We caught up with keynote speaker @Felienne to chat about her journey into #programming and #Python’s influence along the way, creating Hedy, challenges & hopes for the Python ecosystem, and what she’s most looking forward to at #PyConUK2025 🐍✨
📖 Read the interview here: https://2025.pyconuk.org/2025/08/keynote-speaker-interview-felienne/
A huge thank you to Felienne for taking the time to share your thoughts with us 💜
Who remembers the stories of Doctor Finlay of Tannochbrae by A.J. Cronin? A friend was recently visiting the Scottish Highlands and on the drive back to Manchester, she and her family had an uninterrupted A.J Cronin audiobook marathon.
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#books #audiobook #reading #listening #radio #bbc #manchester #scotland #community #uk
Happy Saturday. This is #Manchester.
#Photography #UrbanPhotography #CityPhotography #StreetPhotography #FujiFilm #FujiFilmXT5
🎊 ■ Noel Gallagher se rinde en halagos ante Liam en plena gira de Oasis: "Estoy tan orgulloso de él" ■ Los hermanos han estado 16 años sin hablarse
https://los40.com/2025/08/21/noel-gallagher-se-rinde-en-halagos-ante-liam-en-plena-gira-de-oasis-estoy-tan-orgulloso-de-el/?int=MASTODON_WORLD
#manchester #polemicas #conciertos #eventos #girasmusicales #irlanda #redessociales #oasis(grupomusica) #liamgallagher #noelgallagher #inglaterra
I present the "Terminal velocity unhindered by dark clouds" #pacemakerdevice mix
Recorded and mixed live on a KLM flight back to #Manchester
https://cubicgarden.com/2025/08/21/terminal-velocity-unhindered-by-dark-clouds-mix/
The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. Eighteen people died and 400–700 were injured when the cavalry of the Yeomen charged into a crowd of around 60,000 people who had gathered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_Massacre
https://www.peterloomassacre.org/history.html
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/protest-democracy-1818-1820/
2018 Film (Mike Leigh) - 200th anniversary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_(film)
What untold stories are there on the Manchester Cenotaph? There are 4,621 British burials from WW1 in Amara War Cemetery in Iraq, then Mesopotamia.
Among them is Oldham's Handel Kent, who died on the 09/01/1917 and Henry Dickinson from Newton Heath, who died on the 08/05/1916.
#history #manchester #politics #iraq #europe #ww1 #news #army #books #uk
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT 9 years ago we were exploring #Manchester. A beautiful and fascinating city that treasures its industrial heritage, but made it cool 😎
#canal #Kanal #towpath #BridgewaterCanal #Hausboot #houseboat #narrowboat #canalBoat #city #cityscape #streetPhotography #bridge #bridgeObsession #railwayBridge #railroadBridge #arch #arches #archBridge #masonry #masonryBridge #Eisenbahnbrücke #Brücke #brick #bricks #Backstein #brickwork #viaduct #Viadukt #architecture #Architektur #Castlefield #CastlefieldViaduct #England #UK
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” ― Rudyard Kipling
#history #photography #photo #nature #flowers #uk #books #reading #stories #manchester
I recently listened to a debate by Manchester City Council on 'Understanding' and 'Tackling Anti-Arab Racism' in the city. It was an experience which can only be described as interesting.
Unfortunately, no one mentioned how people like Albert Hourani, author of 'A History of the Arab Peoples' was born in Manchester in 1915 and had attended Magdalen College, Oxford in 1933.
#manchester #books #politics #uk #news #labour #history #media #usa #europe
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac
#photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #uk #manchester #news #flowers #life #books
“Mr. and Mrs. Brown first met Paddington on a railway platform. In fact, that was how he came to have such an unusual name for a bear, for Paddington was the name of the station.” ― Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington
#books #nature #reading #summer #gardening #london #manchester #photography #photo #naturephotography
🎼 ■ Oasis vuelve a casa: Manchester canta bajo un cielo que se abre para ellos ■ La lluvia dio tregua justo a tiempo para un concierto inolvidable en Heaton Park, con pantallas gigantes, un telonero revelación y miles de fans rendidos
https://los40.com/2025/07/20/oasis-vuelve-a-casa-manchester-canta-bajo-un-cielo-que-se-abre-para-ellos/?int=MASTODON_WORLD
#conciertos #manchester #musica #oasis(grupomusica)
At Altrincham railway station there is this plaque on the wall that intrigued me!
Any ideas what it means?
CDMI isn't roman numerals and it's 7 miles and 1626 yards from something...
... I'm confuddled!
#Trains #Railways #Rail #RailStation #Station #Altrincham #Sale #Manchester #Sign
🎙️ ■ Los nepobabies también trabajan: Noel y Liam Gallagher han fichado a sus hijos para Oasis ■ Los primos nunca han perdido relación pese al enfrentamiento de sus padres
https://los40.com/2025/07/12/los-nepobabies-tambien-trabajan-noel-y-liam-gallagher-han-fichado-a-sus-hijos-para-oasis/?int=MASTODON_WORLD
#los40 #oasis(grupomusica) #liamgallagher #noelgallagher #manchester #girasmusicales #actualidad
