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The University of Manchester: The University is and has been basically the hotbed of a lot of innovation that has taken place/is taking place in the city! You may not get a tour or learn a great deal just by strolling around in the uni, but you will surely see a few blue plaques. Also, if you like Hogwarts and want to take pictures in a structure looking vaguely similar to it, please head to the main university campus on Oxford Road! Also, I am very proud to say that the university has to its credit 25 Nobel Prize winners and is one of the best universities (and also has one of the best Physics & Astronomy departments 😉 ) in the world. Living in the city can get boring. Even if you don’t live here but have a few days on hand to explore the city and the surrounding area, I highly recommend doing day trips to the serene countryside locations not too far from the city! I came to Manchester in September 2017, very excited to start my PhD Astrophysics programme in my dream university, the University of Manchester. My father and I were being driven up north in a car and I couldn’t stop thinking about the failure of seeing this particular phrase in action: “it is grim up north”. The sun was out and it was warm outside; it was almost like the rain gods decided to give me a literally warm welcome and spared me on my first day in the city. But, I know you, England. The months that followed unarguably proved to me why that phrase is so popular. The oldest library in the English speaking world opened in Manchester. The year was 1653. Vegetarianism Baggy clothing enabled the loose-limbed liquid movements of the dancers. Dressing for comfort, girls and boys often wore similar clothing creating a seemingly egalitarian, almost non-gendered look. The cut of the clothes defined the look, sound, attitude and lifestyle.

Certainly the warmest, most down-to-earth accent in the UK. If not; the world. Manchester City Airport insist that their call centre staff speak to customers in an authentic Mancunian accent. For those that are not au fait with typical Northern dialect, a linguistics specialist is on hand to help newbies with the local accent. Presumably operators are able to answer the phone with “alright our kid are you sorted?” The Sixth Day The Madchester/ Baggy look conveyed a confident Northern identity, with its roots in earlier working class street-styles, Scallies and Perry Boys, which were distinct to North West football crowds, but part of the broader Casual subculture. Madchester coalesced around a network of places including the Hacienda, International I and II venues, and the Eastern Bloc and Piccadilly record shops. Documenting it were M62, City Life and Debris magazines. The End fanzine (Liverpool) linked music, fashion, football, and politics. The idea of avoiding consuming meat came about thanks to sermons by Reverend William Cowherd held at the Beefsteak Chapel. The reverend was so into the vegetarian movement that he actually wrote vegetarian hymns to sing to his congregation. You really can’t make this stuff up. David Burgess and I had a bit of an exchange of conversation about The Venue (The Olden days! ha) and he passed onto you a little hello from me on Saturday, The concept of abstinence from meat launched in 1815 after sermons performed by the ironically named Revered William Cowherd. Now, everyone from Natalie Portman to Superman is a vegetarian. British FashionDespite not being especially near to the sea (by which I mean not near at all), the first ever military submarine was eventide right in Manchester. It was invented by George Garrett, a vicar (really) in 1878. Divine inspiration perhaps? More walks/countryside breaks in the Greater Manchester area can be found here. Lovell Telescope in Jodrell Bank Observatory! Picture by me. It’s not all kitchen sink inventions; luxury gets a look-in too. Manchester is also the city in which Henry Royce created the first model of his world famous car. The Football League An NME writer who covered the Madchester scene at the time and then later wrote And God Created Manchester.

Walsh defines the turning point in his career as being assigned to go and shoot a Wednesday club night at the Hacienda called “Hot”, where he recalls looking around and thinking “What the hell is going on?”. The club dynamic had seemingly changed overnight, everyone in the club was absolutely going for it and were off their heads, the music had changed and everyone was wearing baggy sweatshirts, t-shirts, and dungarees. Walsh contrasts the style with an earlier picture he’d taken at the club; three boys standing on a podium wearing ties, waistcoats, and Ted Baker shirts. Originally sold as Vim Tonic, a health drink and alternative to drinking alcohol, Vimto was created at 19 Granby Row in Manchester’s city centre. Though both its name and the perception of fizzy drinks as good for you have changed over the years, it’s still a popular drink. So popular, in fact, that you can find a sculpture shaped like a giant bottle of Vimto at the University of Manchester. Vegetarianism I am someone, as you might have realised, who likes looking at water (canals or river, not the water I am supposed to drink or bathe in). Hence one of my favourite places to walk is along the canal in Castlefield, near Albert’s Shed and Dukes 92. If possible, I tend to take my friends there when they visit Manchester. It feels so peaceful even if there are people around.The city centre itself is wonderful stretching from Ancoats to Castlefield along a grubby street and canal network with architecture that marries modernity and history. It has the Northern Quarter awash with independent shops with Fred Aldous and Unitom at its epicentre in the surprisingly photogenic Stevenson Square. People’s History Museum: “ the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its development in Britain: past, present, and future.“