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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
‘Apart from outside The Haçienda in the 90s, who could ever say they saw a real sword fight in the centre of Manchester?’ A history of Mancunian strangeness… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/let-us-...
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‘Let us have a cult of Manchester…’
Sea monsters in Whalley Range... teenage Mancs with a language of their own. We've always been a cult city.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
800 releases. Zero compromises… Manchester’s German Shepherd Records. www.cultmanchester.co.uk/blog
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Cult Things | Cult Manchester
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Top 5 things Blossoms ever did… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/blog
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Cult Things | Cult Manchester
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Painting the Ian Curtis section in Granada TV’s Wall of Fame show in 1998. Full story on the website @jd-central.bsky.social www.cultmanchester.co.uk/blog
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Cult Things | Cult Manchester
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Joy Division Central @jd-central.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Cult thing of the month - Ian Curtis portrait commissioned by Granada TV @cultmanchester.bsky.social www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-th...
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Cult thing of the month - the Wall of Fame mural featuring Ian Curtis, commissioned by Granada TV.
Do you remember the giant mural in Castlefield that featured famous faces from 'Granadaland'? The people who worked on it do.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ian Curtis? Les Dawson? Gracie Fields? Only GranadaTV would make a show like this… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-th...
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Cult thing of the month - the Wall of Fame mural featuring Ian Curtis, commissioned by Granada TV.
Do you remember the giant mural in Castlefield that featured famous faces from 'Granadaland'? The people who worked on it do.
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Joy Division Central @jd-central.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joy Division OTD 1979: The Mayflower Manchester, with Foreign Press. Flyer: boredteenagers.co.uk/HOAXPAGE2.htm
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Gig of the month - Glisten Trick at Gullivers… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-gi...
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Cult gig of the month - October: Glisten Trick, Gullivers, Manchester.
Neo-psyche. Cult drone. Garage. The multi-genre sound of Glisten Trick.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scoop! 24 Hour Party People… unseen www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/exclusi...
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cult Manchester - it’s all Joy Division and Factory… wait, what? Girls Aloud? www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/there-i...
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‘There I was trying to get Cheryl Cole into this drawer in a mortuary...’ Ghost Hunting with Girls Aloud - the inside story.
Something kinda boo happened when Girls Aloud went ghost hunting. TV producer Helen Tonge was there so see it all unfold...
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve had a great week - only another scoop tommorow could top it…
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cheer JDC - the scoops keep coming!
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scoop! 24 Hour Party People unseen… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/exclusi...
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Exclusive: this is Manchester, we do things in front of a blue screen… Unseen footage of cult film 24 Hour Party People
Exclusive - unseen footage of 24 Hour Party People form 25 years ago.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Warmth. Very important in comedy… @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social is our comedy pick of the month. www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-co...
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Cult comedy pick of the month: climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith comes to Manchester.
Climate comedy? Stuart Goldsmith is the ultimate warm-up man.
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Joy Division Central @jd-central.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
OTD 1980: New Order’s van is stolen from outside the Iroquois Hotel on West 44th Street, New York. Cutting: Substance by Peter Hook amzn.to/33LAOUL
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David Nolan @nolanwriter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pips. It was behind the cathedral but ahead of its time… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-want-...
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‘I want those human stories of what it meant to them… and how it changed their lives.’ The legendary Pips nightclub is finally getting the recognition it deserves.
Pips - the legendary nightclub that was 'behind the cathedral' in Manchester - never got the credit it deserved. Until now.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Being an artist isn’t all openings and canapés - we talk to three women bound together by Salford’s 1838 Collective. www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-don-t...
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‘I don’t think enough people talk about how much work happens around being an artist that has nothing to do with physically making art.’ Meet the 1838 Collective.
'Making a living? Honestly, I'm still working this one out...' Meet the women artists drawn together by the 1838 Collective.
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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Manchester has a proud place in RNLI's history being the location for the charity's first street collection rnli.org/about-us/our...
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1891: First street collection - Timeline - Our history - RNLI
After the Mexico disaster and the loss of 27 lifeboatmen, a small team organised an event in Manchester that changed the face of fundraising forever.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club @rnrbook-club.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
TONIGHT! Final Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1995831433...
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We Were Here: A History of Black People & Alternative Music
A live conversation with writer Stephanie Phillips
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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In the year to September 1885 Manchester recorded 1,163 arrests for drunkenness. 111 of those arrested were recorded as ‘not bona fide residents’.
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Route @routebooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Dave Nolan embedded himself in the first of Funky Si's walking tours for Cult Manchester. What really went on there, we only have this ... etc
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‘I can’t think of anyone better to show me around Manchester than Funky Si…’
Funky Si shows us the way with his walking tours of Manchester... but mind the cobbles.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Cult Manchester goes walkabout with Funky Si… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-can-t...
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‘I can’t think of anyone better to show me around Manchester than Funky Si…’
Funky Si shows us the way with his walking tours of Manchester... but mind the cobbles.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That time I spoke to customers in my local record shop but just missed Stewart Lee
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I swear Si was there… Funky Si’s first walking tour. We were there. Full report and pics coming soon.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Been down the shops
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our man @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social joins the diggers and sifters for a day in the life of a cult record store… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/if-real...
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Free #oasis ticket on the website. Literally. www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-could...
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‘I could see Patsy Kensit dancing away at the side of the stage.’ Cult thing of the month: free residents' ticket to see Oasis at Maine Road, 1996.
Imagine... a FREE Oasis ticket. Here's one from 1996. What's the story?
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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
11 September 1791 John Edward Taylor was born. Having reported on the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, he launched The Manchester Guardian (now The Guardian).
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Free #Oasis ticket. Honest…
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Free #Oasis ticket? Cult Manchester can sort you out… www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/i-could...
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‘I could see Patsy Kensit dancing away at the side of the stage.’ Cult thing of the month: free residents' ticket to see Oasis at Maine Road, 1996.
Imagine... a FREE Oasis ticket. Here's one from 1996. What's the story?
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Neilsnotreal @satinfinish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our guitar person, Tyrone 'Shoelaces' Holt talks with @cultmanchester.bsky.social ✌🏻
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan @warringtonruncorn.com · 08/09/2026
GIGS: Crewe, Hebden Bridge, Exeter, Birkenhead, Manchester, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Glasgow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Cambridge, Belfast and Canterbury. warringtonruncorn.com/live/
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Live – Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
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8bitnorthxstitch @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
You can buy issues 1 & 2 of Fall fanzine Load o Bloody Nowt www.route-online.com/blog/post/bl... Packed with exclusive interviews (Maxine Peake, Una Baines, John Cooper Clarke, Miki Berenyi, & Julia Adamson), they’re well worth a fiver if I do say so myself.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Tonight! Clock's a-tickin'...
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We’re having a do… come and tell us about the cult stuff you’re doing. Batched in Stockport 6.30 24 September.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The story of Joanna. You couldn’t make it up! www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/when-yo...
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‘When you tell people the story it still sounds unreal…’
The return of Joanna - you couldn't make it up, as they say.
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Route @routebooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
After missing the Free Trade Hall out of his top ten list of Manchester venues for Cult Manchester, Paul Hanley has returned with an extended history of the venue that sits right at the heart of the city's own history.
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Hallé-lujah! Hanley on the Free Trade Hall.
'The very ground the Free Trade Hall is built on is woven into the fabric of Manchester history.' Paul Hanley on the Free Trade Hall.
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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
7 September 1906 Victoria Baths opened, described by the Manchester Guardian (now @theguardian.com) as ‘probably the most splendid municipal bathing institution in the country’.
Colourful stained glass windows. Main window depicts winged woman in purple, standing on lily pad (?), holding stems of lilies flowering above her. Smaller panes with plants and birds.
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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 06/09/2026
I've well and truly had enough of selling on Etsy. Ten years of fees, algorithm changes and now watching the place fill up with AI generated listings while genuine makers don’t stand a chance.
‘Why I’m leaving Etsy’ text on a photo of prints and cards in my studio.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mahogany are the Cult Manchester gig of the month. Now with added drummer at no extra charge.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If you‘re free and in the vicinity of Manchester this Tuesday night, you should make haste to @xsmalarkey.com - here’s why!
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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
6 Sept 1766 John Dalton was born, pioneer of atomic theory, President @manlitphil.bsky.social. He researched colour blindness, so variations of 'daltonism' are used to name it in many languages. His eyes are kept @sim-manchester.bsky.social as he wanted his (incorrect) theory tested after death.
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cult Manchester’s comedy pick of the month… @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social previews @samnicoresti.bsky.social at @xsmalarkey.com
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nymphs, shepherds and the Dalai Lama’s rider… @hanleypa.bsky.social on the Free Trade Hall. www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/hall%C3...
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Hallé-lujah! Hanley on the Free Trade Hall.
'The very ground the Free Trade Hall is built on is woven into the fabric of Manchester history.' Paul Hanley on the Free Trade Hall.
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Andy Murray @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm launching a new horror fiction course for Comma Press later this month - a leap into the dark, if you like. Why not come along for the ride?
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Ian Curtis’ records including The Idiot by Iggy Pop. Full story here: www.cultmanchester.co.uk/post/cult-ma...
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Cult Manchester @cultmanchester.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cult book event of the month. David Gedge in conversation with @iainkey.bsky.social at Fountain Records.
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8bitnorthxstitch @8bitnorthxstitch.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It’s raining, so I treated myself to the mither of a Frank latte.
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Route @routebooks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Badly Drawn Boy is the guest on the latest Oh! Brother podcast. There's much talk of his YTS work at Square One Studios in Bury, and a full account of the lead up to him recording 'Calendar' with The Fall, starting when Mark E Smith mistook his car for a taxi.
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@OhBrotherShow | Linktree
Linktree. Make your link do more.
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