In January The Portico Library 📚 welcomed the brilliant author Lee Chambers #LeeChambers for the launch of his bestselling book, #Momentum: 13 Ways to Unlock Your Potential. Our own Zebra Carol Ann 🌟#HistoryBuff 📚QueenMaker 👑 was on hosting duties - you can now watch the official launch film youtu.be/hImp7OxuLrc?si…

Love doesn't discriminate. #PrideMonth #HamFam

Stockport Museums Anchorpoint #VEDay70 Video from The Zebra Partnership 🦓 🦓 #AgentsOfChange and images by #CharlotteBaxter youtu.be/xaRmN9UFum0?si… as Festival Director it was a proud celebratory weekend with #Stockport community. Thanks to Stockport Museums & Stockport Council & working with Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 proud to serve in my own way. #VEDay80

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We're delighted to be teaming up with Manchester City of Literature for this year's Festival of Libraries. See what we've got coming up as part of the celebrations below... theportico.org.uk/whats-on

Our Zebra Carol Ann 🌟#HistoryBuff 📚QueenMaker 👑 hosted UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #ManchesterCityofLiterature delegation at The Portico Library on the eve of #FestivalOfLibraries week. #McrCityOfLit work closely with 52 other Cities of #Literature around the world and 349 other Creative Cities in other fields.

That’s a wrap for the award winning #FestivalOfLibraries 2025 ✨ Well done to Executive Director Ivan Wadeson and the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 #ManchesterCityOfLiterature team 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 The Portico Library 📚enjoyed being a partner once again. 📚Did you attend? 📚What did you enjoy? 📚Who did you meet?

Happy #Pride Month you absolutely fabulous lot🌈🥂🍾

Proud and delighted to win the Culture and Creativity at the Libraries Connected #LCseminar25 #Wythenshawe hacking4chorlton manclibraries.blog/manchester-lib…

#Throwback Your Manchester stuff…

The #PorticoSadieMasseyAwards for Young #Readers & #Writers Awards Ceremony has arrived! Please note that the The Portico Library will be closed to the public from 2pm as we welcome this year's winners & highly commended submissions. We can't wait to celebrate 🙌 with you all later!

It’s with huge sadness we share the passing of Sir Geoff Palmer OBE PhD Prof Emeritus Heriot-Watt University , Lifetime Achievement 2017 Scottish #Beer Awards recipient, #Edinburgh #brewing #science Freeman of #Lothian #humanrights #historian RIP Sir The Portico Library #podcast with Zebra Carol Ann 🌟#HistoryBuff 📚QueenMaker 👑

#Channel4 is sorry, not sorry. #AltogetherDifferent

Remembering the Grenfell 72 and their loved ones, who justice eludes, 8 years on. #Grenfell

Thanks to everyone who took an early stroll & shared the results, I’m pulling everything together now to make a #WorldEarlyStrollDay slideshow. The idea was inspired by Ian McMillan & my exhibition The Songs The Morning Sang, now open at the The Portico Library Library Manchester.

Happy Obama Appreciation day.

Just finished Hilary Cottam’s book "The Work We Need" following her learning pilgrimage - reimagining work with people. So much resonance with our learnings in GM around importance of good work which is rooted in place & provides for meaning, connection, play & good lives for all

Join us tomorrow evening for a drink and a chat about our ongoing pop-up exhibition: Holiday Sketches... theportico.org.uk/event-calendar…

#PorticoPride 🌈 #Manchester own William Rayfet Hunter is one of The Observoor best new novelists for 2025 with #SUNSTRUCK! He’ll be at The Portico Library 🏛️📚🏛️📚 Your Manchester UNLOCKMANCHESTER Dr Carl Austin-Behan OBE “Ozzy” 💙 Mark Llewellin DL Details below 👇🏿👇🏽👇🏻

The Portico #SecretSupperClub Chef Pete Moody supported by Amy Etherington Did you miss our 🏛️ @porticolibrary 📚Summer #secretsupperclub ? You missed a fantastic night Keep your eyes peeled for the next one. Well done Pete and Amy 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 Thanks for the pics @apapat.j.g