#CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2024 Timetable is now online! 🔴3-4 July Goldsmiths, University of London Hands-On: Data, AI, OSINT, mapping, geojournalism Learn: Company accounts, journalism methodology, FOI, climate investigations, crime investigations Big stories:

Heartbroken to see this. I fought to keep the Shields Gazette photo archive in Shields and it was still there when I retired. I don’t know who’s selling these but they should have gone to the library.

If you love the North, why not check out this new podcast series from me and socialjamesmanchester First episode out now with guests Simon Buckley from Not Quite Light and author/historian, Dean Kirby. #podcast #CreatingTheNorth

Enjoyed chatting all things Manchester with Helen Nugent and NOT QUITE LIGHT - NQL in a Victorian mill for the brilliant new Gatto Nero Media Creating the North podcast. #Manchester #history #creatingthenorth #podcast

Explore Manchester's historic Angel Meadow district with historian Dr Dean Kirby and discover the hidden story of the Mancunians who built the world's first industrial city 🏭 🎟️ buff.ly/4cKSL88 #walkingtours #tours

The Peterloo Massacre was 205 years ago today in 1819. This is the story of how the events of that day impacted one small community of Irish weavers in Manchester manchesterhistory.uk/p/peterloo-mas… #Manchester #history #Peterloo #OTD

Fascinating walk around Angel Meadow with stories from Dr Dean Kirby yesterday. Notable pubs included the Crown & Cushion ("Muckmans"), The Angel (Weavers Arms, Beer House), the Harp & Shamrock ("Thumbs Up", Pot of Beer), and the Exile of Erin

If you don’t follow Dr Dean Kirby’s Manchester History newsletter then you really really should. Cracking read this morning on Monkey Parades in Manchester and Salford’s parks. open.substack.com/pub/manchester…

Monkey Parade: Dr Dean Kirby on the way people found love in Manchester long before dating apps. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia…