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1. 11. Man who helped to shape Manchester

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 25 May 2004 RICHARD Cobden, born 200 years ago next week, became a wealthy businessman despite having little formal education.

2. 12. Cut and dried

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 March 2004 MOWER could quite easily be a relic from the Britpop era. The signs are all there: the name that ends in ‘er’, the art school education (Goldsmiths College, thank you), and an appreciation for classic, intelligent pop such as The Kinks and The Buzzcocks.

3. 13. Kathleen Jamie and Ali Smith

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 January 2002 Bolton Institute of Higher Education this evening presents a poetry and prose night at the Octagon Theatre of two Scots born poets, Kathleen Jamie and Ali Smith.

4. 14. Whale of a time at the zoo

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 26 August 2003 VISITORS to Chester Zoo are in for a whale of a time. The Zoo's Education Department& is to run& a Whale Workshop, with life-sized inflatable marine mammals, in the Wildlife Discovery Centre.

5. 15. Manchester University

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 July 2003 THE oldest of& Manchester's& higher education& institutions is the University itself.&  This was set up in 1851 under the will of John Owens, a local entrepreneur: it was the fifth University to be set up in Britain.& 

6. 16. Chinese Arts Centre

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 18 July 2003

   Reflecting the importance of the north west's Chinese community, the Arts Centre offers changing arts exhibitions, workshops, education programmes and information on Chinese arts and culture.

7. 17. Pumphouse People's History Museum

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 July 2003 THE& museum is based around the lives of the working class and their political struggles across Briatin, not simply in Manchester.&  These could seem hopelessly worthy themes but the immediacy of the displays and their great variety manage to tread the difficult ground between information, education and entertainment.

8. 18. Double bill from Candoco at Contact

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 March 2004 SINCE its formation in 1991, Candoco Dance has grown to become the world’s most famous company of disabled and non-disabled performers, broadening dance perceptions through a programme of education and performance.

9. 19. MIF director Alex Poots: 'I can't wait!'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 22 March 2011 There are still three months to go until the start of the Manchester International Festival – but director Alex Poots is excited like a child before Christmas. Sarah Walters met him.

10. 20. Table Talk: Sam Youd

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 July 2008 IT'S Tatton Flower Show week - and while in past years it's meant dodging downpours, this year there's been a mini heatwave at the Cheshire event.

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