Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast

This episode explores the historical development of commercial radio in the United Kingdom, focusing on the emergence of Piccadilly Radio within the wider context of broadcasting policy, pirate radio, and youth culture. It examines how technological, political and cultural changes shaped the radio landscape from the 1920s through to the 1980s. You can search the archive from home and listen to ove...

Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast returns in June with a packed Pride Month special.    With so many events taking place across our libraries in June, this month presenters Alan Lynch and his co-host Gary Parkinson take you through their pick of the litter with a cavalcade of cracking interviews. There’s an interview with Greek mythology goddess Natalie Haynes as she tells us about her...

Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast is back for May with another fun-packed episode.   Presenters Alan Lynch and his co-host Gary Parkinson – bring you all the latest and greatest from across Manchester Libraries. This May, Alan sits down with rising Cumbrian author Shaun Wilson , who tells all on his acclaimed debut novel ‘Malc’s Boy’. Shaun will be coming to Central Library later this...