Tag Archives: University of Manchester

Oct 24 2026
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Art and architecture, Daily Post

“Controlled demolition”

Friday 23rd October 2026, 9.25am (day 5,538)

Kenyon Hall scaffolding, 23/10/26

Any former students of the University of Manchester who may feel nostalgic for their digs in George Kenyon Hall of residence, wave it goodbye, because apparently it’s never emerging from beneath the scaffolding that has swathed it for some weeks now. Underneath, the building is apparently undergoing ‘controlled demolition’. Meanwhile, somewhere to the left, a big new hall of residence or two is being erected. It gives people something to do, I suppose. The shot is an abstract collage: this was about the day’s only burst of anything resembling sunlight.

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Oct 21 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Dismal and dark

Tuesday 20th October 2026, 10.25am (day 5,535)

Campus drizzle, 20/10/26

This shot captures the drizzle but it doesn’t capture quite how dim and dismal it was at 10.25 this morning in Manchester. A thoroughly depressing day, and the clocks haven’t even gone back yet. Was work itself any better? Mmm, well, bits of it, I suppose. Mainly the bits done online, when I was somewhere else, at least in spirit.

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Oct 15 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Working on campus

Wednesday 14th October 2026, 11.35am (day 5,529)

On campus, 14/10/26

Some photos just have to be taken. I don’t think she could have posed, or been lit, better if I’d tried for these things deliberately. Always, there is the recycling bin in the way — though I suppose here I can live with it. Yes, it was a very nice day, I was tempted to sit and work outside as well.

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Oct 10 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

Remnants of students

Friday 9th October 2026, 3.15pm (day 5,524)

Deserted theatre, 9/10/26

A protest about being given a Friday afternoon lecture slot (don’t worry guys — it’s not every week)? The payoff from that Student Disintegrator Ray that I have been secretly developing? No, I just sent them out to take some photos of stuff. All part of the thinking process…

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Jul 31 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

A sense of perspective

Thursday 30th July 2026, 10.00am (day 5,453)

Library perspective, 30/7/26

I still like visiting the library, whether the one on campus or ‘the library’ as a more generalised phenomenon. The scholarly work, reading, writing, thinking: these are parts of my job I still enjoy.

Sadly there are other parts of the job I no longer enjoy; which is why it is a good thing that I am now off work for 11 days and need not give the place another thought for that time — after typing this and pressing ‘Publish’, anyway.

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Jul 23 2026
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Daily Post, Urban scene

Campus chill-out

Thursday 23rd July 2026, 2.55pm (day 5,446)

Asleep on campus, 23/7/26

Well, I can dig it. I felt much the same way at this point in the week.

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Jul 22 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Gowns on, and off

Monday 20th July 2026, 10.05am (day 5,443)

Gown returns, 20/7/26

It’s graduation season. Bearing in mind that the very minimum one needs to spend to get a degree from my august institution is in five figures, and for a 3-year undergraduate programme it is now approaching £30K (more, if you are an international student) just in fees — you’d think the UoM might just give them their gowns to keep, as with a wedding dress. But no.

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Jun 27 2026
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Daily Post, Portrait, Stranger

Cyberpeople (green cohort)

Friday 26th June 2026, 8.45am (day 5,419)

Green headphones, 26/6/26

Back to work — for a day, anyway. This photo is very low quality thanks to being taken through not one, but two windows, but I couldn’t resist capturing it. In Doctor Who the evil Cybermen, half-organic, half-robot, always had these headphone-like contraptions clamped to their heads. The attendees at whatever conference sub-group was happening in University Place this morning were clearly wanting to try out the look; what’s more, they seem to be offering a rather Irish take on it.

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Jun 06 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

The writing of names

Friday 5th June 2026, 2.30pm (day 5,398)

Names and pens, 5/6/26

Attending a ‘Names Festival’, along with a grand total of fourteen other people, seemed a hassle-free way of bringing the working week to a close. These are all names, of the four others sat at my table: three in Chinese and one in Bengali. It was suggested I add my own name, but we just have that boring old single script to work with and it was written out on my name badge anyway so I kept myself an invisible presence, at least in terms of this particular, ephemeral document.

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Jun 03 2026
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Daily Post, Interior

The latest marketing slogan

Tuesday 2nd June 2026, 3.25pm (day 5,395)

Challenge accepted, 2/6/26

Actually, now I make this full-size I see the sticket is very difficult to read, but hey, this one was always more about the art than the aspiration. It says “Challenge Accepted”, by the way. The challenge we have at the moment is persuading the students (who as postgraduates are supposed to still be cranking it out) to stick around on campus, though at least these two have made it.

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