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The Portico Library
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2013
The Portico Library first opened in 1806 and remains in its original building in the middle of Manchester. Open and free to the public six days a week (see current Covid-19 restrictions here), it is home to an eclectic programme of exhibitions and events that complement its unique collection of books, archives and illustrations spanning over 450 years.
In addition to the public programme and members’ services, the Library also runs the prestigious Portico Prize and Portico Sadie Massey Awards, supporting Northern writing and publishing, and nurturing a lifelong love of learning among young people. You can support the Library's free public arts and education programmes by clicking www.theportico.org.uk/donate.
In addition to the public programme and members’ services, the Library also runs the prestigious Portico Prize and Portico Sadie Massey Awards, supporting Northern writing and publishing, and nurturing a lifelong love of learning among young people. You can support the Library's free public arts and education programmes by clicking www.theportico.org.uk/donate.
Weird as Folk Mini-Documentary by Hunter Robertson
An introduction to our Weird as Folk Exhibition in a Mini-Documentary by Hunter Robertson, The Zebra Partnership.
Weird As Folk invites you to wander through the mysteries of our Folklore collection and reimagine what folklore means to you. We have ventured across the Northwest, delved deep into the cloughs and unearthed Folk treasures. From centuries-old boots found concealed in chimneys, to witch-bottles and dastardly boggarts.
We invite you to explore the hidden histories displayed within the volumes from our Folklore collection, and meander through our folk-forest, where you can contribute your own tall tales written down on a folk-leaf or two.
Film contributors:
Director /Cameraman - Hunter Robertson
Voiceover - Daizy Whitehead
Script Advisor - Angela Boggiano
Technical Advisor - Craig Robertson
Heritage Advisor - Dr Debbie Challis
Producer - Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Introduction - Thom Keep and Kevin Dalton-Johnson
Weird As Folk invites you to wander through the mysteries of our Folklore collection and reimagine what folklore means to you. We have ventured across the Northwest, delved deep into the cloughs and unearthed Folk treasures. From centuries-old boots found concealed in chimneys, to witch-bottles and dastardly boggarts.
We invite you to explore the hidden histories displayed within the volumes from our Folklore collection, and meander through our folk-forest, where you can contribute your own tall tales written down on a folk-leaf or two.
Film contributors:
Director /Cameraman - Hunter Robertson
Voiceover - Daizy Whitehead
Script Advisor - Angela Boggiano
Technical Advisor - Craig Robertson
Heritage Advisor - Dr Debbie Challis
Producer - Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
Introduction - Thom Keep and Kevin Dalton-Johnson
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Portico Library Windrush 2024 with Guests Jackie Bailey and Wayne Bennett
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Children of the #WindrushPioneers, #entrepreneurs Jackie Bailey, BEE You Personal Development and Wayne Bennett, Made4Tech Global talk to Portico Library Trustee Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI about their upbringing, the highs and lows, how have the benefited from the sacrifices and what makes them smile about their heritage and legacy. There is frank discussion of racism in this video. Who...
Infamous: The Mission and Meet Iris Yau
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Iris Ching Man Yau 丘靜雯 (MA FRSA FHEA), was born and raised in Hong Kong. She was in London as an overseas student studying for her Fashion degree when Britain returned Hong Kong to China in 1997. Prior to teaching in higher education, Iris was in global Fashion Buying and Sourcing for various international fashion companies in London. She has written and curated exhibitions including the exhibi...
Introduction to the Infamous Exhibition
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Curator Iris Yau talks to Carol Ann Whitehead about opium and Manchester's trade with China in the 19th century
Adopting a Book at the Portico
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Our new Adopt a Book film by Jeremiah Quinn tells the moving story of how and why people choose their books. It focuses on the books chosen by young Sadie Massey prize winners, the journey of the books to Downie Allison and Downie in Glasgow and the reaction of people to 'their' books back at the Library. Books bound by Downie Allison Bookbinders www.dadbookbinders.com
Windrush 75 with the Portico Library
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2023 sees the 75th anniversary of the HMT Empire Windrush arriving in Britain on 22 June 1948. Thanks to Portico Trustee and Chair of the Public Programme Committee Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI, we’re supporting #Windrush75 network with two videos to help make this a year of national celebrations of our shared history. The first is filmed in the Portico Library, activist and Portico Trust...
Ruth Estevez reading from The Monster Belt
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Ruth Estevez, Portico Sadie Massey Awards Project Coordinator and writer, reads from her book, The Monster Belt.
Dom Conlon reads from Meet Matilda Rocket Builder
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Looking for a book to review for the Portico Sadie Massey Awards Reading Competition? Why not browse through the suggested books on the website? www.theportico.org.uk/portico-sadie-massey-awards And listen to a reading of 'Meet Matilda Rocket Builder' by author and PSMAwards judge Dom Conlon. This could be the perfect book to review! The free to enter short story and book review competitions ar...
Oliver Sykes reads from his book, Alfie's First Fight
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Portico Sadie Massey Awards Reading Judge Oliver Sykes reads from his book, Alfie's First Fight - a story that has something for everyone.
Author Clare Povey reads from her book The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre.
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Portico Sadie Massey Awards writing judge and author, Clare Povey reads from her children's middle grade book, The Unexpected Tale of Basatien Bonlivre. To find out more about the judges and the book review and short storiy competitions open to 7 - 18 years olds: www.theportico.org.uk/portico-sadie-massey-awards
Hallie Fletcher reading from Love's Language
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Looking for a book to review for the Portico Sadie Massey Awards Reading Competition? Why not browse through the suggested books on the website? www.theportico.org.uk/portico-sadie-massey-awards Or listen to Hallie Fletcher's poem 'An Open Book' from Hallie's poetry anthology, Love's Language. This poetry anthology could be the perfect book to review! A previous Portico Young People's Prize win...
Jack Nicholls reading from Meat Songs
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Looking for a book to review for the Portico Sadie Massey Awards Reading Competition? Why not browse through the suggested books on the website? www.theportico.org.uk/portico-sadie-massey-awards Or listen to the points of view of the insects & animals in the poetry of author and PSMAwards workshop leader Jack Nicholls. ‘Meat Songs’ could be the perfect book to review! The short story and book r...
Jack Nicholls reading from Meat Songs
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Looking for a book to review for the Portico Sadie Massey Awards Reading Competition? Why not browse through the suggested books on the website? www.theportico.org.uk/portico-sadie-massey-awards Or listen to the points of view of the insects & animals in the poetry of author and PSMAwards workshop leader Jack Nicholls. ‘Meat Songs’ could be the perfect book to review! The short story and book r...
Martin Griffin Reading from The Second Stranger
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Looking for a book to review for the Portico Sadie Massey Awards Reading Competition? Why not browse through the suggested books on the website? www.theportico.org.uk/portico-sadie-massey-awards Or listen to a reading of the latest book by author and PSMAwards workshop leader Martin Griffin. This could be the perfect book to review! The short story and book review competitions are open to 7 - 1...
Rewriting the North: Tabitha Lasley and Jeff Young on Place
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The last event in our 2023 Rewriting the North series, which celebrates writers and writing connected with the North of England has writers Tabitha Lasley and Jeff Young are in conversation with Dr David Cooper about place, life writing and blurred genres. Jeff Young is a writer for theatre, radio and screen whose TV credits include Eastenders, CBBC and Casualty. He broadcasts essays for Radio ...
Marie Basting reading from Princess BMX
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Marie Basting reading from Princess BMX
Rewriting the North: Catherine Simpson and Adam Farrer on Memoir
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Rewriting the North: Catherine Simpson and Adam Farrer on Memoir
Rewriting the North: Graphic Writing with Kate Charlesworth and Una
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Rewriting the North: Graphic Writing with Kate Charlesworth and Una
10. How to be a book illustrator: Chellie Carroll
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10. How to be a book illustrator: Chellie Carroll
13. Meet the writer - Catherine Johnson
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13. Meet the writer - Catherine Johnson
15. The Power of Mentorships: Hallie Fletcher
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15. The Power of Mentorships: Hallie Fletcher
Pathways into Publishing with the Portico Library closing and thanks
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Pathways into Publishing with the Portico Library closing and thanks
17 The Portico Sadie Massey Awards for young readers and writers Celebration 2021
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17 The Portico Sadie Massey Awards for young readers and writers Celebration 2021
Very Very good teacher ❤❤❤❤
Wow. Im Sudanese i love ❤️ Uganda ❤❤
Mukyala Namakula nsanyuse okukulabako naye mbadde nkusaba ku contact siri mu ggwanga naye njagala abaana bange bwoba omanyi webasobola okuyigira ku bivuga n'amazina agaffe agekinnansi onyambe bambi.
I enjoyed watching this. Im so proud of my culture , my old school Lubiri SS. Aminah OG wange keep up the good work...
Ugh, I thought it said cheese…….
My friends company is digitizing the entirety of the OED, unbelievably massive text and fascinating
My grandfather got me a time/life civil war pewter set, still have all the pieces. Not surprisingly the SOUTH ALWAYS LOSES as they will never rise ever
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Excellent and interesting discussion. Thank you from Australia.
Do we know how the Lewis chesmen were dyed? About the Lewis ponnies: war horses weren´t necessarily that big in those days. I´m under the impressinon that the heavy knight in armour was just evolving in that time. The carver migth have been more familiar with smaller breeds (like Icelandic horses of palfreys) or he might have wanted to ridicule the Viking horse breeds. I´m more into Byzantine icongography, and there you find a lot warrior saints with rather small horses. I must tell you about a chess set my son got from a lady at church when he first gor interested in the game. They do not look fancy at all, normal wooden pieces from Soviet Union. The dramatic detail is they were given to the lady by a man who had them with him when he was sent to Gulag...
I think the Harry Potter missed an opportunity to have Mr. Finkel have a cameo in the films!
In Turkish chess, bishop still called elephant(fil); knight is horse(at), rook is castle(kale), queen is vizier(vezir) and king is shah(şah). Pawn is called "piyon" which comes from French word "pion" and it means "infantry/foot soldier" in French. Also "chess" called "satranç" which comes from Persian word "şaṭranc" which comes from Indian word "chaturanga" .
How amazing video! Thank you so so much from the 13th of August 2024 !!! 😊❤
If the king had the moves of the queen it would be far harder to checkmate.
She was my trainer in Buloba Primary School...... those days we had a good music program back then.
Every time I read the comments under a Dr. Finkle video I feel like half the people didn't even watch the whole thing, maybe even none of it and just read the title. There are so many interesting things to point out and ask about yet so many people just show ignorance about things which are explained later in the video
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This storybis amazing!! The ankle bells. We African Americans know nothing about dance. Nothing.
I finally understand how the hips can move to create this illusion of swift amazing movement. Thank you for teaching this! I never new there were stories with the dances. No wonder there is so much happiness in the body of the dancers. They are dancing a story that is dear to them. I just really don't like what African Americans have done with dance. It's perverted and self centered with no story. No community, just dancing to be seen.
Proudly Ugandan 🇺🇬
Wawo thxs so much, be blessed, how can i join the training plz direct me
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I wish I was able to connect with you madam. Am a teacher in Kenya. I train my learner s this dances with alot of difficulty.
Wow great
💘💘💘. 💞. 😃 Today will Now Be Brilliant. Thank You. 😃 Been playing since I was 2. 👉 Isince ( 1973 )
Everybody should have a healthy 1hr dose of Professor Irv Finkel I wish he could like your like a rock star I ''''would''' d.i.e dor Michael cremi and irving Finkel to have a discussion ooo heaven on yt if only I had more to give than thumbs appreciation and the forward payment of hike pass touchdown you tube guys n gala gals yeah we love the best platform yt bought up remember san brueno days y'all? ne1? 💋🗽🫂 I'm so silly hug huh ?!?; ❤️( ꈍᴗꈍ)
THANK YOU SO MUCH MISS. NAMAKULA 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks alot madam Amiinah❤❤❤
This great work ,more blessings upon you madam Namakula
Damn, i like this guy. Dude has awesome charisma. I really enjoyed this. Thank you
It is very funny that it started with a chess items from Persia and tried to tell stories about invention in India ( without any evidence) and make stories about playing chess in England. Don't you think the main part of it which is Persian chess is missing?😅😅
From Thailand. I love this kind of dance. I appreciate your beautiful culture. You teach wonderfully. I can learn and dance according to this teaching. Wow! Made me realize that people with small bottoms can dance like this🤣 (LOI). You are the best teacher. Love you so much.
About the red vs black pieces: In Alice in Wonderland (or behind the mirrrors?) there is the Red Queen; could it be that Lewis Caroll took his inspiration from the Lewis chess set?
Mwebale nyo mwebale watching from uk. Njagala okuyinga nga nzize mu vacation tekako endagiriro. Thank you 🥰 ❤
Thanks so much for this informative video content. My little ones are learning a lot.
Love this
God bless the teachers,these are obedient creature ofGod in his image.God should purnish thise whi dont want to pay their salaries thats Godly service on plannet Earth
U are right original Teacher
I love teachers😂 Helo Namakula
"What change would you make?" Un-Castling, which would allow you to reverse a castling move back to their original positions.
When I was a boy (I am a few years older than Dr. Finkel) I could never win, or even compete with, my elder brother at chess--so I gave it up as a lost cause. There was a time when I had someone with whom to play Go--the East Asian board game--and that was very interesting, but after several years we went our different ways.
Excellent. Music belongs to Africa.
There's no luck😏try playing with black to start the match🥴🥴
26:00 The King is the most important piece. A king acts through his agents; he does not do everything in his realm or on his battlefied personally - what point then of an army? I don't agree with Dr Finkle's description of the tired shy king here. Even on the battlefield the king has of course an honour guard with him. The queen's upgrade however has many more influences that I would assume some polite chap like Dr Finkle wouldn't dare say directly to a woman, especially such a friendly one. The new rule or version was also known as the "Mad Queen's Chess" which is the version we mainly play today. The "mad queen" is a hysterical woman, or in a friendlier interpretation projecting the reach of her own games of intrigue. The meanest interpretation would be that in order to get the women interested in the game, one would appeal to their narcissism and make the piece representing them some all powerful Mary Sue who could do everything compared to everyone else. A cruel power fantasy so to say. Something we see in today's badly written media quite a lot, and hopefully dying down soon again. - The mentioned TV show "The Queen's Gambit" is similarly such a power fantasy appealing to just that, for there is no historical precedent for what happens in the show. It is a mere fantasy of a "strong women" outdoing all the men in what they're great at. Narcissism is of course not a solely female thing, but this is an expression of it. As Dr Finkle said himself, I would have enjoyed more women to play with as well, but alas barely any are interested in such games. Be it chess, shogi, go or the like. More colourful and less abstract boardgames, like Archipelago, or with even more social aspects in the game's narrative changes that a bit.
hooligans attacked Irving Finkel. they get... enougt knowledge to pass exams in harvard...
“When the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.”-Cortana
You are all wonderful!!! I accidentally found a short video about the Kiganda dance. I had never seen such beauty, such joy and strength!!! And your teacher is an amazing woman and professional!!! Thank you for showing me a world where man is part of the forces of Nature, of Earth, of Air, of Water, of Fire, thank you for this part of the history of your wonderful people, it is so beautiful, so real. ...God bless you! With all my heart I wish you the greatest happiness !!! Greetings from Bulgaria ! :)❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍❤
Oh my God
I hope someone is filming Dr Finkel every day. What a treasure he is to the human race!
From Detroit Michigan. This was wonderful to see and understand. Thank you. Please do more videos❤