News & Articles
News & Articles
Christmas Lunch donation to MAG
by Joan Gem - Friday 13th December, 2019
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683), The Goatherd Manchester Art Gallery has recently been allocated a painting in lieu of tax by the government, and we are going...
Friends Tour to Amsterdam
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 4th December, 2019
The recent Friend’s Dutch tour was a great success! We set off from Manchester Airport on Wednesday 27th November for the less-than-one-hour (!) flight to Amsterdam....
Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki FOW Tour
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 6th November, 2019
It’s that time of year when we look forward to our Friends of the Whitworth summer tour and the one planned for 2020 promises to be fascinating. It will...
Carlisle to Dundee - a review
by Susan Jenkin - Thursday 10th October, 2019
Departing Manchester in heavy rain, it was encouraging to observe that the weather forecast for Carlisle, Dundee and Perth for the duration of our trip showed brighter prospects...
Shh...Christmas is coming
by Tricia Tierney - Thursday 26th September, 2019
Ready or not, Christmas is coming! It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to Christmas. Here at the Friends of the Whitworth we...
Sunday Concerts 2019
by Anne Mackinnon - Wednesday 11th September, 2019
Sunday Concerts 2019 3pm in gallery 3, the Whitworth Sunday 29 September 2019: Project 6 Project 6 aims to promote the beauty and sound world of male-voice...
Modernism and the Cote D'Azur
by Jennie Banfield - Wednesday 24th July, 2019
From the moment Nirvana, in her Sunday lecture series at the Whitworth, spoke of the exceptional light and colours of the Cote d’Azur and how it attracted the...
Reflections on the Friends tour to the Cote D’Azur
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
It was with some trepidation that I took on the task of organising the overseas tours for the Friends of the Whitworth. Over the past years, Friends groups...
A Night to Remember!
by Tricia Tierney - Saturday 13th April, 2019
“Delightful”, “buzzy”, “you made the Whitworth sing”, “the Friends of the Whitworth Players nailed it”. These are just some of the comments and...
Christmas Lunch donation to MAG
by Joan Gem - Friday 13th December, 2019
Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem (1620-1683), The Goatherd Manchester Art Gallery has recently been allocated a painting in lieu of tax by the government, and we are going...
Friends Tour to Amsterdam
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 4th December, 2019
The recent Friend’s Dutch tour was a great success! We set off from Manchester Airport on Wednesday 27th November for the less-than-one-hour (!) flight to Amsterdam....
Riga, Tallinn and Helsinki FOW Tour
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 6th November, 2019
It’s that time of year when we look forward to our Friends of the Whitworth summer tour and the one planned for 2020 promises to be fascinating. It will...
Carlisle to Dundee - a review
by Susan Jenkin - Thursday 10th October, 2019
Departing Manchester in heavy rain, it was encouraging to observe that the weather forecast for Carlisle, Dundee and Perth for the duration of our trip showed brighter prospects...
Shh...Christmas is coming
by Tricia Tierney - Thursday 26th September, 2019
Ready or not, Christmas is coming! It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to Christmas. Here at the Friends of the Whitworth we...
Sunday Concerts 2019
by Anne Mackinnon - Wednesday 11th September, 2019
Sunday Concerts 2019 3pm in gallery 3, the Whitworth Sunday 29 September 2019: Project 6 Project 6 aims to promote the beauty and sound world of male-voice...
Modernism and the Cote D'Azur
by Jennie Banfield - Wednesday 24th July, 2019
From the moment Nirvana, in her Sunday lecture series at the Whitworth, spoke of the exceptional light and colours of the Cote d’Azur and how it attracted the...
Reflections on the Friends tour to the Cote D’Azur
by Mike Tierney - Wednesday 3rd July, 2019
It was with some trepidation that I took on the task of organising the overseas tours for the Friends of the Whitworth. Over the past years, Friends groups...
A Night to Remember!
by Tricia Tierney - Saturday 13th April, 2019
“Delightful”, “buzzy”, “you made the Whitworth sing”, “the Friends of the Whitworth Players nailed it”. These are just some of the comments and...