Portico Reunited is about more than restoration — it renews our civic purpose as a place of reading, reflection & shared knowledge, helping build the information literacy & critical thinking our city and democracy need. Grateful for the support of @heritagefunduk.bsky.social as we continue this work
12.12.2025 16:37 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Planning approval is in!
The Portico Library and Newsroom is one step closer to reuniting all three floors of our Grade II* building and creating a fully accessible, sustainable home for stories, reading and new ideas.
12.12.2025 16:31 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Coming up this Thursday in Manchester! Our last Open Mic in Belfast was great fun - highly recommended event in a beautiful, historic setting - the @porticolibrary.bsky.social... #skystorians
09.12.2025 09:39 — 👍 2 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
FastHistory — The Portico Library
Listen to a series of quickfire talks with specially invited guests from across the history and heritage sector, then take to the stage yourself to share your own historical passions!
On Thursday, we're joined by History Lab for the latest edition of our Fast History Open Mic series. Listen to a series of quickfire talks with specially invited guests from across the history and heritage sector, then take to the stage yourself!
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08.12.2025 12:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
The Portico event listings
🔗 What's on this week at The Portico?
We have Stephen Emmerson's fantastic exhibition, How To Read A Book, on display daily beneath our dome. Entry is completely free, and you're welcome to explore the work during our regular opening hours....
08.12.2025 12:31 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
#ChristmasFeast
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Fab event by Chef #JoeFenn & his team. Hosted by Dr Thom Keep, CEO & yours truly Chair, Public Programme Committee.
Exciting times #PorticoReunited is an £11 m capital project that will transform & #futureproof our Grade II* listed building.
05.12.2025 11:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Workshops — The Portico Library
Oliver is a brilliant children's author, poet, facilitator, producer and supporter of underprivileged young people, and we count ourselves incredibly lucky to work with him on our awards.
You can read more about Oliver here: www.theportico.org.uk/workshops
04.12.2025 12:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oliver Sykes MBE
🧵 We are so incredibly proud to share that Oliver Sykes, a creative writing workshop leader for The Portico Sadie Massey Awards for Young Readers and Writers, has been awarded an MBE!...
04.12.2025 12:28 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Reproduced from our 19th-century collection, using illustrations from Charles Dickens' Christmas Books, they are printed on high-quality 300gsm sustainable card and come with a recycled paper envelope...
01.12.2025 14:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Portico's 2025 Christmas Card, featuring illustration from Charles DIckens' Christmas Books
Our exclusive new Portico Library Christmas cards are here, and they're looking magnificent, if we do say so ourselves!
01.12.2025 14:56 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Black and white photo of Stephe, smiling. Text reads: Jan 21
Chuffed that I'll be back at the beautiful @porticolibrary.bsky.social in January with a new creative writing and storytelling workshop.
We'll explore how traditional tales of witchcraft and enchantment can inspire contemporary creativity and connection.
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30.11.2025 10:30 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Vacancies — The Portico Library
🔗 Sound like you? You can find more information here: www.theportico.org.uk/vacancies
22.11.2025 12:19 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This is a voluntary position requiring around 3–4 days per month, including some evenings & weekends. Trust Board meetings are usually held in person at the Library. The standard term of office is three years. To be eligible for the role, you must be legally able to serve as a trustee of a charity.
22.11.2025 12:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Portico Library is seeking a new Chair of Trustees to help lead our exciting plans for the future of the Library....
22.11.2025 12:19 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Reading Antiquities of Athens & Attica Vol. 2 - my fav book @porticolibrary.bsky.social as part of a movement workshop.
22.11.2025 10:02 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Next week, join artist and writer Stephen Emmerson for an evening of curated poetry inspired by his exhibition How To Read A Book.
🔗 Book your spot here: www.theportico.org.uk/event-calend...
19.11.2025 18:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ballads and broadsides sing out under the Portico Dome, moving between the worlds of the nineteenth-century street and the library of the elite. Jennifer’s handmade cloak, used in performance, and a copy of a vivid portrait of her by artist Ian Bruce will also be on display...
11.11.2025 11:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Jennifer Reid - The Langley Linnet © Ian Bruce, 2025
🧵 Join us this Friday, as we celebrate the launch of Jennifer Reid's The Singer Not The Song.
A display of words, spineless wonders and dialects from the Jennifer, interwoven with books from the Portico Collection.
11.11.2025 11:46 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Portico Strangers' book including Charles Dickens' signature
The Wilkinson family were wealthy progressives and supporters of women's suffrage - one of his daughters Fanny Rollo Wilkinson, became the first professional female landscape gardener.
Dickens' signature is second from the bottom!
06.11.2025 12:11 — 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This new evidence places him inside the Portico itself. Member Dr Matthew Alexander Eason Wilkinson signed him in to the library on 23 May 1843. Wilkinson himself became a prominent doctor in Manchester and President of the Cheshire and Lancashire branch of the British Medical Association.
06.11.2025 12:11 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Dickens’s name appears alongside that of prominent local members and dates from his visit to Manchester to see his sister, Fanny Burnett. Contemporary press reports and his biographer (and friend) John Forster confirm that Dickens was in the city at that time. ..
06.11.2025 12:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Volunteer discovering Charles Dickens' signature in The Portico's Library's Strangers' book
🧵 A remarkable discovery by Portico Library volunteer Rebecca Lamb has revealed that Charles Dickens signed the Library’s Strangers’ Book in May 1844 — confirming that one of the world’s most celebrated novelists once stepped inside Manchester’s oldest subscription library...
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