Readings from young people including a new piece written specially for this project by poet, musician and broadcaster Benjamin Zephaniah, at a free event to thank the schools, groups and venues who contributed to The World Reimagined in Greater Manchester, a groundbreaking mass participation art education project to transform how we understand history of the Transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us. Lead artist Yinka Shonibare, Artistic Director Ashley Shaw-Scott Adjaye, Senior Learning Manager Sabrina Reid.

In conversation with Maria Nepomuceno to discuss Refloresta! and the politics of textiles. Conference convened by Alice Kettle and Manchester School of Art with keynote from Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid introduced by Tate Director Maria Balshaw.

‘A Tale of Two Libraries’ presented the findings of a staff exchange between the Portico Library and the Working Class Movement Library for the inaugural Manchester UNESCO City of Literature Festival of Libraries, followed by a free pubic discussion on the similarities and contrasts between the two collections.

During Fun & Games, an exhibition about playtime, past and present, and part of MACFEST, the international Festival of Muslim Arts and Culture, this online event brought together senior British Museum curators Dr Sushma Jansari and Dr Irving Finkel to discuss the Indian, Persian and Arab roots of the world's most famous game of strategy.

With her recent artwork Pulangkita pitjangu (When the blanket came), Rene Kulitja asks us to “think carefully” about the colonisation of her people, land and language. Rene joined attendees and curator Helen Idle live from Pitjantjatjara Country in Central Australia, to discuss this invitation and their exhibition What it is to be here: Colonisation and resistance. Rene is a Director of Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council and a traditional owner of Uluru-KataTjutu National Park.

More people are talking about mental health than ever before. This public discussion explored how we can find more compassionate language to communicate about these issues, and how better vocabulary could influence policy and practice in health services. With Miriam Avery, critical mental health nurse, Lisa Lorenz, founder and editor of Nous Magazine, Darren Adcock, artist and member of Mad Pride, Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts and Recovery In The Bin, and Ian Parker, President of College of Psychoanalysts and Editorial Collective for Asylum Magazine.

What does a postcolonial future look like? Maybe it looks like Beyonce in the Louvre or a Black Panther out-take or maybe we can come up with something even better…

Directed by Tunde Adefioye (dramaturg at KVS, the Royal Flemish Theatre in Brussels). Co-Director: Ruby-Ann Patterson. Produced by Contact and Young Identity in partnership with Manchester Art Gallery.

Bluedot Festival of art and science at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire with Mother: Allie Bell, Chan-yang Kim, Tim Schiazza and Karl Astbury.