The landscape of Manchester will soon feature a giant sculpture of a bee, constructed out of reclaimed knives

In this instalment of Artefact of the Week, Bella Jewell looks to the new Emmeline Pankhurst Statue; only the second statue of a female in Manchester… does this mark a moment of change in the representation of women?

Patrick Evans looks at the history of a curious bronze statue, considering Robert Owen’s involvement in the cooperative movement