For Factory Records co-founder Alan Erasmus, looking back on the opening of the Hacienda 40 years on is somewhat "bittersweet". Last weekend marked the landmark anniversary of the club ...

Co-founder of Factory Records and renowned humanitarian Alan Erasmus has told friends 'I'm not having this' before vowing to fly out to war-torn Ukraine. It is believed Mr Erasmus, 72, from ...

Factory Records co-founder Alan Erasmus is heading to Ukraine to volunteer humanitarian aid. In a message shared by the writer and DJ Dave Haslam, Erasmus said he had stood up to “bullies” all ...

Alan Erasmus is a former actor and the co-founder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson, the independent Manchester based record label which signed Joy Division and Happy Mondays. He also co-founded ...

Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville and Martin Hannett to the launch of the label's own nightclub, The Hacienda, in 1982. The label's artists went on to have global success, but its ethos and approach ...

This is the story of how a TV presenter (Wilson), an out of work actor (Alan Erasmus), an art student (Peter Saville), a DJ (Rob Gretton) and an aspiring record producer (Martin Hannett ...

"Alan Erasmus saw a sign somewhere saying 'factory closing' and he thought we'd call it the Factory, and have a Factory opening." That was Tony Wilson's version of how the Factory Club in Hulme ...

The scheme is named after the mathematician Alan Turing, and replaces Erasmus, a European Union (EU) programme which UK students can no longer take part in. The UK turned down an offer to continue ...

(Picture: Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images) Factory Records co-founder Alan Erasmus is travelling to Ukraine to work with humanitarian organisations in the country. Erasmus ...

The co-founder of Factory Records, Alan Erasmus, has returned to Manchester following his humanitarian mission to Ukraine - but he is continuing his charitable work for families torn apart by the war.