Painter, printmaker, teacher and a member of the group of post-war northern artists who developed the realist tradition established by L S Lowry and Harry Rutherford.
Sabrina (actor)
Norma Ann Sykes, better known as Sabrina, was a 1950s English glamour model who went on to have a minor film career; she is best known for her hourglass figure.
Samuel Johnson
18th-century English writer, critic, editor and lexicographer whose Dictionary of the English Language had far-reaching effects on the development of Modern English.
Samuel Linley
Oboist, singer and junior naval officer. A member of the musically talented Linley family fathered by Thomas Linley, Samuel first performed on stage in 1766.
Sarah Baker
English actor, theatre manager, and one of the most successful self-made women of her time.
Skyhooks (Trafford Park)
Pair of 18-metre high statues at the northern entrance to Trafford Park, erected in 1995 to mark the area's regeneration
Sleep and his Half-Brother Death
Oil on canvas painting completed by John William Waterhouse in 1874
Stephen Potter
English writer (1900–1969) best known for his parodies of self-help books. He is remembered particularly for popularising gamemanship, the art of using dubious although not illegal tactics to gain an advantage.
Tempera
Term applied to any paint in which the pigment is dissolved in water and mixed with an organic gum or glue.
The Alchymist
Oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, first exhibited in 1771.