Ed Glinert, legendary tour guide, historian and public speaker, here.
I wish you all a successful and happy 2025.
• Friday 7 Feb, The Glories of Manchester Architecture, 12 noon, from outside the Midland Hotel , Peter Street.
• Sat 8 Feb, The Smiths’ Manchester (Meat is Murder at 40), 12 noon, from the Chinese Arch.
• Sun 9 Feb, Jewish Manchester, 12 noon, from Victoria Station wallmap.
• Sat 15 Feb, Strangeways, 1 pm, from Victoria Station wallmap.
I’m not doing so many public walks right now, because I have a major deadline approaching to finish “Manchester: The Biography”, the first ever epic, detailed, accurate history of the city (!), out in all good bookshops in October.
You always wanted to read a history of Manchester that treats the city as respectfully as Peter Ackroyd has in his “London: The Biography” and Simon Sebag Montefiore with his history of Jerusalem? Well, this will be it.
