Too cold to go on a guided tour? Then book Ed Glinert, one of the country’s best-informed and most entertaining and speakers. Glinert can talk on all things Manchester, Liverpool and London, as well as hundreds of fascinating topics. For instance this is what Glinert will be speaking on over the next few months on cruise ships.

• The Story of Motown.
• American Presidents in Trouble.
• The Making of the film Casablanca.
• The History of Hangings.
• Spies & Spooks: The History of British Espionage.