A 26-part series on Manchester’s greatest building, to advertise our tour, starting now…
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It’s little surprise that the John Rylands Library won the Manchester Large Visitor Attraction of the Year title at the city’s latest annual tourism awards…
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As Student Castle, the 358-foot new tower in Little Ireland opens, it’s worth reflecting on Manchester’s relationship with the tower block…the skyscraper…the cloudbuster.
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Alf Morris was that rarity in a politician…
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The art gallery is having a huge joke at our expense…
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So a planning application is being submitted to transform the Corn Exchange into the “Carnaby Street of the North”…
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The big event this week is the centenary on June 23 of Alan Turing…
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It’s hard to know what to feel after hearing the news that the infamous David Smith has died.
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Queen Elizabeth II is not the first monarch to visit Manchester, nor is the Town Hall Mural accurate in citing Philippa of Hainault…
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All of us at New Manchester Walks towers (the back room at the Portico Library, actually) are very much looking forward to the opening of the new National Football Museum…
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