Category Archives: Walks & Tours
Football Babylon – Best, Babes, Balls, Booze, Balotelli…
The Football History of Manchester Best, Busby, Bobby, Buzzer, Bell, Bert & Balotelli…from Salford Van Hire to Robin Van Persie, Louis Van Gaal and Ole, Ole, Ole. Running Commentary: Given that Manchester is the world’s leading football city (it is, … Continue reading
The Grand Hotels of Manchester (Beetham, St John’s, Radisson, Midland…Grand Pearl (!)
This tour: Sunday 27 March 2022 (Mother’s Day), 12noon. Meet Mercure Hotel, Piccadilly Gardens. Forget lastminute.com, please book with eventbrite. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. End with tea at the Radisson or Midland or Great John Street…you choose! This … Continue reading
Russiaи Maиchester – Behiиd the Iroиic Curtaiи
Next tour: Nyet dates yet. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, time tbc. Stravinsky conducted in Manchester; Joe Sunlight built here. Yuri Gagarin posed outside the Town Hall after walking above here (in space). There’s a myth that the Communist Manifesto was researched here, … Continue reading
Roman Manchester
Next tour: Bank Holiday Monday 27 May 2024. Meet: Deansgate Entrance, Beetham Tower, 2.30pm. What you need to know: Please bring typical Roman lunch: snails fattened on milk, peacocks’ brains and flamingos’ tongues. What you need to remember: Sic Transit Omnibus … Continue reading
Italian Manchester – Arrivederci Croma
Next tour: No public dates yet. Meet: Central Library, St Peter’s Square, time tbc. Booking: Just turn up. It’s been 150 years since Il Risorgimento brought ice-cream and Venetian vistas to Manchester. The city welcomed huge numbers of Italians in the mid-19th … Continue reading
Masterpieces of Manchester Art, Architecture & Design
Masterpieces of Manchester Art, Architecture & Design Next tour: Tuesday 1st of April 2025. Meet: outside St Ann’s Church. St Ann Street, 11.30 a.m. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Thoroughly-detailed and wonderfully enlightening tours of Manchester’s greatest … Continue reading
Concrete Jungle
“Concrete Jungle”, the modern architecture tour, has been subsumed into “Le Corbusier’s Manchester” for now. Please see Walks & Tours
Baroque & Gothic Palaces of Manchester
The Baroque & Gothic Palaces tour has been subsumed into the Manchester Architecture Trial for now. Please see http://www.newmanchesterwalks.com/walks-tours/art-architecture/the-manchester-architecture-trail/
Town Hall Murals
Next tour: 2024. Eventually … Ed Glinert or John Alker will unveil the stories behind these masterpieces, describing the background to each, explaining who sat for the main characters, relating just how much politics went into the choice of the stories … Continue reading
Matt Busby
Next tour: Fri 26 May 2017. Meet: Visitor Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, 1.30pm. Bob Paisley won more trophies, Bill Shankly made more noise, Alf was better spoken. But nobody commanded more respect than Matt. It may have been the calm air … Continue reading
