Manchester’s municipal palace in all its grand Gothic glory comes alive with a tour led by Ed Glinert, author of “The Manchester Compendium”.

This is the de-luxe tour – from the towering spires on the skyline to the mosaics on the foyer floor; from the flowing cotton tendrils in the state rooms to the ouroborus snake at the entrance; from the missing statue in the empty niche of the Great Hall to the tale of John Wycliffe’s bones defining the fifth Ford Madox Brown mural.