As one of Britain’s most experienced public speakers, an Arts Society lecturer and regular cruise ships speaker, Ed Glinert has an endless retinue of talks, many with a Manchester theme.
* The Secret History of Manchester
Wikipedia is loaded with pitiful mistakes about the capital of the North. Discover the real history!
* Alan Turing: Tortured Genius of the Computer Age.
* Marx & Engels in Manchester.
* The Pankhursts.
* The Glories of Manchester Architecture.
* The Pre-Raphaelites and Manchester.
His most recent additions beyond Manchester are:
* Caravaggio: the world’s most dangerous painter.
* The Impressionists.
* The Making of the film Casablanca.
* Brilliant Orange: The History of Dutch Football.
* Diamonds Are Forever.
* The Skyscrapers of New York.
* The Greatest 100 Songs of the 20th Century.