John Alker takes a detailed look at Ford Madox Brown’s 12 ingenious and brilliantly detailed panels of Manchester and English history that decorate the extraordinary Great Hall of Manchester Town Hall. This is the first time Manchester tour guides have chosen to examine the murals in detail without touring the rest of the building, the usual Town Hall tours not allowing enough time to look at more than a couple of the paintings closely. Once again New Manchester Walks finds new ways to open up the city’s history to the public.