The Beatles' Liverpool tour on Help's 60th Anniversary w. Mojo's Ed Glinert Date: Wed 6 August 2025 Time: 1pm. Location: Ken Dodd Statue, Lime Street Station. It was 60 years this day that the Beatles released their second soundtrack LP, Help!, named after one … Continue reading
This tour: Thursday 7 August, 11.15 a.m. Meet: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. The John Rylands Library has been closed for nearly a year. Now it’s back – and with … Continue reading
“The Old Jewish Ghetto of Manchester” Next tour: Friday 8 August 2025. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 1pm. Ends: At the Jewish museum. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Cost: Free to register. Pay at the end if you … Continue reading
August is political month in Manchester...the countdown to Peterloo. Here’s a taster. Marx & Engels in Manchester. Marx & Engels in Manchester: Saturday 9 August 2025. Meet: Friedrich Engels Statue, outside HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, Gaythorn, 11.30am. Booking: … Continue reading
The Grand Canals of Manchester: Tour the Towpaths * Next tour: Sat 9 Aug 2025, 2.30pm. * Meet: Outside Oxford Road Station. * Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. “Streets full of water. Please advise.” Surely Mark Twain was … Continue reading
Tony Wilson’s Manchester: Sunday 10 August 2025. Anniversary of the day he died in 2007. Meet: outside HOME, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Tony Wilson never wrote a song, sang one or played an … Continue reading
THIS TOUR The Glories of Manchester Architecture: Monday 11 August 2025. Guide: RIBA judge Ed Glinert. Starts: Outside the Midland Hotel, Peter Street, 12 noon. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** The Builder magazine once declared “one … Continue reading
Next tour: Friday 15 August 2025, 6pm. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. “The lowest, most filthy, most unhealthy, and most wicked locality in Manchester…full of cellars and inhabited by prostitutes, their bullies, thieves, … Continue reading
Peterloo tours on the day: Saturday 16 August (Peterloo Day) 2025, 11am. Meet: outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. These unique Peterloo tours have been devised by Ed Glinert, Penguin author and … Continue reading
* This annual tour takes place on Peterloo Day: 16 August. * Tour led by Ed Glinert, a Penguin Classics editor, and Manchester's leading historian and tour guide. * Meet outside Manchester Central Library, St Peter's Square, 2.30pm. * Must be booked on Eventbrite … Continue reading
