Next Walking tour: Saturday 21 June 2025 Meet: Outside the Mercure Hotel, Portland Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite.  Spurned, snubbed and sniggered at, Laurence Stephen Lowry became Britain’s most famous and best-loved 20th century painter, whose … Continue reading →

NEXT TOUR The Glories of Manchester Architecture: Tuesday 8 July 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 →

Manchester International Festival Tours 2025 "The Old Jewish Ghetto of Manchester" Next tour: Friday 4 July. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap, 12 noon. Ends: At the Jewish museum. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. *** Here’s the full S.P. … Continue reading →

Next tour: Saturday 12 July 2025. Meet: Victoria Station wallmap for a 12 noon start. Booking: If you’d like to go to Strangeways, the law will help you. Alternatively, just follow the orders from the guv’nor below. Oh, alright: Please … Continue reading →

Next tour: Sunday the 13th of June 2025, 12 noon. Meet: Outside the Mercure Hotel, Portland Street. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. *** You think you know Manchester? Well, no one knows it like Ed Glinert, who … Continue reading →

Next tour: Wednesday 16 July, 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 →