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
Next tour: Saturday 26 July 2025. Meet: entrance Beetham Tower, Deansgate, 2.30pm. Booking: Please press here to book with Evenbrite. About the tour Join Ed Glinert, Manchester’s leading canal historian, to explore the waters, banks and history of the Bridgewater … Continue reading
Next tour: The Castlefield Explorer, Sunday 27 July 2025, 12 noon. Meet: Beetham Tower Entrance on Deansgate. Booking: Please press here to book with Eventbrite. Castlefield is not only the Roman birthplace of Manchester, it was also the industrial birthplace … Continue reading
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
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
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. NOT 2025 * 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 … Continue reading