Make sure that when you go around Manchester that you do so with an official, trained guide armed with exciting tales and accurate history. This can only be done by booking with www.newmanchesterwalks.com
• Out in October 2025, Ed Glinert’s “Manchester: The Biography”, the first ever epic, detailed, accurate (!) history of the city. You always wanted to read a history of Manchester that treats the city as respectfully as Peter Ackroyd has in his “London: The Biography” and Simon Sebag Montefiore with his history of Jerusalem? Well, this will be it.