Tours on Saturday 18 October

Two great tours tomorrow, Sat 18 October

• 11am from Victoria Station wallmap.

“Manchester & Slavery” on what is international anti-slavery day.

Manchester led the fight against slavery, and purposely placed a particular slave ship on the city coat of arms to support that campaign.

• 2.30pm from the Queen Victoria Statue in Piccadilly Gardens.

“Charles Dickens’ Manchester” for the Manchester Literature Festival.

The great man came here 19 times, mostly to write THE industrial novel and didn’t quite achieve it. Ed Glinert takes you around the author’s haunts.