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Sat 9 Aug
* “Marx & Engels in Manchester”, 11.30am, from the Engels statue outside HOME.
* “The Grand Canals of Manchester”, 2.30pm from outside Oxford Road station.
Sun 10 Aug
* “Tony Wilson’s Manchester” (on the 18th anniversary of his death), 12 noon, HOME.
Mon 11 Aug
* The Glories of Manchester Architecture”, 12 noon, Midland Hotel.
Did you see Oppenheimer, the blockbuster, Oscar-winning film about the atom bomb, named after J. Robert Oppenheimer, organiser of the Manhattan Project which dropped the bombs on Japan in 1945?
Ed Glinert of New Manchester Walks, who has hosted countless local tours that include stopping at the atomic bunker on Chinatown’s George Street, and gives talks on the story of the atom bomb on cruise ships, relates the full atomic story to coincide with the release of the film and as the 78th anniversary of the dropping of the bombs in August 1945 to end the Second World War approaches. Continue reading