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Day-by-day itineraries, what to eat, how the city actually works, and the places within a train ride that are worth the day.
Day Trips From Manchester
Hills, mills, a spa town, a walled city and the seaside — all on a train, none needing a car.
Eating in Manchester
A city that had no Michelin star for forty-two years, and what it built instead.
Getting Around Manchester
Walk the centre, use the tram for everything else, and know why the buses suddenly turned yellow.
How Much Does Manchester Cost
Three honest daily budgets, and the reason the museums make this cheaper than it looks.
Manchester Airport to the City
A train station attached to the terminals, a fifteen-minute ride, and the two ways people still get it wrong.
Manchester Music, From the Free Trade Hall Onwards
The gig where forty people saw the Sex Pistols and half of them started a band, and everything that followed.
Matchday in Manchester
How to get a ticket legitimately, how to get to the ground, and what to do when there is no ticket to be had.
The City That Made the Modern World
Cotton, Peterloo, Engels, the Guardian, the split atom and the first computer — and the cost of all of it.
Three Days in Manchester
The centre on foot, the museums on Oxford Road, and a day out in the hills or at a mill.
Where to Stay in Manchester
Five central districts, what each is actually like at eleven at night, and where the money goes further.