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Beginnings
Jeanette Winterson presents her personal exploration of Manchester.
The Golden Sewer
Jeanette takes listeners on a journey by rail and canal into the land of Cottonopolis.
Politics
Anti-slavery protests and striking mill workers: Jeanette explores radical Manchester.
Music
The cotton had gone, the ship canal had gone, the money had gone. Then music arrived.
Vision of the Future
A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.