My books 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' and 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' available in paperback and hardback, from bookshops and websites. Publisher @HarperNorthUK

RT @PennineThe: ‘September - Cornfield - Sheep on the Wrong Side of the Gate’ from his ‘Twelve Months of the Year’ series of lithographs an….

Caught in the middle of a political battle, @BlackRock reaffirmed its focus is helping millions of Americans save for retirement. They warned that injecting politics from either side risks undermining financial performance.

'Made in Manchester' paperback, out now, has a terrific new cover illustration by David Wardle, who also did the cover for the hardback edition and for 'Northerners'.

New Brighton, 1983-5, photo by Martin Parr.

Grandson having fun in puddles.

Third former Manchester United manager to be sacked within the space of a week.

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Whitworth Historical Society, Rossendale, Weds Oct 1st 7.30pm, Hallifold United Reformed Church, 20 Hall Street. Small donation requested.

Join Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and other leaders to remember and honor the stories of great Americans in our new video series:

Clitheroe, Lancashire with the Market and Distant Fells, by Caroline Johnson @Larosecarmine. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Actress Violet Carson was born on this day in Ancoats, Manchester, in 1898. She played Ena Sharples in Coronation Street for twenty years. In 1962, she was awarded ITV Personality of the Year. She died in 1983.

Newspaper seller, Manchester, March 1939. Ominous headlines (Mirrorpix/@MENnewsdesk).

RT @GroomB: Middlesbrough, by Julie Foster Walker.

RT @GroomB: Actor Albert Finney at his dad's betting shop, Broughton Road, Salford, 1970s.

RT @PennineThe: ‘Snow on the Pennine Hills above Holmfirth’ would have been a scene which Peter Brook knew well, being born and brought up….

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'Made in Manchester' paperback now up to number nine English history bestseller at Waterstones.

Estuary at Arnside, Cumbria, photo by Sue Barlow.

500 years ago in east Yorkshire: a 'black fast' to kill the king of England.

Sefton: neighbours muck in to transform overgrown alley.

RT @GroomB: I'll be at Turton Local History Society, near Bolton, with 'Manchester and Bolton Portraits: fascinating figures from the regio….

Street Scene, painting by Salford-born Bob Richardson (b.1938). #NorthernArt

If your life was a movie, what genre would it be?.

Towering slide, Victoria Park, Stretford, 1950s (@TraffordArchive).

RT @barbmilne: In #Manchester today and saw @GroomB 'Made in Manchester' @HarperNorthUK with a foreward by @AndyBurnhamGM in @WaterstonesMC….