Sunday 7 December. 10am Secrets of Stockport Tour. We go up and down and all around exploring the great stories of this sandstone town. Fine buildings to see, music to listen to, tragedies to weep over and how to count your life by moons. @BBCRadioManc @mcrconfidential

Manchester tour gift vouchers for Christmas? These vouchers open up Greater Manchester with 38 different tours telling the incredible story of the region while featuring a host of people, places and events. This is what Richard Pirouet of the Harvard Alumni Group said in

Madeira. Mountains. Views. Goats. Lights. Seafood. Wonderful. But maybe a bit too much of a certain footy player.

Just going through some notes about the Engels in Manchester tours over the next two days. He was a very clubbable man. One of the organisations he was involved in was the Society for the Relief of the Really Deserving Distressed Foreigners. If you were only sort of or a bit

TOURS. Happy Birthday Friedrich Engels. Whatever you think of his politics and legacy Engels was IMPORTANT and lived in Manchester for almost 22 years. He'd be 205 today. So Saturday 29 November, tomorrow at 10.30am the Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx story in Manchester. The

Manchester Town Hall completion date now spring 2027. This from @ManCityCouncil 'The project completion has now been set for spring 2027. This is later than the previous estimated date, but with more certainty. To overcome the final obstacles, a budget increase of £95 million

Great to listen to @SalmanRushdie on @BBCRadio4's Desert Island Discs. The perfect antidote to deluded religious idiots with his calm and elegantly phrased words.

A bright frosty morning doesn’t half make you feel ready for work. Or a walk on the moors.

Free tours? I received an email yesterday from a company asking if I do free tours. I asked if they provide free services and they said, of course not. Indeed. This is why I don't conduct free tours.

Crikey it's all getting a bit crazed in proposed footy stadium design. First we had the Star Wars tent at Old Trafford now we have a massive brewery for Birmingham City.

Robert de Niro, whisky bar arrives, leaf-blowing referendum, The Mill gets it wrong about the BBC familiarisation trips plus a fine sculpture recommended https://t.co/VOunmPyDxm @SimpsonHaugh @ManCityCouncil @BBC @rickygervais @RoyKeane_

This will be amazing. @chethamslibrary are having a Dee Day or rather evening. These are the most atmospheric buildings in the region and their connection with Shakepeare's inspiration for Prospero in The Tempest is engrossing. The event is this Friday (21 November) at 5.30pm

I love a good model - reminds me of making train layouts. This is the 11 foot model of what will be an 806ft tower (I prefer the old school measurements) for Viadux Two in the seemingly tiny space between the tramlines and Viadux One. That's way bigger than anywhere outside the

Absolutely @matthewsyed for @BBCInOurTime - seems he’s favourite according to @thetimes Syed is brilliant yet seems to exude sympathy and understanding. Best time spent listening to a radio. This is why the @BBC matters. The news section got things wrong such as that childish and