In this episode, MUP’s Senior Commissioning Editor, Matthew Frost, speaks to journalist Andy Spinoza, author of Manchester unspun: Pop, property and power in the original modern city. Follow Matthew and Andy as they take in the sights of Manchester, the twenty-first-century metropolis, and discuss everything from the property boom to the legacy of the Hacienda.
Arriving in Manchester as a wide-eyed student in 1979, Andy Spinoza went on to establish the arts magazine City Life before working for the Manchester Evening News and creating his own PR firm. In a forty-year career he has encountered a who’s who of Manchester personalities, from cultural icons such as Tony Wilson to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and influential council leaders Sir Richard Leese and Sir Howard Bernstein. His remarkable account traces Manchester’s gradual emergence from its post-industrial malaise, centring on the legendary nightclub the Haçienda and the cultural renaissance it inspired.
We hope you enjoy this episode of ‘One Book at a Time,’ the Manchester University Press podcast. Time to slow down, consider the issues, learn the histories, exercise your brain in the open air of considered arguments and frontline thinking – and help us change the world one book at a time.
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