surprisesBy Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Nov 20, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Robert Poole |Ben Rogers |Lauro Martines |surprisesBy Lucy Hughes-Hallett

“Manchester is the south of the north”, writes Jeanette Winterson: spot-on. I’ve never met anyone who has a clear mental map of the place. On the ground it seems to have a grid pattern, but the roads splay out and there’s a strange bend in the middle. If you assume right angles, you end up round the back of somewhere else. The Northern Quarter” is more east than north.