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Manchester: Alchemical CityEpisodes

  1. Vision of the Future

    5/5A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.

  2. Music

    4/5The cotton had gone, the ship canal had gone, the money had gone. Then music arrived.

  3. Politics

    3/5Anti-slavery protests and striking mill workers: Jeanette explores radical Manchester.

  4. The Golden Sewer

    2/5Jeanette takes listeners on a journey by rail and canal into the land of Cottonopolis.

  5. Beginnings

    1/5Jeanette Winterson presents her personal exploration of Manchester.