'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'.

Wallsend, Tyneside, 1963, photo by Colin Jones.

After the storm, walk up Wharmton hill, Saddleworth.

Tales From a Hard City: 'We wanted to capture the reinvention of Sheffield'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From freak shows to Instagrammers, how 700-year-old Hull Fair has changed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Furness Vale History Society, High Peak, Derbyshire, Tues Oct 7th 7.30pm. Furness Vale Community Centre and Social Club, Yeardsley Lane, SK23 PN. Visitors welcome, £2.

Blue Skies Over Whitby, painting by Bridget Wilkinson. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Children playing in Hulme, Manchester, early 1950s (Picture Post/Getty).

Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.

Queues at Piccadilly bus station, Manchester, October 1946.

Robin Hood's Bay in Wartime, 1940, painting by Richard Eurich, 1903-1992 (National Maritime Museum). #NorthernArt

Girl on a Bradford street corner, 1969, photo by Nick Hedges.

The Jarrow Crusade, in which 200 unemployed men marched to London calling for government intervention to restore jobs, began on this day 1936. Unsuccessful at the time, but helped to shape postwar attitudes to employment and social justice.

Spotted at the entrance of Waterstones in Manchester Arndale.

Gibson Mill at Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.

Children's orchestra scheme in one of Liverpool's most deprived communities is 'inspirational'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sheffield artist's sketches celebrate 'the power of nans'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Monday evening, all welcome.

Northern Landscape, 1950, painting by Charles Oakley, 1925-2008, Manchester-born artist (UCL Art Museum). #NorthernArt

Byker Park Dominoes Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1974, photo by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen.

Sheffield, 1978, photo by Peter Mitchell.

Cullercoats fishwives selling fish at Tynemouth, north-east England, c.1898 (Newcastle Libraries).

Castlefield Locks, Manchester, painting by Ben Ark. #NorthernArt

Bradford, 1978, photo by Don McCullin.

Manchester synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I have mine something to read over the weekend 😊

'Made in Manchester' paperback is still number seven English history bestseller at Waterstones.

Manchester, 1975, photo by Kemal Cengizkan.

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester' at Audlem and District History Society, Cheshire, on Thursday October 16th, 7.30pm. Scout and Guide Hall, Cheshire Street. Visitors welcome, £4.

Regeneration, etching by Janis Goodman, Leeds-based printmaker. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Demolition, King Street, Stretford, 1969 (Trafford Local Studies).

Please let this be true. Have we passed peak social media? - on.ft.com/4pTb1Di via @FT

Shopping on Market Street, Manchester, April 1950 (Getty Images).

Collection of 4,500 salt and pepper pots auctioned. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stockport Market, 1978, painting by Peter Shaw, 1926-82 (Stockport Heritage Services). #NorthernArt

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, 1801, by Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802 (Victoria and Albert Museum). #NorthernArt

Lilian Marsden and her friend Phyllis, 14-year-old workers at Salt's Mill, Saltaire, in 1930. Lilian is carrying a hook on the string round her waist, which was used to wind yarn on to the spinning frame.

Made in Manchester – the story that shaped the world. From the Halifax Courier. www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/ma...

Copies of 'Made in Manchester' paperback at Waterstones Deansgate, Manchester, photo by @barbmilne.bsky.social.

Derwent Water, classic view by Carmen Norman, Lake District photographer.

I'll be talking about 'Manchester Portraits: Key Figures from the Region's Past' at Altrincham History Society, Tues 14th October, 7.30pm. Altrincham Conservative Club, 24 Market Street. Visitors welcome, £2. (Painting: Old Market Place, by Liz Taylor.)

The Passage Leading To Lancaster Road, Salford, 1962, painting by Harold Riley (1934-2023). #NorthernArt

Victoria Market Hall, Oldham, before it was destroyed by a fire in 1974 (Gallery Oldham).

Circus Tavern, Portland Street, Manchester, 1980. Smallest pub in the city, with one of the smallest bars in the country. Built as a house c.1790, became a pub c.1840. (Mirrorpix/@manchestereveningnews.co.uk )

Four ladies at the seaside, photo by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. From Writing In The Sand, a celebration of the life of beaches in north-east England, 1973-98.

But I Am A Free Man On Sunday, painting by Clare Allan. Footpath leading to Kinder Scout, inspired by the 1932 Mass Trespass. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Copper Beeches, 2013, painting by Yorkshire-based artist Kate Lycett. #WomensArt

Warren Street, Stockport, painting by Arthur Delaney (1927-87). #NorthernArt

Martin Degville of Sigue Sigue Sputnik having breakfast in a Newcastle B&B, 1986, photo by Homer Sykes.

Mohandas K.Gandhi, born on this day 1869. Visited Darwen 1931 amid hardship in Lancs cotton towns. Refused to lift boycott of British goods until there was progress towards Indian independence.