TOURS NEWS
Under third lockdown rules guided tours cannot go ahead.
CLICK HERE for a calendar of upcoming tours. There are foot on the ground walking tours for later in the year BUT Zoom tours are available right now.
'I'd pay to go on a tour of my own flat if Jonathan Schofield were doing the tour. I know it would be entertaining and I'd find out stuff I didn't previously know.' Graham Fairclough, 30 August 2020.
“Every year, students flock to Manchester from across the UK (and the globe) to experience the city; Jonathan’s tour was easily the best and most diverting ‘welcome week’ introduction to it I can imagine. Over two hours, he took us on a detailed survey of the physical, social, cultural and temporal landscape of a settlement with Roman origins but that only really came to the world’s attention as the first purpose-built capitalist city, with all that entails. Jonathan wears his learning lightly – he is always very accessible – but shows a real depth and breadth of knowledge; I learned a huge amount despite being something of a local history buff myself, and you get the feeling that he has at least another half-days’ worth of material to tailor to the audience’s needs. He speaks at a good pace and frequently checks back to answer questions. I could listen to him all day!” Jon Shute, 28 November 2020
Under third lockdown rules guided tours cannot go ahead.
CLICK HERE for a calendar of upcoming tours. There are foot on the ground walking tours for later in the year BUT Zoom tours are available right now.
'I'd pay to go on a tour of my own flat if Jonathan Schofield were doing the tour. I know it would be entertaining and I'd find out stuff I didn't previously know.' Graham Fairclough, 30 August 2020.
“Every year, students flock to Manchester from across the UK (and the globe) to experience the city; Jonathan’s tour was easily the best and most diverting ‘welcome week’ introduction to it I can imagine. Over two hours, he took us on a detailed survey of the physical, social, cultural and temporal landscape of a settlement with Roman origins but that only really came to the world’s attention as the first purpose-built capitalist city, with all that entails. Jonathan wears his learning lightly – he is always very accessible – but shows a real depth and breadth of knowledge; I learned a huge amount despite being something of a local history buff myself, and you get the feeling that he has at least another half-days’ worth of material to tailor to the audience’s needs. He speaks at a good pace and frequently checks back to answer questions. I could listen to him all day!” Jon Shute, 28 November 2020
Here's my favourite quote about Manchester in its nascent industrial days from Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1875. Its meaning is self-evident and although it refers to science the sentiment applies to every other field of endeavour.
‘Men, however great their learning often become indolent and unambitious to improve in knowledge for want of associating with others of similar talents and improvements. But science, like fire, is put in motion by collision. Where a number of such men have frequent opportunities of meeting and conversing together, thought begets thought, and every hint is turned to advantage. A spirit of enquiry glows in every breast.’
‘Men, however great their learning often become indolent and unambitious to improve in knowledge for want of associating with others of similar talents and improvements. But science, like fire, is put in motion by collision. Where a number of such men have frequent opportunities of meeting and conversing together, thought begets thought, and every hint is turned to advantage. A spirit of enquiry glows in every breast.’