This is a tour laced with literary tales of an entertaining and informative nature covering three centuries of the written word in Manchester. With a special focus on Anthony Burgess, the tour also includes quotes and stories involving Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, Friedrich Engels, Dodie Smith, Maisie Mosco, JB Priestley, Howard Spring, David Constantine and John Cooper Clarke. The tour finishes at the International Burgess Foundation on Cambridge Street with a tour of the building and a view of the archives. Tours start at the war memorial in St Ann’s Square and last approx. 2hrs. Visit www.jonathanschofieldtours.com or @jonathschofield to find out more, and to book your place.