At the end of the 1970s, Manchester seemed to be sliding into the dustbin of history. Today the city is an international destination for culture and sport, and one of the fastest-growing urban regions in Europe. This book offers a first-hand account of what happened in between.Arriving in Manchester as a wide-eyed student in 1979, Andy Spinoza went on to establish the arts magazine City Life before working for the Manchester Evening News and creating his own PR firm. In a forty-year career he has encountered a who's who of Manchester personalities, from cultural icons such as Tony Wilson to Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and influential council leaders Sir Richard Leese and Sir Howard Bernstein.His remarkable account traces Manchester's gradual emergence from its post-industrial malaise, centring on the legendary nightclub the Haçienda and the cultural renaissance it inspired.
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Journalist BiographiesTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: How a city got high on music
- Place names: A stranger’s guide
- 1 The city calls
- 2 A meeting in Moon Grove
- 3 Dirty old town
- 4 All the news not fit to print
- 5 A fiend dropping in
- 6 Left turn, U- turn
- 7 Village people and rock-star developers
- 8 Haçienda hitman
- 9 Cash E-conomy
- 10 Simply regeneration
- 11 Planet Hulme, city conversations
- 12 Suited, booted and branded
- 13 Manc mafia on the Med
- 14 PR potholes on the road to hell
- 15 Football, fashion and food
- 16 University challenge
- 17 The Haçienda must be built
- 18 The merchandising of memory
- 19 Pop and politics, Wilson and Burnham
- 20 Devolution and dissent
- 21 ‘Who wants to live in a city without culture?’
- 22 Intention: To restore a sense of place
- Pictures and credits
- Sources
- Acknowledgements
- Index
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