Manchester meets Newcastle in this double-double-header featuring discussion of the North’s past, present and future and two of the best examples of its contemporary musical counterculture.

3-5pm

Isaac Rose and Alex Niven discussing their books: The Rentier City: Making Modern Manchester and The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands.

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7-9pm

Gig featuring:

Lady Lamp (Manchester)

Marginal Gains (Newcastle)

Copies of The Rentier City: Making Modern Manchester and The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands will be available at the event at a discount for those not buying the all-inclusive ticket. PLEASE BRING CASH FOR THIS.