Manchester City Council coat of arms, with bees buzzing around the Earth. By IndysNotHere - Self - Made / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC-SA. Fifteen of my interviewees expressed discomfort with how ...

The city council originally budgeted £305m ($410m at today’s rate). It now expects to spend £429m. Manchester Town Hall was built in nine years, although some fine murals by Ford Madox Brown ...