Brian Groom

New book 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' out now, available from bookshops and websites. Bestselling 'Northerners: A History' available in hardback and paperback. Publisher @HarperNorthUK. Agent @andrewlownie.

I was at Lancs v Yorks, Liverpool, 2011. Jimmy Anderson was warned for intimidatory bowling against a young Yorks batsman. That was Joe Root, now the second highest scorer in Test history. bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/…

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893). Leeds painter ‘The Port of Liverpool at Night’ So pleased to be able to post his work again. One of my favourites. Back tomorrow with more Thanks my XTwitterarty ⭐️⭐️Welcome Newbies ⭐️⭐️ Helen🌷📚DrStee👨🏻‍🍳⛵️Max🐶💚🙄

The subject of ‘Fresh Eggs’ is a winter’s afternoon, dusk already descending on the traditional stone farm, while the patches of snow still catch the last of the light. Typical of Peter Brook, it is the roadside sign to which he draws our attention. (From @ACArtGallery’s archive)

New Year’s Eve, Manchester, 2016, photo by Joel Goodman. Image went viral globally, said to have resembled a modern Renaissance masterpiece.

I'll be talking about 'Made in Manchester and Wigan' at Wigan Museum, Sat Sept 20th, 12 noon, 41 Library Street. £3.50, book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/made-in-manc…

Liverpool’s African Caribbean centre’s future secured. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A Flight of Swallows II, by Hester Cox, printmaker based in north Yorkshire. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

Some gates deserve to take centre stage! This morning was so quiet, so still, the lane deserted. All of nature seemed to be holding its breath, just waiting for the sun to rise and flicker its way through the trees, to sweep away the mist with light in a matter of seconds.…

This far south 😀 in Newton Abbot’s Waterstones. cc @GroomB 👏👏👏

George Best plays cricket with neighbours' kids while lodging on Aycliffe Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, 1965. Photo Bill Cross. (via @britcultarchive)

Manchester United fan, c.1977, by Iain S.P. Reid. #MadeinManchester

A few more readers' comments on 'Made in Manchester'.

Charles Macintosh, raincoat inventor, died #onthisday 1843. Manchester and Salford became the centre of UK rubberised rainwear production after Macintosh, who experimented with waterproof fabric in Glasgow, and partner H.H. Birley opened a factory in Chorlton-on-Medlock 1825.

Louise Brown, the world’s first test tube baby, was born at Oldham General Hospital #onthisday 1978 after pioneering work by Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe at Oldham’s Centre for Human Reproduction.

Manchester Art Gallery part of scheme encouraging children to be as loud as they wish. Art Fund initiative at more than 20 museums and galleries across UK. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

River restoration project in Cumbria named as finalist for prestigious international award. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Photo from The Geordie Riviera, a series by Hazel Plater, Newcastle-based photographer.

Misty on this week’s early morning dog walks, bringing to mind Peter Brook’s ‘Pennine Farm’, its distant hills still barely visible against a featureless pale sky, creating a sense of almost haunting serenity and stillness. (From James Mason’s collection, sold by Bonhams in 2010)

I'll be at Stockport Historical Society with 'Manchester and Stockport Portraits: fascinating figures from the region's past', on Fri Sept 19th 7.30pm. Stockport Sunday School, Nangreave Road (next to Aquinas College). (Pic: Crowther Street, by L.S. Lowry) Visitors £2.50.

In Harrogate for lunch with a group of retired northern journalists (not at Bettys though).