Manchester Unspun - How a City Got High on Music

An enthralling tale of modern Manchester, told by a writer and journalist who has spent four decades reporting on the movers and the shakers of this unique city, from council leader Sir Richard Leese to Sir Alex Ferguson and Tony Wilson.

About the author

Andy Spinoza moved to Manchester from London at eighteen and never looked back. An early member of the Haçienda, he reported on the city's music scene for the NME and The Face. He founded alternative magazine City Life in 1983 and spent ten years as a gossip columnist for the Manchester Evening News. As boss of his own PR company, he promoted the dynamic post-industrial Manchester throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Married with three grown-up children, Andy lives in Stockport with his wife, Lynne.

Summary

An enthralling tale of modern Manchester, told by a writer and journalist who has spent four decades reporting on the movers and the shakers of this unique city, from council leader Sir Richard Leese to Sir Alex Ferguson and Tony Wilson. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Andy Spinoza, Spinoza Andy
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781526168450
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6845-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Autobiography: general, Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Social & cultural history, Autobiography: literary, Social and cultural history, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music