Manchester

Everyone has an opinion on Mark E Smith and he had some top opinions too – here’s a selection....

The Fall - How many albums? How many members? Steve Pringle, author, blogger and all round expert on The Fall gets to grips with the issues...

Who is he? What has he changed? And just how important is he?

There was Karl Marx...There was Friedrich Engels...And there was Mary Burns...Mary Burns?

With spies trying to track every move of Friedrich Engels while he was in Manchester and Salford, he had official addresses and unofficial secret addresses. No-one knew where all these were until Roy Whitfield uncovered the web...

While all the places Engels lived are completely demolished, here's some commemorative sites....

Friedrich Engels in his own words...

Friedrich Engels - From Germany to Salford and Manchester, and the world...

Friedrich Engels - the man who really did change the world lived in Strangeways at the start of Bury New Road

A Prestwich walking tour in the footsteps of The Fall...