Tuesday 27th October 2026, 10.20am (day 5,542)
The open space between Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Station and the National Football Museum is called Cathedral Gardens but it’s not a ‘garden’ in any meaningful sense of the word and for at least half the year seems to be taken over by some corporate operation or other. Right now, it’s time to construct the annual ice rink, because, of course, we must all be inculcated into the idea of Christmas, even though it’s still October. So up goes the fencing, because it can.
