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Ed Glinert, Penguin author and compiler of the forthcoming Manchester Encyclopaedia, explains the build-up to and the dreadful events of 16 August 1819, the most dramatic day in English political history. Glinert is the only Manchester tour guide who has worked with both the campaigning journalist extraordinaire Paul Foot (author of Red Shelley) and Mike Leigh, director of the new Peterloo film.

Biographical: 

Ed Glinert is Manchester's most prolific tour guide. He is also an experience journalist who worked for Private Eye magazine for 15 years and has written books for major publishers such as Penguin and Bloomsbury.

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