As far as big birthdays go, 200 is mighty impressive. This year, Manchester Art Gallery’s building celebrates its bi-centenary, having started out in 1823.
Although the gallery as we know it opened up several decades later, it’s an important milestone for one of Manchester’s ‘palazzo’ marvels. It was also a handy excuse for the M.E.N. team to get a hit of culture for this week’s I work in town.
Jamie Aira is this weekend’s guest. The 24-year-old grew up in Levenshulme, but has family in the US.
