Manchester or Brighton? A life in either, it seems to me, must be very good indeed. Both are places to be ‘proud of’ living in. Libraries, galleries, cinemas, new and used shops, eccentrics who aren’t really because nobody takes any notice, trend-, fashion-, ideas-setting rather than following, little or no discernible generation gap (whatever that is), a certain confidence in the air which I’ve also seen and felt in Melbourne, New York, Portland, Seattle, Asheville and Vancouver.
Great to see you at the Whitworth the other day chief!
Ed.