Visited Cottonopolis exhibition at the Rylands? Find more cotton history in the city at the places below:
🧵See Manchester Art Gallery's exhibition ‘Holly Graham: The Warp/ The Weft/ The Wake’
🏭Head to the Science and Industry Museum to explore the Textile Gallery.
🧵See Manchester Art Gallery's exhibition ‘Holly Graham: The Warp/ The Weft/ The Wake’
🏭Head to the Science and Industry Museum to explore the Textile Gallery.
February 7, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Visited Cottonopolis exhibition at the Rylands? Find more cotton history in the city at the places below:
🧵See Manchester Art Gallery's exhibition ‘Holly Graham: The Warp/ The Weft/ The Wake’
🏭Head to the Science and Industry Museum to explore the Textile Gallery.
🧵See Manchester Art Gallery's exhibition ‘Holly Graham: The Warp/ The Weft/ The Wake’
🏭Head to the Science and Industry Museum to explore the Textile Gallery.
Think about these very matters yesterday after landing in Manchester (aka Cottonopolis) and taking the train up through Leeds to York.
The North’s crumbling brick buildings are abandoned assets capitalized with stolen Indigenous lands and and extracted from African labor.
The North’s crumbling brick buildings are abandoned assets capitalized with stolen Indigenous lands and and extracted from African labor.
“We should confront this history and not dismiss it as shameful. Because much of the past is shameful, and we disagree with many things our ancestors did, but we still need to talk about it and learn from it.” www.eldiario.es/internaciona...
Brooke Newman, historiadora: "La monarquía británica se benefició de la esclavitud durante siglos y es necesario que lo reconozca"
La historiadora acaba de publicar 'El silencio de la corona', donde documenta los lazos de la monarquía británica con la trata de personas durante generaciones mientras ayudaba a esparcir a extender l...
www.eldiario.es
February 2, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Think about these very matters yesterday after landing in Manchester (aka Cottonopolis) and taking the train up through Leeds to York.
The North’s crumbling brick buildings are abandoned assets capitalized with stolen Indigenous lands and and extracted from African labor.
The North’s crumbling brick buildings are abandoned assets capitalized with stolen Indigenous lands and and extracted from African labor.
Staying inside today due to threatening weather. Currently prepping my talk for tomorrow about two nineteenth-century industrial Gothic places: Cottonopolis (Lowell) and Linenopolis (Belfast). Wed 28 Jan at 4.15, Wolfson Room, Seamus Heaney Centre. If you're at Queens, you're very welcome to join!
January 27, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Staying inside today due to threatening weather. Currently prepping my talk for tomorrow about two nineteenth-century industrial Gothic places: Cottonopolis (Lowell) and Linenopolis (Belfast). Wed 28 Jan at 4.15, Wolfson Room, Seamus Heaney Centre. If you're at Queens, you're very welcome to join!
So, I've not looked at the shop for a bit, but do grab Abraxus Elijah Honey, Green Laughing, Adventures in LovE, and/or Cottonopolis while they're there.
I'm probably forgetting loads of what I've read right now, but my brain is mush from plotting my next thing...
Anyway, buy books yay.
I'm probably forgetting loads of what I've read right now, but my brain is mush from plotting my next thing...
Anyway, buy books yay.
Absolutely! Some of the non-historical authors want to make a decision about staying or not once the warehoused stock has gone, and some are staying with us as print on demand as well, so anything in the shop is available while it's listded 👍
January 22, 2026 at 2:57 PM
So, I've not looked at the shop for a bit, but do grab Abraxus Elijah Honey, Green Laughing, Adventures in LovE, and/or Cottonopolis while they're there.
I'm probably forgetting loads of what I've read right now, but my brain is mush from plotting my next thing...
Anyway, buy books yay.
I'm probably forgetting loads of what I've read right now, but my brain is mush from plotting my next thing...
Anyway, buy books yay.
Latest books 'Broken' - Tuppence Farthing & 'Blood On His Hands' - Jamie F Ford.
Edwardian murder mysteries:
The Road from Walstone Fair
Murder in Cottonopolis
The Faberge Murder
Blood On his Hands
Contemporary murder mysteries:
Murder in Middle Piddle
Broken
Spy novel:
The Moscow Marionettes
Edwardian murder mysteries:
The Road from Walstone Fair
Murder in Cottonopolis
The Faberge Murder
Blood On his Hands
Contemporary murder mysteries:
Murder in Middle Piddle
Broken
Spy novel:
The Moscow Marionettes
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Latest books 'Broken' - Tuppence Farthing & 'Blood On His Hands' - Jamie F Ford.
Edwardian murder mysteries:
The Road from Walstone Fair
Murder in Cottonopolis
The Faberge Murder
Blood On his Hands
Contemporary murder mysteries:
Murder in Middle Piddle
Broken
Spy novel:
The Moscow Marionettes
Edwardian murder mysteries:
The Road from Walstone Fair
Murder in Cottonopolis
The Faberge Murder
Blood On his Hands
Contemporary murder mysteries:
Murder in Middle Piddle
Broken
Spy novel:
The Moscow Marionettes
I live in a city that was built on the cotton trade - literally nicknamed "Cottonopolis". Left wing patriots love the beautiful buildings we have here and tell prideful stories about the ingenuity, craftsmanship and hard work that built the old trade union halls and mutual society buildings.
January 20, 2026 at 7:33 AM
I live in a city that was built on the cotton trade - literally nicknamed "Cottonopolis". Left wing patriots love the beautiful buildings we have here and tell prideful stories about the ingenuity, craftsmanship and hard work that built the old trade union halls and mutual society buildings.
Off to cottonopolis for lunch.
December 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Off to cottonopolis for lunch.
This week in 1875 the ball on the top of Manchester Town Hall clock tower was put in position. The gilt ball represents a cotton boll, shining over Cottonopolis. The ball is 79 cm in diameter, and its 29 spikes are each 17 cm long.
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This week in 1875 the ball on the top of Manchester Town Hall clock tower was put in position. The gilt ball represents a cotton boll, shining over Cottonopolis. The ball is 79 cm in diameter, and its 29 spikes are each 17 cm long.
Happy Xmas to you too. Was in Manchester at weekend to visit Bolton Octagon and see Cottonopolis exhibition at John Rylands Library. 50 yrs since I started at uni there + still love the place.
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy Xmas to you too. Was in Manchester at weekend to visit Bolton Octagon and see Cottonopolis exhibition at John Rylands Library. 50 yrs since I started at uni there + still love the place.
Today is your last chance to visit before Christmas. We’re open 10am-5pm.
See the collections Gallery or Cottonopolis exhibition on your visit. Or treat yourself to something from our shop.
After Saturday 20 December, the Rylands is closed to visitors until Wednesday 7 December.
See the collections Gallery or Cottonopolis exhibition on your visit. Or treat yourself to something from our shop.
After Saturday 20 December, the Rylands is closed to visitors until Wednesday 7 December.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today is your last chance to visit before Christmas. We’re open 10am-5pm.
See the collections Gallery or Cottonopolis exhibition on your visit. Or treat yourself to something from our shop.
After Saturday 20 December, the Rylands is closed to visitors until Wednesday 7 December.
See the collections Gallery or Cottonopolis exhibition on your visit. Or treat yourself to something from our shop.
After Saturday 20 December, the Rylands is closed to visitors until Wednesday 7 December.
Thank you! 💐 My MG debut Cottonopolis is short, pacy and was shortlisted for Little Rebels this year ✊
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cott...
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cott...
Cottonopolis
Check out Cottonopolis by S F Layzell on Bookshop.org UK!
uk.bookshop.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thank you! 💐 My MG debut Cottonopolis is short, pacy and was shortlisted for Little Rebels this year ✊
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cott...
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/cott...
"Better than Oatly" 😁 www.amazon.co.uk/Cottonopolis...
Cottonopolis: A Historical YA
Cottonopolis: A Historical YA : Layzell, SF, Layzell, SF: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Better than Oatly" 😁 www.amazon.co.uk/Cottonopolis...
Well I love both! I love Cottonopolis quite a bit more than Oatly, mind
December 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well I love both! I love Cottonopolis quite a bit more than Oatly, mind
Thank you! I've been updating my page for my magical Manchester middle grade novel Cottonopolis with links to indie bookshops, quotes & a reading of one of my favourite scenes (featuring lots of cake) 🍰
sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
COTTONOPOLIS - S F LAYZELL
Read a preview and find ordering options for Cottonopolis, a story of friendship, first love and survival for ages 8+
sflayzell.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Thank you! I've been updating my page for my magical Manchester middle grade novel Cottonopolis with links to indie bookshops, quotes & a reading of one of my favourite scenes (featuring lots of cake) 🍰
sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
Please donate generously! Let's dye Cottonopolis green!
@greenparty.org.uk @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
#manchester #thegreenparty #manchestergreenparty 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/jWr7J55n
@greenparty.org.uk @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
#manchester #thegreenparty #manchestergreenparty 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/jWr7J55n
December 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Please donate generously! Let's dye Cottonopolis green!
@greenparty.org.uk @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
#manchester #thegreenparty #manchestergreenparty 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/jWr7J55n
@greenparty.org.uk @mcrgreenparty.bsky.social
#manchester #thegreenparty #manchestergreenparty 💚
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/jWr7J55n
Why do Mancunians care so much about fashion?
https://www.europesays.com/uk/626575/
– Advertisement – Manchester doesn’t just follow fashion, it shapes it. Born from its legacy as ‘Cottonopolis’, the…#uk #news #uknews
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– Advertisement – Manchester doesn’t just follow fashion, it shapes it. Born from its legacy as ‘Cottonopolis’, the…#uk #news #uknews
Why do Mancunians care so much about fashion? - United Kingdom
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December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why do Mancunians care so much about fashion?
https://www.europesays.com/uk/626575/
– Advertisement – Manchester doesn’t just follow fashion, it shapes it. Born from its legacy as ‘Cottonopolis’, the…#uk #news #uknews
https://www.europesays.com/uk/626575/
– Advertisement – Manchester doesn’t just follow fashion, it shapes it. Born from its legacy as ‘Cottonopolis’, the…#uk #news #uknews
A big thank you to @franmoldaschl.bsky.social for featuring the bakery scene from Cottonopolis (one of my *favourite* scenes to write) on their blog 🍞🍞🍞
And for the young readers in your life the book is currently on sale: 25% off with code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄🎄🎄
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
And for the young readers in your life the book is currently on sale: 25% off with code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄🎄🎄
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A big thank you to @franmoldaschl.bsky.social for featuring the bakery scene from Cottonopolis (one of my *favourite* scenes to write) on their blog 🍞🍞🍞
And for the young readers in your life the book is currently on sale: 25% off with code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄🎄🎄
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
And for the young readers in your life the book is currently on sale: 25% off with code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄🎄🎄
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Shortlisted for the Litte Rebel Award this year, you can grab the incredible Cottonopolis by SF Layzell in our sale with 25% off!
This beautiful midgrade historical fantasy novel set in Manchester is not to be missed:
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This beautiful midgrade historical fantasy novel set in Manchester is not to be missed:
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December 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Shortlisted for the Litte Rebel Award this year, you can grab the incredible Cottonopolis by SF Layzell in our sale with 25% off!
This beautiful midgrade historical fantasy novel set in Manchester is not to be missed:
share.google/GaZ3g6JMDiaF...
This beautiful midgrade historical fantasy novel set in Manchester is not to be missed:
share.google/GaZ3g6JMDiaF...
Explore Cottonopolis | 26 Nov 2025 to 9 May 2026
Free entry!
Visit our @thejohnrylands.bsky.social to discover how 18th-century Manchester became a global cotton powerhouse, shaped by connections with India, Africa and America 🌱 🏭
Find out more here:
Free entry!
Visit our @thejohnrylands.bsky.social to discover how 18th-century Manchester became a global cotton powerhouse, shaped by connections with India, Africa and America 🌱 🏭
Find out more here:
Cottonopolis: The Origins of Global Manchester (The University of Manchester Library)
John Rylands Research Institute and Library
www.library.manchester.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Explore Cottonopolis | 26 Nov 2025 to 9 May 2026
Free entry!
Visit our @thejohnrylands.bsky.social to discover how 18th-century Manchester became a global cotton powerhouse, shaped by connections with India, Africa and America 🌱 🏭
Find out more here:
Free entry!
Visit our @thejohnrylands.bsky.social to discover how 18th-century Manchester became a global cotton powerhouse, shaped by connections with India, Africa and America 🌱 🏭
Find out more here:
Great suggestions! Adding:
Tosh's Island by Linda Sargent
Roll Call by Lee Knox Ostertag
Cottonopolis by S.F. Layzell
Lightfall by Tim Probert
Unfairies by Huw Aaron
Starminster by Megan Hopkins
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Tosh's Island by Linda Sargent
Roll Call by Lee Knox Ostertag
Cottonopolis by S.F. Layzell
Lightfall by Tim Probert
Unfairies by Huw Aaron
Starminster by Megan Hopkins
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan
New Kid by Jerry Craft
I got my annual email from the boys’ aunt yesterday checking in on what books to buy them for Christmas. What great kids books will you be buying, or what would you recommend we seek out for the kids in our lives this Christmas?
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#BookSky
#IndieBookshops
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#BookSky
#IndieBookshops
November 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Great suggestions! Adding:
Tosh's Island by Linda Sargent
Roll Call by Lee Knox Ostertag
Cottonopolis by S.F. Layzell
Lightfall by Tim Probert
Unfairies by Huw Aaron
Starminster by Megan Hopkins
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Tosh's Island by Linda Sargent
Roll Call by Lee Knox Ostertag
Cottonopolis by S.F. Layzell
Lightfall by Tim Probert
Unfairies by Huw Aaron
Starminster by Megan Hopkins
The Secret Sunshine Project by Benjamin Dean
The Legendary Mo Seto by A.Y. Chan
New Kid by Jerry Craft
New exhibition ‘Cottonopolis: The origins of global Manchester’ is now open. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
New exhibition ‘Cottonopolis: The origins of global Manchester’ is now open. Explore how 18th century Manchester was transformed into a manufacturing powerhouse and the centre of Britain’s booming cotton industry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
📅Visit Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. Free entry.
You want Cottonopolis. And Cacoethes.
I want the rest because I don't have them yet.
And it's nearly Christmas - what makes a better gift than a book?
I want the rest because I don't have them yet.
And it's nearly Christmas - what makes a better gift than a book?
A pre-festive thread of my favourite Northodox titles plus a couple on my TBR... All of these are 25% off with the code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄📚
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You want Cottonopolis. And Cacoethes.
I want the rest because I don't have them yet.
And it's nearly Christmas - what makes a better gift than a book?
I want the rest because I don't have them yet.
And it's nearly Christmas - what makes a better gift than a book?
COTTONOPOLIS by... me!
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Cottonopolis - Paperback | Northodox Press
Welcome to 1840s Manchester Twelve-year-old mill girl NELLIE DOYLE faces eviction and starvation when her father loses his job. But growing up in the notorious Manchester slum of Little Ireland has ma...
www.northodox.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
COTTONOPOLIS by... me!
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
🪡🧵 Victorian Manchester
🏳️🌈 Family, friendship & first love
👱 Ideal for young history lovers, and equally for adults who missed out on queer children's books
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Weekend website updates from your friendly neighbourhood author
Where to buy Cottonopolis & support indie bookstores sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
Short stories about history, queerness, childhood & the environment
sflayzell.com/short-stories/
What should be next? Audio clips?
🌈✒️ 📚💙 🌈📚
Where to buy Cottonopolis & support indie bookstores sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
Short stories about history, queerness, childhood & the environment
sflayzell.com/short-stories/
What should be next? Audio clips?
🌈✒️ 📚💙 🌈📚
COTTONOPOLIS - S F LAYZELL
Read a preview and find ordering options for Cottonopolis, a story of friendship, first love and survival for ages 8+
sflayzell.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Weekend website updates from your friendly neighbourhood author
Where to buy Cottonopolis & support indie bookstores sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
Short stories about history, queerness, childhood & the environment
sflayzell.com/short-stories/
What should be next? Audio clips?
🌈✒️ 📚💙 🌈📚
Where to buy Cottonopolis & support indie bookstores sflayzell.com/cottonopolis/
Short stories about history, queerness, childhood & the environment
sflayzell.com/short-stories/
What should be next? Audio clips?
🌈✒️ 📚💙 🌈📚