It's a beautifully carved wooden memorial to the Manchester volunteers who went to Spain in 1936 and 1937 to fight the Fascists who had overthrown the democratically elected government there.

I love the beauty of the carvings and the poignancy of the meaning of the memorial.

The fact that so many ordinary folk from Manchester felt so strongly to travel hundreds of miles to another country in order to fight against Fascists and in doing so risking their own lives really makes me question my own life and whether I would have had the bravery to do the same.

Somehow I think not.

In the Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square.

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