Collection: Local Studies-Reference

Bel's joined the Manchester office of a big national paper from her award-winning podcast. There are three of them - Bel, her relentlessly ambitious colleague Aaron, and a new intern. And when the intern turns out to be a 30-something man called Connor, he and Bel get off on totally the wrong foo...

This text tells the true story of Hannah Beswick, the so-called 'Manchester Mummy'. Debunking the legends that have sprung up around this unusual case of modern mummification, it sheds light on the history of museums and the collection of human remains.