The Guardian publishes a series, 'Cotton Capital'

[Amy L.]

In case you have time and interest to read --

'our failure to remember what really happened is more than mere forgetfulness'
"Slightly tucked away from Manchester’s main thoroughfares, in a quiet square that bears his name, there is a statue of Abraham Lincoln – as it happens, just outside the windows of the Guardian’s offices in the city where the newspaper was founded nearly 202 years ago." ...

And https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/cotton-capital