Of Paramount importance

Thank God it's Friday, I often think when I'm in Manchester, on a Friday, which I usually am. Nothing to do with the arrival of the weekend. As someone who hasn't had a nine-to-five job for about seventeen years, I don't get over-excited about weekends. And don't get me started on Bank Holidays – no post, half the shops closed, rail-replacement buses.

Paramount Books on Shude Hill in Manchester opens on Fridays and Saturdays only. The last remaining secondhand bookshop in Manchester city cent...