Manchester may not be the most obvious destination for those in need of spiritual healing, but who wants obvious anyway? I want to go to the hometown of Morrissey: the iconic sardonic antihero of The Smiths, animal rights and queerness! (Add some yoga and that’s pretty much my kind of spirituality.) In need of some we-time, my wife and I therefore decide to head to north, and encountered a sprawling, laidback – very gay-friendly – city.