The Stations of the Cross are given a modern twist in Manchester and London this Lent with a trail taking visitors to different city-centre venues to view art works that reflect grief, loss and transformation Pity the poor pedestrian in central London or Manchester at the moment. Thanks to the construction of London’s Crossrail and Manchester’s Metrolink extension, anyone on foot is obliged to negotiate a maze of safety barriers, construction hoardings, metal fencing and “Footway closed” signs. ­Worse, since the nature of capitalism abhors a vacuum, holes opened up by public transport works are instantly filled by private developments, adding more hazard-taped scaffolding poles, hi-vis-jacketed builders and manoeuvring lorries to the obstacle course.While the