Inside the Manchester Victoria pigeon massacre
‘It’s a bit much, innit?’
Plus: We’re launching in Leeds
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
In 1960, Hell is a City set the bar for neo-noir. Now it's a window into a past long demolished
The university has paid millions to a company controlled by a senior staff member and the wife of its chair of governors
Jack joined The Mill in 2021 and writes about the city’s people, from crane drivers and butchers to its leading planners and decision-makers. He was nominated for the 2025 Paul Foot Award.
Ophira is a features writer, and has previously written for the Quietus, the Guardian, and the Fence. She is particularly interested in music and literature.
Lucy is an investigative reporter who cut her teeth in student journalism. She was previously an editor at The Tab, managing local teams across the UK.
Jack is a writer and editor who has been with the Mill since 2021. His favourite pieces include his expose of Manchester flag-raisers and his trip to Stockport's Curry Pyramid
Members of Reform's campaign team shared racist content online and aligned themselves with far-right groups
What happens when childcare goes corporate
People across the constituency thought they were getting a letter from a concerned pensioner, they didn’t know she was working for Reform
The university has paid millions to a company controlled by a senior staff member and the wife of its chair of governors
‘That’s why Sainsbury’s is there, to keep the riffraff out of Waitrose’
It’s been 18 months since a cancelled Gaza event threw the organisation into chaos — and all is still not well
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
In 1960, Hell is a City set the bar for neo-noir. Now it's a window into a past long demolished
Getting to grips with one of the country's strangest constituencies
Who were the mammies who made Manchester?
She started off as a content creator, now they call her Manchester’s greatest journalist
Two homeless men have died in Manchester so far this winter. Can further deaths be prevented?