Dear readers — welcome to your briefing. Today you’re hearing from Jack D and Lucy, the better half of the Mill team, as Jack Walton and Ophira have jetted off to — of all places — the Kremlin.
The fortified complex of Russian governance, you ask? The ornate nerve centre of Putin’s war-machine? No. It’s a hotel in Turkey.
To bring you up to speed, every few months, Jack and Ophira — in the grip of a kind of twin madness — hyperfixate on some niche topic. Last year it was Broadstairs Folk Week and the variance of offensive morris dancers and family bands that descend upon it every year. This time round, it’s an all-inclusive hotel in Antalya called the Kremlin Palace, bizarrely centred around a model of St Basil the Blessed Cathedral. We try not to ask too many questions, but we hope they have fun in the sun.
Anyway, before he set off we squeezed one last piece out of Jack: a deep-dive into Mark Goldbridge, the most famous Manchester United fan in the world. You can read that below.
Jack Walton
But now, on with your briefing, with updates on Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner’s “secret summit”, the future of Arndale Market’s beloved traders, a far-right march in the city centre and the latest piece of MEN “premium content” that we’ve published for free. Oh, and a week of weather that would rival that of any questionably themed hotel on the Turkish Riviera…
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