‘You don’t get a Michelin star purely from how you cook’
Why did Simon Martin leave the world's best restaurant? And the industry reacts to our Mana story
Jack Dulhanty
Jack has been a staff writer at The Mill since 2022, writing about the city’s people, from crane drivers and butchers to the its leading planners and decision-makers.
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Simon Martin is Manchester’s best chef. Is he its worst boss?
Mana promised to win the city’s first Michelin star for several decades by creating a kinder kitchen culture. Staff remember it differently.
'Can you tell me that they didn’t suffer? Please.'
An inquest investigates a Bolton mother’s murder-suicide
Drinking cocktails at Manchester’s pinkest restaurant
Prioritising photos over food, vibes over value - what Boujee tells us about the direction of Manchester hospitality
Stanley Chow, an artist who works in the moment
‘Nothing I do is thought through, there's no planning’
Ila Patel’s market stall survived the IRA bomb and the pandemic
We meet the Arndale Market’s longest-standing tenant
'This pub is renowned for entertaining villains'
We spent some time in the Northern Quarter's old school boozers
Dead insects, a leaky roof and one woman's 27-year labour of love
'Don't worry, Princess Anne used this toilet when she visited'
Greater Manchester pledged to cut cancer deaths. Then the promise disappeared
We investigate missed targets and a stuttering start to health devolution
She was studying during the lockdown. Then she fell into a virtual world
One young woman's story of getting addicted to VR
Car bombs, sedition and a full English: A morning at the veterans' breakfast club
'It would have been difficult to forget each other's face'
Wait... is Manchester running out of water?
'If you are used to seeing it full, an empty reservoir can come as a shock'
Life on the door
On the night that clubbing returns to Manchester, we join the security staff at a city centre venue and hear about an industry in peril