The strange case of the south Manchester stalker
How should the media report threats to women’s safety?
Mollie Simpson
Mollie is an investigative reporter. In 2025, she won the local journalism prize at the British Journalism Awards for her reporting on the University of Greater Manchester.
What football asks of young women
Away from the glory of Wembley, things aren't easy for the female players trying to make it to the top of the beautiful game
Drinking cocktails at Manchester’s pinkest restaurant
Prioritising photos over food, vibes over value - what Boujee tells us about the direction of Manchester hospitality
I went to visit the Gypsies of Bolton
'Thirty years I socialised with them locals. And they’re good people but they end up looking down on you, because of all the carrying on of the newspapers and gossipers at the pub'
'Suddenly, they’re out, they’re hunting. They're sat in trees, they're watching you'
Memories of Helmand and the Taliban
Excited, nervous, patronised by the media: The thoughts of school leavers on results day
'We all definitely deserve what we’ve got'
The Stockport man who powered half the internet
Mike Little speaks to The Mill about WordPress, family and embracing his identity
The rise of repair shops and the fight against throwaway consumerism
'Our guys are very quick to notice things that are of value'
'If I have nothing else, I have that'
Marcus Rashford starts a conversation about racism and change in south Manchester
What a group of girls learned from their parents about community, immigration and Manchester
'They haven’t seen half the things I have seen'
Community and solace at a women's gym
'I heard about it because the ladies at my local mosque were really excited about the idea'
The Queen's Gambit: Two Manchester chess prodigies take on the world
'One move can cost you a whole tournament'
'When people come to university, they feel like they have to build up this image of themselves'
Manchester's students are often the subject of scorn from outsiders - none of it as biting as the satire they make about themselves
Rediscovering the long-lost memoir of a Manchester bookseller
'It was a miserable and insecure existence'
From the Oldham mills to political revolution: The irrepressible life of Annie Kenney
'In Manchester at the turn of the twentieth century, something magical happened'