Ophira Gottlieb
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.
South Manchester had the best hip-hop scene in the UK. So why did it never take off?
A Guy Called Gerald, The Ruthless Rap Assassins, and MC Tunes weigh in on the rise and fall of the North Hulme Sound
Cities across the UK are embracing skateboarding. Is Manchester next?
‘If I need to be a robot, I’m a better robot when I can skate on my lunch break’
Some say the Hotspur Press is Manchester’s oldest mill. Does it matter?
‘You cannot convert that building. I can’t emphasise that enough’
Is the Chinese chippy Lancashire’s new traditional cuisine?
‘The so-called Chinese food here, most of it doesn’t really appear in my country’
No banks, lots of dough: Who is Prestwich high street for?
‘Rudy’s isn’t that interesting. I just want my bank back, really’
The Salford Matador is still making a killing
In Manchester, he’s an anomaly. In Spain, he’s a tourist attraction
She helped build Factory Records from the ground up. So how did Lindsay Reade get cut out of the story?
‘What is this with all these men? You know? What about me?’
‘When a child gets pinned to the ground by three police officers, that should churn you as a human’
The GRT and GMP: in conversation with Manchester’s Roma community
Manchester already has the largest eruv in the UK. So why has Hale’s met resistance?
‘As soon as you start clamping down on ridiculous things like this, you start trapping everyone else’s liberties’
Making the case for a Mill writer living in Todmorden
A writer’s edition from our newest staff member
For 40 years, Rice and Three has fuelled Manchester
From rag traders to Northern Quarter yuppies, the classic Thali-style lunch still powers the city
Embrace the boggart!
On Boggart Hole Clough, forgetting your new year’s resolutions and the art of irrational recreation
For help surviving Drynuary, look to the past
On Rawtenstall’s temperance bar; the birth of Vimto and a once-sober Wetherspoons
Sink the pink: whistling down our most underrated tram line
A tour of Rochdale to Victoria Station in poems