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'Some of the best money I've spent in the last few years'
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.
'Some of the best money I've spent in the last few years'
The bus route that became a cornerstone of Mancunian life
'I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to'
Over a decade on, we caught up with the London relocators of 2012
Stolen customers, broken flags, physical fights: have the people taking us around Manchester lost their way?
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall
‘Good things are going on here, if only someone would notice’
‘You want to have a nice house and a garden and go skiing, you don’t want to be foreign secretary’
‘The road is so long, it’s big enough to accommodate everyone’
‘We’ve been trying to find unifying elements that allow people to identify as “Indian”, as opposed to what their culture or language dictates’
Some want them everywhere, others want them gone
‘I love my children more than I love the principle of meritocracy, apparently’
Inside an abandoned swimming pool turned salon, one hairstyle remains a cut above the rest
Plus: Mark Garner explains the sudden implosion of his website Confidentials
‘I love my children more than I love the principle of meritocracy, apparently’