For years, Manchester's businesses have been targeted with baseless accusations. Who is behind them?
‘It’s not about retribution. We’d just rather it stopped.’
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.
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Inside Manchester’s tour guide turf wars
Stolen customers, broken flags, physical fights: have the people taking us around Manchester lost their way?
Backstabbing, crying, and a ‘web of deceit’: Inside the fight to get into Trafford’s grammar schools
‘I love my children more than I love the principle of meritocracy, apparently’
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Backstabbing, crying, and a ‘web of deceit’: Inside the fight to get into Trafford’s grammar schools
‘I love my children more than I love the principle of meritocracy, apparently’
Vogue scorned them, Iran banned them, Manchester still loves them
Inside an abandoned swimming pool turned salon, one hairstyle remains a cut above the rest
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Plus: Mark Garner explains the sudden implosion of his website Confidentials
Backstabbing, crying, and a ‘web of deceit’: Inside the fight to get into Trafford’s grammar schools
‘I love my children more than I love the principle of meritocracy, apparently’
Who’s to blame for the Hotspur Press fire?
One of the city’s most historic buildings is now a ruin. Already, suspicions have arisen
The Chippy King of Bolton has bigger fish to fry
‘I’m still optimistic. Not about Bolton. I’m optimistic about my business’
Manchester parks, London Fields, and the politics of the post-work pint
A writer’s edition from Ophira
'Being a Salfordian is a unique thing'
Tracing the influence of filmmaker Mike Leigh's Salford and Manchester roots
The folk dancers who refuse to stop blacking up
Thrown out by their society and stripped of funding, the ‘Coconutters’ have become poster boys for anti-woke folk
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’