The bizarre story behind the ‘Salford University rape cover up’ posters
For months an anonymous figure has been levelling accusations at the university. We finally spoke to them
Ophira Gottlieb
Ophira is the editor of The Mill. She’s originally from Glasgow – shamefully the only member of the team not from Greater Manchester – but she moved here to study back in 2019, and hey, that’s how Bev Craig got here too.
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