The social experiment: Our student life in the pandemic
‘Kissing someone in the room was kind of like a violent act’
The Mill
A bridge, a barge and no one in charge
Plus: The Mill in the New York Times; and we reveal Greater Manchester’s ENO bid
Why can’t Manchester persuade developers to build affordable housing?
Plus: See you down at Aviva Studios
‘Families in utter shock’ as mortgage rates top 6%
We look at the deeply painful period ahead for local homeowners
‘Now a landlord is considered a pariah, a person who sucks the blood out of a tenant’
The number of households who rent privately has risen by 206% in Greater Manchester since 2001. That, and rapidly rising rents, have put landlords in the spotlight
The city of trebles: Manchester rules over football once again
Plus: Another scandal in Rochdale, and why Salford is the UK’s ‘little Hong Kong’
Are Greater Manchester’s schools falling behind?
London has had an ‘education miracle’ after concerted government help. But the data here is less rosy
Secret bunkers, dodos and swarms of customers: why the toughest job on Market Street is security
‘Anybody sees an opportunity to take, they will’
Outside of Manchester’s thriving city centre, child poverty is on the rise
Plus: University occupiers face expulsion and Metrolink comes under fire.
From Coronation Street to New York: Julie Hesmondhalgh’s work asks, what if acting could change the world?
On Hayley Cropper, ‘state privilege’ and sobriety
A morality play at the Theatre of Dreams: Manchester United fans can’t agree over their new owners
The club’s worldwide fanbase looks set to pull it away from its roots. Is that such a bad thing?
A prize-winning novel takes on ‘poverty and capitalist devastation’. And it’s based in Rochdale
‘To fully convey the book’s intensity, density, darkness and despair would require quoting all 436 pages’
The secret flights: How Manchester Airport became a gateway for animal testing
Staff are scared to talk about their role in the import of live animals. So is the airport
A young woman made a harassment claim. Then the man she accused was elected mayor
There is fury among councillors in Rochdale after a man being investigated for harassment is now ‘swanning around the borough in his gold chain’
Revolution in a cost of living crisis? Head to the Royal Exchange
Plus: Save the date for our birthday party
