Manchester commemorates ‘great men’ like Engels. Why not Elizabeth Prout?
Why a Victorian-era nun who devoted her life to educating the poor deserves her own statue
The Mill
A rush of redundancies, multi-university lawfare and a Bentley-owning vice chancellor
The University of Bolton faces a moment of reckoning
Levenshulme Pride dog show; the miracle of mobility and John Rylands’ hidden treasures
An editor’s edition from Sophie
'Like being hit in the face', Bury's reeking landfill wants to expand operations
Plus, what can we learn from football hooliganism in 1980s Manchester?
The enemies within: How the pandemic radicalised Britain
The riots have been blamed on everything from the economy to Elon Musk. But the networks that mobilised violence on our streets were forged in opposition to vaccines and lockdowns
Summertime sadness: can Manchester’s nightlife survive the student exodus?
On being a DJ in August
How do you persuade ordinary Mancunians to let you photograph them in their houses? Their cats
“It took me a very long time to feel settled, not only in a place but in my own bones”
Nazi salutes and attacks on asylum seeker hotels: rioting spreads from Southport
Police make 19 arrests, saying ‘people of all political and cultural backgrounds’ broke the law
Manchester should bid for the 2036 Olympics
The prospect of major international embarrassment may be the best route to government investment
Why is Greater Manchester’s public realm so tatty?
We ask a local government insider what’s going wrong
Another video of the Manchester Airport police attack — but much remains unanswered
‘I found the images disturbing, hard to justify, but there needs to be a proper process of investigation that’s fair to everyone involved,’ Andy Burnham tells us
Doctors in deprivation: prescribing on the frontline
'It’s shocking, and it should be.'
Lawsuits, fraud claims and Greater Manchester’s links to a billion-pound property scandal
Our supported housing investigation identifies a curious jump in value for a property in Oldham
Has the solution to sewage dumping been found in Manchester?
A fourteen-year legal epic reaches its conclusion
GMP's 'weapon of control': strip-searching
Plus, the south Manchester man who believes he is God
The strange death of Levenshulme Market
Or: how to turn a popular local event back into a car park