After hundreds of millions of pounds of investment and three years of construction, is Manchester’s newest arena a ‘shitshow’?
Plus: Where can you see screenings of women’s football matches in Manchester?
The Mill
They decided what our city will look like, then people started asking why
Do Manchester’s foremost architects get preferential treatment?
Does Manchester really need a new football league?
A gender-inclusive revolution challenging the FA at Hough End
Arena survivors become the first to take MI5 to court for not stopping attack
Plus: An indoor flower show at Depot Mayfield
Manchester’s new homeless camp has good intentions. Is that enough?
Dozens of tents now line St Peter’s Square, but the management of the camp has raised questions
Confusing alliances, no-nonsense graft and general malaise: insights into this year’s local elections
Plus: An update on a dismembered torso in Salford
A dismembered torso sparks a grisly investigation in Salford
Plus: Sacha Lord releases his tell-all memoir
Keys Money Lipstick, a no-arsehole policy and queues round the block: Remembering Andy Martin’s Star and Garter
Clubbing for the dressed up and the disenfranchised
The short, controversial document that changed the face of Manchester
How the city moved away from suburban development
Is the council guilty of ‘bizarrely misreading the cultural essence’ of Manchester?
‘There’s something going on behind the scenes’
Approved at last: Plans for 175,000 new homes across Greater Manchester
Plus reviews for A Taste of Honey, and some unusually good rail news
Months after a violent attack on a homeless man, the police are still trying to rebuild trust
‘It only takes one person to do the wrong thing and then the trust goes’