Dear readers — this is a severe alert issued by The Manchester Mill. We’re back with another Monday briefing with everything you could ever possibly hope to know about what’s gone down in our city over the weekend.
But first, if you missed it, veteran Mill reporter Jack Dulhanty finally answered a question on Saturday that’s been asked of thousands of Mancunians over the last few weeks: How much do you believe in chicken? The answer quite naturally involves Cristiano Ronaldo, Piccadilly Tavern, and some city centre scaffolding celebrating its 24th birthday.
Jack Dulhanty
You can read that there. And if you’ve already read it, read this…
Special event: Who is the real Andy Burnham?
In less than a month, we're heading to Westminster for a special event hosted by our sister publication, The Londoner. It's about Andy Burnham and what he really believes. The Mill's founder Joshi Herrmann will be joined on stage by four journalists who have covered our new prime minister closely over the years: Patrick Maguire from The Times, Helen Pidd from The Guardian and our own Jack Dulhanty. The panel will be chaired by Beth Rigby from Sky News, and will tackle questions like: What actually is “Manchesterism”? And how radical will Burnham be in office?
It's on Wednesday 9 September, 6pm – 7.30pm, at London Scottish House, Westminster. So if you happen to be in the capital that day or you fancy the trip down, tickets are £15, or just £5 for paying Mill or Londoner members. Click the button below to get yours.
If you tolerate this then Cross Street will be next
It’s official: Our fair city’s unanimous dislike of Market Street and Piccadilly Gardens has been formalised into a petition. The snappily named ‘Proposal for a Review of Public Space Management on Market Street and Piccadilly Gardens’ wants the council to look into such sensory overloaders as: amplified preachers, promoters, unlicensed performers, religious solicitation, gazebos and random mass congregations of people, usually bottlenecked between random scaffold and tram lines.
In a personal capacity, today’s briefing writer (hardback book on a non-existent yogic religion he bought out of social embarrassment three years ago still in his desk drawer) will be a signatory. But we want to know what Mill readers think could be done to improve what has become much like walking down the city centre’s very colon. Leave a comment on today’s newsletter with your ideas, and let’s see in September whether any of your suggestions are within the council's gift to implement.
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