Good morning members — today’s story features photographs of some of Greater Manchester’s most striking brutalist buildings. Dani spoke to the photographer Simon Phipps about how he goes about his work, and why he mourns the partial loss of the much-maligned concrete wall in Piccadilly Gardens.

This week we are interviewing lots of local election candidates so that we can bring you a really good flavour of what’s on offer in the bumper poll on May 6th. If there’s something happening in your local area that you think we should be aware of, please hit reply to this newsletter and tell us.

Welcome to our new members who have joined in the past few days. It’s great to have you on board.