Manchester International Festival says: go big or go home

Plus: Is criticising clickbait now 'snobby' and 'sexist'?

Dear members — this morning, our chief culture vulture Sophie Atkinson joined the luvvies of Manchester’s arts scene to hear what this year’s Manchester International Festival has in store as it launches its vast new venue Factory International. She then rushed back to the office and banged out her first thoughts in record time, completing an excellent and extremely varied editor’s edition.

Before we dive in, some parish news: We’ve had a few emails asking about tickets for our first Mill Members Club at the end of the month. The event sold out very quickly, and we can’t release any more because of the limited capacity at the Burgess Centre but fear not, we have another one coming up soon and we will release the ticket link for that one soon. Also:

• We’re looking for a freelance graphic designer who can make visually engaging graphics and illustrations to accompany our articles and maybe even video or GIF-based ones for social media. Please get in touch (joshi@manchestermill.co.uk) if t…