The Guardian apologises for its 'awful history' after identifying historic links to slavery

'Our founder and those who funded him drew their wealth from a practice that was a crime against humanity'

Dear members — welcome to our Tuesday edition. We lead with the news that The Guardian has apologised for its historic links to slavery after releasing a major report into the men who started and funded the newspaper in its early days in Manchester.

We also have a great Theatre Diary from John Tucker and a roundup of the stories you need to know about today.

Members’ Club: We’re very much looking forward to seeing some of you at Thursday evening’s Mill Members’ Club. If you’re coming and you have a question you’d like to submit in advance, either for Andy Spinoza (whose new book we are talking about) or for the Mill team, please send those over to mollie@manchestermill.co.uk to help us prepare.

Open newsroom: As always, we’d appreciate your help with a couple of stories we’re working on. Including:

• Ahead of the May local elections we want to profile a few areas where there are some interesting storylines and contests happening. Let jack@manchestermill.co.uk know if you have a great on…