The Mancunian Instagram shop selling weed brownies; ‘Conversation Stations’ and Green Island Festival

In Mollie’s writer’s edition, expect lows and dizzying highs

Friends, Romans, Millers: this morning, we’re handing the microphone to one Mollie Simpson for a writer’s edition. What was the twist that soured Green Island Festival last summer? Why is Mollie dead afraid of getting stranded on the top of a mountain in Sheffield? Why does Aviva Studios’ Women of the World Festival think that all women want is facilitated conversations about the menopause; speed mentoring and the opportunity to develop new textile skills? The answers to all this — and more — coming up.

But before that, a multi-million pound renovation for John Rylands Library and Sir Keir Starmer defends Labour’s decision to withdraw support from Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali.