Should Manchester Pride be a party or a protest?
‘Manchester Pride seems to be about straight girls going out on a sesh, getting drunk and coked up with their gay mates’
‘Manchester Pride seems to be about straight girls going out on a sesh, getting drunk and coked up with their gay mates’
'We want little venues like that, we just want them to be run properly'
Meet the Ohio janitor who believes he’s descended from Cheshire nobility
Plus, a new Manchester for Palestine fundraising gig and more in our weekly recommendations
Why a Victorian-era nun who devoted her life to educating the poor deserves her own statue
The University of Bolton faces a moment of reckoning
An editor’s edition from Sophie
Plus, what can we learn from football hooliganism in 1980s Manchester?
The riots have been blamed on everything from the economy to Elon Musk. But the networks that mobilised violence on our streets were forged in opposition to vaccines and lockdowns
On being a DJ in August
“It took me a very long time to feel settled, not only in a place but in my own bones”
Police make 19 arrests, saying ‘people of all political and cultural backgrounds’ broke the law
An editor's note from Joshi
The prospect of major international embarrassment may be the best route to government investment
We ask a local government insider what’s going wrong
‘Remember mate, this is going on YouTube, forever.’