Skip to content
Sign In Subscribe

All our stories

The Taj Mahal, the Galapagos, the Great Barrier Reef…but why not Manchester?

David Rudlin

Curry in a huge glass pyramid, anyone?

The Mill

Carol Morley set out to capture her lost years, instead she captured Manchester’s

Daniel Dylan Wray

Why are companies leaving MediaCity?

Mollie Simpson

Shudehill pornographers and Market Street monks

Ophira Gottlieb

Tears at Boohoo: the battle for control of the Mancunian fast-fashion giant

The Mill

South Manchester had the best hip-hop scene in the UK. So why did it never take off?

Ophira Gottlieb

A midsummer’s nightmare: What really caused the Royal Exchange’s cancelled show?

Mollie Simpson

The ultimate guide to Manchester’s baking revolution

The Mill

In Wigan, ‘sad looking fields’ become a beautiful wooded glade

The Mill

Inside GMP’s race to find the Salford torso killer

Jack Dulhanty

Artist Michael Browne on painting this city's Sistine Chapel, selling work to Cantona and unveiling his newest exhibit at Manchester Museum

Ophira Gottlieb

You struggle with your mental health and a nearby cafe offers a lifeline — then it suddenly closes

Jack Dulhanty

Questions over Sacha Lord’s place in new exhibition celebrating Manchester ‘changemakers’

The Mill

No restaurant for the wicked: how viral chef Sam Buckley put ethics at the centre of eating out

Jack Dulhanty

Could this be the future of housing in Manchester?

Sophie Atkinson

Levenshulme Market rises from the dead

The Mill

Cities across the UK are embracing skateboarding. Is Manchester next?

Ophira Gottlieb

They say Bolton Council is out to make them homeless — but is it a case of crossed wires gone horribly wrong?

Jack Dulhanty

A Manchester house sold twice in one day - and the hunt for a secret garden

Joshi Herrmann

Will austerity ever end?

Sean Fielding

Why is United Utilities not releasing essential data on sewage dumping?

The Mill

Trafford Park is a limbo of warehouses, sheds and roundabouts. What could it be instead?

James Gilmour

In St Peter’s Square, the fight against homelessness becomes a fight against the homeless

Jack Dulhanty

The man keeping John Rylands Library locked in the past

Jack Dulhanty

Why is the University of Greater Manchester refusing to answer questions about its ‘rigorous, impartial’ investigation?

The Mill

Whistleblowers and secret helpers: How our investigation into the University of Greater Manchester came together

Mollie Simpson

After five years in the wilderness, is the Royal Exchange back on form?

Matt Barton

The Casablanca Deal: Secret contracts and unexplained payments at the University of Greater Manchester

Mollie Simpson ,   and  Joshi Herrmann

Some say the Hotspur Press is Manchester's oldest mill. Does it matter?

Ophira Gottlieb

The council overpaid by £7 million for it, now work might soon begin

The Mill

‘He must resign as a matter of urgency’: Panic and porkies from a university in meltdown

Mollie Simpson

Let a thousand concrete jungles bloom

Mark Edwards

Breaking: Joseph Wheeler sacked by the University of Greater Manchester

The Mill

Places for Everyone proposes building on Greater Manchester’s green belt. Could this be a good thing?

David Rudlin

‘I’ll sack who I want’: Inside the chaotic, mutinous new University of Greater Manchester

Mollie Simpson

Is Manchester’s stunt food era finally over?

Jack Dulhanty

Café Blah were kicked out by their landlords. Help them find a new home

The Mill

Is the Chinese chippy Lancashire’s new traditional cuisine?

Ophira Gottlieb

Exclusive: How the GMCA flunked its own investigation into Sacha Lord

Jack Dulhanty