Dear readers — there comes a time, or more accurately a temperature, when even we feel the need to stop talking, briefly, about Andy Burnham. That time is now.
In today’s edition we bring you something far more important. We spent the first day of the heatwave trudging around the city centre, tasting every scoop, cone, and lick in walking distance from our office to bring you our definitive list of the best gelato, froyos, snow cones, sundaes, soft serves and ice cream sandwiches our sizzling city centre has to offer.
Read on, enjoy, keep cool, stay safe in the sun.
How a chance encounter in a barber’s shop shaped Manchester Museum’s most radical display
For over two decades Manchester Museum has been grappling with a huge question: should it display or return its African collections?
Earlier this spring, our readers gathered at the museum alongside members of the Igbo Community Manchester (ICM), curators and academics, to try and shed some light on this polarising question. The evening took us on a journey: from a chance meeting in a barber shop that shaped the museum’s newest exhibition, to the incredibly emotional moment Anene Chiegboka, Chairman of the ICM, saw the thousands of African objects in the museum's storage basement for the first time.
Lucy has written up the full story and some reflections from the evening. In the piece, she looks at the museum's colonial past and begins to ask: what’s next? Read her full story below.
Interested in sponsoring The Mill? Get in touch.
You can help make great journalism happen.
At The Mill, we believe Manchester deserves high-quality journalism. By signing up as a member, you don’t just get the rest of this story — you get four great features delivered to your inbox every week, and the knowledge that you’re supporting a new model of local news, that puts quality and honesty first.
SubscribeAlready have an account? Sign In
