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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Exclusive: The Mill has acquired an internal report, to be released to council staff today, describing a culture of racism and sexual harrassment with impunity at Manchester City Council 👇👇👇(1/)
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Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Amid all the brilliant investigations done by The Mill, beautiful, evocative, moving pieces like this are so much of what makes it special.
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Big Drama in @manchestermill.bsky.social yesterday. If you've already read it, don't worry, we're working on a part 2.
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Normally I'm not best pleased at having to work on a Saturday, but editing this piece by @jackdulhanty.bsky.social might have actually been the highlight of my day.
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Goodbye to Trafford Park's Kellogg's factory
For sixty years, someone with the name ‘Dulhanty’ has worked at the Kellogg’s factory. Last week, that ended
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Adam Gough is sitting front row of the nursery obstacle race when his phone goes off with a bing. It’s sports day here at Alderley Edge School for Girls: the 19th of June, a clear day. About 70 parents are gathered in the sports field. The email arrives at 9am on the dot...
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Was Ms Rabbit in Peppa Pig involved in the Madchester scene? That’s that @manchestermill.bsky.social are asking today. The evidence is compelling…
In an episode of the hit children’s cartoon entitled The Queen, Peppa’s teacher Ms Rabbit receives “The Queen’s Award for Industry” for being “the hardest-working person in the country” (this claim is disputed). What’s odd is that the symbol on the medal bares a striking resemblance to the logo for Factory Records.
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why, in an episode of Peppa Pig, does Ms Rabbit receive a medal with (almost) the Factory Records logo on it? This morning, we fail to answer the hardhitting questions over at @manchestermill.bsky.social. (There's also quite a lot about growth and policing and oysters in the newsletter).
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Arlene Finnigan 💙 @arlenefinnigan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Bloody hell, this is quite the listen. The company director sounds unhinged.
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Last night Garry Bridges beat Tom Robinson by ONE VOTE to become the leader of Manchester council, to which the response was a resounding: "who?" So let's look behind the scenes at the fight to become the 2nd most powerful politician in Manchester (after the MP for Makerfield)..
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mill writers @jackdulhanty.bsky.social and @ophiraophira.bsky.social get between the lines of our weekend read on the questionable 'Educate & Empower' fundraisers. Run of the Mill podcast out now: open.spotify.com/episode/2Yh7...
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The absurd truth behind Educate and Empower
The Run of The Mill · Episode
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Pete @pgtips.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"we go to meet him in his offices – which, it feels reasonable to stress, are Snow White and the Seven Dwarves themed"
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Ever been harangued in the street by fundraisers and wondered - is this a scam? Well, if they worked for Educate & Empower, then the man behind them is the below charming multi millionaire. Two days ago, I had the pleasure of meeting him in his Snow White themed office... (1/)
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A random tech person @greentechperson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Excellent piece of investigative journalism
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bee 'hyphen' moh @bee-moh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Proper journalism:
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As promised, today for @manchestermill.bsky.social I answer the all-important question: was Tony Wilson really SEVEN FOOT TALL? And what do his nearest and dearest think of plans to build a statue of him in a random part of Salford? First up, his ex wife Lindsay Reade... (1/many, sorry)
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Remember in 2021 when the leader of Oldham Council had her car petrol bombed? Well, as The Mill can now confirm, it's all been downhill from there.... (1/)
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A student walks into Salford University’s support office and douses themselves in petrol. “Not as theatre,” they would later write, “but as a last available language”... (1/)
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Pam Nash @pamnashes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Excellent reporting by @manchestermill.bsky.social
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The bizarre story behind the ‘Salford University rape cover up’ posters
For months an anonymous figure has been levelling accusations at the university. We finally spoke to them
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
One of the more difficult stories I've had to report on came out yesterday. Over the last few months, posters have been appearing all over Greater Manchester, claiming that Salford University is covering up a rape. Naturally, multiple Mill readers asked us to look into them (1/)
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Another Burnham banger from The Mill. Arguments in the comment section already...
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
In March 2023, two men who have been inseparable for 16 years fell out spectacularly in Austin, Texas. And while the encounter did not lead to a saloon bar shootout, it did briefly threaten one of the closest and most productive relationships in British politics...
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The original was edited by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who would not dream of cutting a cat reference. manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Ah, @ophiraophira.bsky.social at the Mill worked out which Manchester school was at the centre of last week’s book-banning story manchestermill.co.uk/revealed-the...
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Revealed: The famous school at the centre of a book-banning scandal
The Salford school tells us they ‘don’t recognise’ the librarian’s version of events
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Jennie @unabridgedopinions.com · 26/03/2026
It is such a relief to have a paper like @manchestermill.bsky.social as our local paper! This story really did worry me (it still does), and having the Mill on it means those of us in the community will have a better understanding of what is going on.
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Last week, an article was published by Index on Censorship about a book banning scandal, and a battle between an anonymous librarian and an unidentified school. Based on loose evidence and a strong hunch, I found the librarian and the school in question. You might have even seen the school on TV...
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
The Greens know that popularity is more about branding than anything else. Take Hannah-the-plumber. She’s not one of those politicians that everyone hates — she’s a plumber! She eats pasties on Instagram and shows up to our interview with a sausage roll.
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
This is such a fun piece about Spencer from @ophiraophira.bsky.social - by miles the best profile written about her. @manchestermill.bsky.social has had an exceptional by-election (with none of my involvement, I should add) 👏👏 manchestermill.co.uk/reform-hanna...
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Reform are on the rise. Can Hannah the plumber put a spanner in the works?
‘There’s more shit in politics than I’ve ever found in somebody’s toilet’
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
“There’s more shit in politics than I’ve ever found in somebody’s toilet.” I mean that’s just a great line from Hannah The Plumber.
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Over the past few weeks there’s been a spate of graffiti across Manchester and Salford, casting aspersions against various local businesses — crude tags calling Pollen Bakery “Homo-Phobic”, or claiming that The White Hotel “hate Palestine”.
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
One of our most popular stories of the year, @ophiraophira.bsky.social takes on the surprisingly sinister world of Manchester's tour guides. Warning: this story involves scheming, theft, impersonation, flag-snapping, people pushing each other off benches, false anecdotes about Oasis, and gimps.
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Inside Manchester’s tour guide turf wars
Stolen customers, broken flags, physical fights: have the people taking us around Manchester lost their way?
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Not long ago, I got a tip off from a reader who'd seen my piece about Manchester's warring tour guides. She told me of a similar battle going on between the burger vans outside Old Trafford - mostly run by women from Odsall: "salt of the earth... but you'd rather have them as friend than foe".
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Leandra is one of the longest-serving women at the Old Trafford Burger vans. Her mum owned her van before her, and brought her to work since she was a baby.
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Walk by Old Trafford on a match day evening and you’ll mostly see men eating burgers. But if you'd passed by a few hours earlier you’d have seen something different: local street traders, mostly women, staking their vans onto numbered pitches, heating vats of tea for the drawn-out night ahead...
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Nice hommage to the 192 bus by @ophiraophira.bsky.social: The bus route that became a cornerstone of Mancunian life manchestermill.co.uk/192-manchest...
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How the 192 became Manchester’s muse
The bus route that became a cornerstone of Mancunian life
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Andy @agh96.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This is good from @manchestermill.bsky.social - even if Karney comes across as positively unhinged to the point of being a liability for the Council
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Meet the man taking on Manchester's 'Christmas Refusniks'
'I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to'
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Adam @afcbrodie.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
3. Bit of a jarring shift in tone from the above, but Ophira Gottlieb's Mill piece about the Christmas-obsessed Councillor Pat Kearney is packed with perfect lines of writing. manchestermill.co.uk/big-wheel-pa...
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Meet the man taking on Manchester's 'Christmas Refusniks'
'I would start Christmas in August if I was allowed to'
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Inside Manchester's tour guide turf wars.
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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
If Bill Forsyth can be persuaded out of retirement for a sequel to COMFORT & JOY, then here's the pitch...
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This may all seem innocent but, behind the scenes, the people in charge of showing other people around Manchester are engaged in a constant turf war, one of stolen customers, destroyed equipment, false reviews, and the occasional physical scrap. Read the full story by @ophiraophira.bsky.social here
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Inside Manchester’s tour guide turf wars
Stolen customers, broken flags, physical fights: have the people taking us around Manchester lost their way?
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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Some of the most thoughtful social commentary atm is coming via @manchestermill.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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Craig Almond @alarmingcod.co.uk · 05/10/2025
After all the bluff and bluster of the last few days online, this is a personal and quietly moving piece on life in North Mancheter. More quality writing from @manchestermill.bsky.social
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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A Poor Player @apoorplayer.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Once again @manchestermill.bsky.social gets to the heart of a thing. I found this moving but also thought @ophiraophira.bsky.social 's honesty about her response to another community's fear important too.
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Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
If you read one thing today, please make it this by @ophiraophira.bsky.social at @manchestermill.bsky.social. A moving, honest story about the Crumpsall terrorist attack and the long history of Jews and Muslims in North Manchester.
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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Emrys Francys 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @ryaloren.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Another exceptional, thought-provoking piece of writing from #themanchestermill. This is exactly the kind of journalism we should be seeing after events like last week's heinous attack. manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
More great writing via @manchestermill.bsky.social. Nuanced and personal piece on Jewish and Muslim lives in Cheetham Hill, by @ophiraophira.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story. Fantastic piece by @ophiraophira.bsky.social, who has covered the attack for @manchestermill.bsky.social like no other journalist. Read this alongside the other news coverage. manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
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Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
The whole Mill team went to Crumpsall yesterday to meet the community affected by yesterday's attack. We spoke with them, and prayed with them - many of whom were so deep in prayer for Yom Kippur, they didn't even know that two people had been murdered just down the road.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Since many of you are distracted by other things or not following any Jewish media, you should know that today, on one of the holiest days of the year, a man drove his car into a crowd gathering to go into a Synagogue in Manchester then got out and started stabbing people. Two people are dead.
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My colleague @ophiraophira.bsky.social got into a makeshift synagogue nearby and witnessed this amazing scene.
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