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Sophie Atkinson

@sophieatkinson.bsky.social
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Writer :) Represented by Monika Woods (Triangle House). For UK enquiries, represented by Seren Adams (Lexington Literary Agency).

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 💉😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent reporting by Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social @liverpoolpost.bsky.social A decade of harassment. After years of antisocial behaviour, the neighbours are at breaking point. So is the vulnerable man involved. [illustration of aspects of story] www.livpost.co.uk/a-decade-of-...
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A decade of harassment
After years of antisocial behaviour, the neighbours are at breaking point. So is the vulnerable man involved
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“When Palace Pictures announced a premiere, they wanted it in London; I said, ‘No, we’re having it in Kirkby, and it’s all free ale, free food, and if we don’t have it in Kirkby, we won’t go.’" Ahead of the new stage adaptation, I went to meet Letter to Brezhnev's writer, Frank Clarke. rb.gy/w12v4u
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Brezhnev’s back!
The 1985 rom-com is now a play. But is it still a hit, over 40 years later?
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Maria Bustillos @mariabustillos.com · 10/01/2026
The library as 'living center for community resources' vs. 'archive of the written word': eternal tension illuminated by @millmedia.bsky.social 's @sophieatkinson.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/the-lost-boo...
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The lost books of Central Library: scandal or conspiracy theory?
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
In 2012, there were rumblings in Manchester that something strange was happening with the Central Library renovation. Staff were alleging there had been a miscalculation in the amount of shelving that had led to the council needing to cut a disproportionate % of books at speed. (1/??)
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
And also wrote about all the North American Liverpools which ended up zeroing in on Liverpool, NY, which is essentially Stars Hollow — and where I had the considerable advantage of consulting a salaried town historian (why can't everywhere have this).
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Jan @janhopis.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
like almost everything wrong with this country, this is ultimately downstream of austerity - a library cannot be a library any more, it has to be a meeting room, a cafe, a study area, a chillout zone with beanbags, a public toilet, an event space, because no other free public spaces exist any more.
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Manchester’s Central Library was once considered the British Library of the North. Did a miscalculation in shelving lead to it having to chop a huge fraction of its non-fiction collection, and at speed? I spent a year obsessing about a long-lost rumour from the early 2010s tinyurl.com/ynsyvy2t
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The lost books of Central Library: scandal or conspiracy theory?
A quarter of a million volumes were disposed of in circumstances that remain deeply contested. Some former workers accuse the council of a cover up
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
‘I can hear wailing from the funeral and the yelps of the women as they scare the gods with their genitals’. @sophieatkinson.bsky.social is back on @manchestermill.bsky.social with a brilliant piece about the Marina Abramovic show. manchestermill.co.uk/in-a-sea-of-...
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In a sea of writhing bodies, Marina Abramovic convinced me Aviva Studios makes sense
'I can hear wailing from the funeral and the yelps of the women as they scare the gods with their genitals'
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
are you based in glasgow...or are you elsewhere and do you simply enjoy a perfect Yarn. May i direct you to today's @glasgowbell.bsky.social's look at how beef over fencing in Cathkin Park has escalated to a court battle; a loo civil war and manspreading allegations 💯 shorturl.at/a8KUw
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The £30k war over Cathkin Park
Locals say a football charity is mounting a hostile takeover of a Crosshill pitch. What’s the truth?
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 12/03/2025
A few images from outside the federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, where a rally in support Mahmoud Khalil took place in Foley Square. Captions in the alt-text.
Ramzi Kassem, Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer and the director of CUNY CLEAR, addresses a gaggle of reporters and other media outside the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025.Press gaggle outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, as lawyers and supporters of Mahmoud Khalil speak to reporters during a rally in Foley Square, where hundreds have gathered directly across the street. The New York State Supreme Courthouse, which doesn’t house the state’s highest court but is just a trial court, is seen in the background. Supporters of Mahmoud Khalil waving signs and Palestinian flags gather in Foley Square in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025. A digital sign on a truck in support of Mahmoud Khalil is seen in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025. One side of the truck features a black and white photo of the activist and the inscription: “ICE: HANDS OFF OUR PALESTINIAN STUDENTS.”
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
"Saying to clients: 'yes, it’s fine to consume as much material as your gloriously Instagrammable open plan kitchen requires' while doing nothing to make the house less consumptive, felt fraudulent": we spoke to architects here about why retrofitting needs to happen NOW. 🧵
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
For inspiration for your own home and a rare bit of positive news about the climate crisis, check out the full piece by @sophieatkinson.bsky.social below 🏚️>🏠 manchestermill.co.uk/could-this-b...
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Could this be the future of housing in Manchester?
Forget damp, forget sky-high energy bills. Let’s retrofit
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/03/2025
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
Netanyahu’s office says it is imposing blockade as Hamas will not accept plan that Israel says US envoy put forward Israel has cut off humanitarian supplies to Gaza in an effort to pressure Hamas into accepting a change in the ceasefire agreement to…
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
rave review from the only critic i care about, my boyfriend
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story. manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
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Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?
This week’s controversy can be traced back to a vicious online campaign that has terrified politicians – but struggled to substantiate its claims
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
They wore spandex. They did a workout routine on camera. They smashed their fundraising target by 100 x - but who were their uniquely generous donors? @jackdulhanty.bsky.social on the jazzercise fundraising miracle of 2020 is unmissable. shorturl.at/KKcUR
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Manchester planning director’s jazzercise for charity raised £50k — from developers
One had filed an application for a controversial tower just before
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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
"The question is not one of whether women were involved in the label’s success, but rather why it’s taken just under half a century for their involvement to be recognised." @ophiraophira.bsky.social on the forgotten women of Factory, for today's weekend read. manchestermill.co.uk/p/she-helped...
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She helped build Factory Records from the ground up. So how did Lindsay Reade get cut out of the story?
‘What is this with all these men? You know? What about me?’
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I wrote a jampacked cultural edition (ft. some personal musings), where I reviewed the Hockney show at Aviva Studios, the xmas musical at the Royal Exchange — plus whether it might finally be possible to shed some light on the alleged binnings of books at Central Library. tinyurl.com/2p97z4mc
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The Central Library mystery, the David Hockney show and the joy of free ping pong
An editor's edition from Sophie
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Joseph Willits 🍉 🦩🦚🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸🇱🇧 @josephwillits.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Not even 48 hours since the Assad regime fell in Syria.
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Another Labour MP landlord story - this one's just evicted a homeless mother of two. Exclusive from @londonermag.bsky.social. Please share 🙏 www.the-londoner.co.uk/labour-bayo-...
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Exclusive: How a Labour MP evicted a homeless mother of two
"I don't even know what is going to happen to me. They could move me to Birmingham."
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
something i feel v intense about but not sufficiently to pitch a long read on is how the Sex and the City BOOK (pre-dated the tv show!) is one of the most underrated non-fiction collections of the 00s...feeling vindicated by bullying a friend into reading it and getting this text
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Sophie Atkinson @sophieatkinson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
real anti-brrr sentiment on social media this week despite existence of big jumpers, candles, making a different soup each week (neck-deep into my 30s how did you guess)
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