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3/3 With two eruvs already in place around Manchester, one of them the largest in the UK, and both of which were proposed and accepted with minimal fuss — why is it that there’s so much backlash this time? ophira investigates. manchestermill.co.uk/p/manchester-a…

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Marty Jones has been championing British-style wrestling since he was six years old. Nowadays, he’s bringing up a new generation of Oldham fighters ready to throw their weight around. In today's Mill. Words by ophira, photos by Ben Jackson. manchestermill.co.uk/p/in-the-ring-…

When a headline in the The Guardian dismissed the Christmas markets in Manchester as “overpriced tat” this week, it kickstarted a heated debate in The Mill office: Are the markets worth keeping?

Members can read the full piece here, and have their say on whether it's time to send Manchester's jumped-up shacks back to the storage unit from whence they came. manchestermill.co.uk/p/is-it-time-t…

🚨Wokish clickbate! Read the piece by Jack Walton and ophira, it's very good. manchestermill.co.uk/p/is-it-time-t…

Had to delete multiple videos of my cat in order to free up space to download bluesky. ophiraophira.bsky.social

Belter on Scottish PCDJ heritage with few legends included 👏🏻 well in

Chuffed but not surprised. If you've not heard the album yet or seen these guys live then get on it!

England might be the originators of panto but Scotland is where the medium has found a spiritual home. 🎭 So, is Glasgow where panto is at it's peak? ophira takes her seat to find out, in our weekend read. glasgowbell.co.uk/why-glasgow-lo…

Lindsay Reade played a huge role in Manchester's music scene - She helped start Factory Records, managed The Stone Roses, and discovered Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - so why is it that she's only remembered as Tony Wilson's ex-wife?

Huge thanks to Audrey Golden for her help with this piece, and obviously to Lindsay who was a joy

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Exciting to see the The Standard cover our exclusive investigation into Sadiq Khan. It's a shame it took them 16 paragraphs to mention it was our scoop though. If you want to get the biggest London stories first, try subscribing to us directly.

Nice to see the Ruthless Rap Assassins and their ‘North Hulme Sound’ celebrated in The Mill, with writer, ophira, lamenting the marginalisation of Manchester rap at a time when the focus of the music industry was on the city’s indie bands: manchestermill.co.uk/ruthless-rap-a…

“For some reason, Manchester always seemed to fail when it came to black British people. It was a pattern. They’d get one chart record, and they’d disappear.” A Guy Called Gerald, The Ruthless Rap Assassins, and MC Tunes speak to ophira about Manchester's hip-hop heyday

anyone got any spare scoops ophira wants some manchestermill.co.uk/shudehill-porn…

Sacha Lord lied twice to The News Agents in his interview with Emily Maitlis on Monday 🧵