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John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.social · 2d

If Bill Forsyth can be persuaded out of retirement for a sequel to COMFORT & JOY, then here's the pitch...

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 2d

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

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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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 2d

Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London’s historical East Enders.

But the reality is a lot more complex: a strange story of 14th century chickens, Yiddish slang and 1960s town planning.

Check out @andrewkersley.bsky.social's story:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/is-the-cockn...

Is the Cockney extinct?

Newspapers are full of stories about the disappearance of London's historical East Enders. The truth is a lot more complicated

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah that’s right. I twice checked if the wrong show was playing - madness.

Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 2d

And while I agree the Morgan passages were much better, they didn’t seem to connect enough with the Davies plot line for the whole thing to work as a story.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 2d

I wondered if they should have narrated via Miller’s experience - it has a lot more glamour than watching a journalist make quite hard to explain breakthroughs, and it would have brought hacking to life. The Gordon Brown stuff was dire - felt like TV made for a tiny subset of Twitter users.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 4d

I can understand why The Hack has not sparked a public response like the post office ITV drama did. It’s too stylised, too much fourth wall breaking, why the mariachi band?

The Morgan/cop storyline feels authentic and human, in the way the Horizon tv series did. The journalism storyline not so much

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 3d

A seismic upgrade on the template of painful banter between journalists about whether one of them is joining down the line from Pret.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 3d

A podcast intro that is actually funny!

@patrickmaguire.bsky.social sings I Think We're Alone Now at Maggie Thatcher’s 100th birthday to explain Kemi’s position at conference.

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Badenoch woos WhatsApp plotters

Podcast Episode · The State of It · 08/10/2025 · 37m

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5d

Not a serious person. Zero mention of what this would mean for the over a million British citizens whose own access to welfare in the EU is protected by the withdrawal agreement.

EU citizens living in UK shouldn’t be allowed welfare benefits, says Tory rising star

Katie Lam — who is earning plaudits on the Conservative right — calls for Brexit withdrawal agreement to be reopened.

www.politico.eu

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 6d

This passage was interesting. It's brave to write about these kinds of things, and I think @ophiraophira.bsky.social did it really well.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 6d

I'm glad this piece is getting such a positive response - on here and in the comments. I think it gets closer to how Mancunian Jews and Muslims live alongside each other than conventional news coverage, which is naturally led by the most newsworthy quotes and moments.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 6d

Some of the most thoughtful social commentary atm is coming via @manchestermill.bsky.social

manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...

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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Kien Tan @kientan74.bsky.social · 6d

What a beautiful, hopeful piece of journalism. Please take a minute to read.

Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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 · 6d

More great writing via @manchestermill.bsky.social. Nuanced and personal piece on Jewish and Muslim lives in Cheetham Hill, by @ophiraophira.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’

https://manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-muslims-in-crumpsall-cheetham-hill-manchester-attack/?ref=the-mill-newsletter#sharehttps://www.manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-muslims-in-crumpsall-cheetham-hill-manchester-attack#share

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Emrys Francys @ryaloren.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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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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Dan Hayes @danhayesjourno.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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 @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 6d

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 7d

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from £10-£500 for flags.

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 7d

"Even more un-British than certain unsavoury people attending certain protests would be a world in which the country saw Jews or the Jewish community demanding that certain rights were disavowed or forfeited."

Sunday Times' Gabriel Pogrund on the weekend's planned protests.

#Newsnight

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 7d

Why I volunteer at my synagogue — in a stab-proof vest

Good piece by Gabriel Pogrund. The need for security outside Jewish venues is so, so sad.

www.thetimes.com/article/c59f...

Why I volunteer at my synagogue — in a stab-proof vest

The Manchester attack shattered a centuries-long peace. Britain’s 290,000-strong Jewish community faces an altered reality

www.thetimes.com

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The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 7d

Linea Homes says it brings London pubs "back to life".

But we've discovered the firm has tried or succeeded to shut dozens of pubs to turn them into luxury flats.

Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.

www.the-londoner.co.uk/trafalgar-wi...

They claim to save London pubs. So why have they shut so many down?

Linea Homes has been called the “grim reaper” of pubs. Their targets include some of Peckham, Wimbledon and Camden’s most iconic boozers.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 8d

This moving and brilliant reporting from Manchester's own paper is the best antidote to hate you could read today 👇

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 9d

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’.

Our story about today’s attack.

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On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’

Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall

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ophira @ophiraophira.bsky.social · 8d

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.

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 9d

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’.

Our story about today’s attack.

manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’

Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall

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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 9d

Careful, powerful reportage by @manchestermill.bsky.social. Thank you for writing this.

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 9d

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’.

Our story about today’s attack.

manchestermill.co.uk/on-their-hol...

On their holiest day, Manchester’s Jews face their ‘darkest of moments’

Amid fasting and prayer, terror comes to Crumpsall

manchestermill.co.uk

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