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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 9h

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

Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 9h

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 · 1d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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’

manchestermill.co.uk

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 3d

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 3d

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’

manchestermill.co.uk

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The Dispatch @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

"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 · 3d

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.

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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 · 4d

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.

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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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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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Max Nathan @maxnathan.bsky.social · 5d

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

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 5d

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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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 5d

My colleague @ophiraophira.bsky.social got into a makeshift synagogue nearby and witnessed this amazing scene.

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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 5d

As our team started fanning out across the area near the synagogue, this strange dimension of the story - the fact so many Orthodox Jews didn’t yet know much about what had happened - came through in interviews.

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Anthony Painter @anthonypainter.bsky.social · 5d

Extraordinary reporting. The terror those people experienced. Unconscionable. The response from the police, the CST and subsequently the whole community prevented an extremely bad situation being far worse.

I hope Manchester's Jewish community and Jews across the UK feel some solidarity tonight.

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 5d

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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The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 5d

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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Joshi Herrmann @joshiherrmann.bsky.social · 5d

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

This is a superb and moving piece of reporting by my @manchestermill.bsky.social colleagues.

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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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 8d

Great reporting here, of something I'd been looking at, after receiving a bunch of emails from aggrieved people. Clearly I didn't get on to it quickly enough. The Londoner very much have the story.

The Londoner @londonermag.bsky.social · 9d

Victor Garvey is one of London's biggest chefs; beloved by critics like Giles Coren.

But ex-staff, friends and investors paint a different picture; of bailiffs, mid-restaurant fights and Warhammer 40k fans losing their savings to Garvey.

Our weekend exposé:

www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-rise-and...

He's one of London’s most famous chefs. So why do so many people say Victor Garvey owes them money?

Giles Coren called him his “favourite kind of chef”. But former staff and business partners paint a different picture of the Michelin star winner.

www.the-londoner.co.uk

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