Andy Burnham has passed the electoral "talking stage" with flying colours. But with cuffing season round the corner, can he and voters make it official? ✍️ | In-Depth Analysis
👋 Imperial governance expert here. As an emperor, a "no clothes situation" is pretty much the *last* thing you want to happen 😬
The 2026 Greater Manchester election was a political science experiment to explore the conditions required for an entirely discourse-free election. The study has now concluded, and the University of Manchester thanks you all for your participation
(completely checked out on the press tour) this album is my least sincere and intimate to date. it's the album i never wanted to make
Tell me, muse, of a man who - let's just say - does things a little bit differently
i'm the guy on the Odyssey in charge of yelling "Back to the ships!" whenever there's a mass fatality incident. everyone's pissed at me for not calling the island of steel-clad murder giants earlier but maybe they shouldn't have made fun of me for freaking out that time we saw a monkey ?
there should be an island on the Odyssey that's basically normal or even moderately pleasant for passing seafarers?
What might Number Ten North look like? Well, our experts think it would likely involve the famous front door, alongside - of course - one of Manchester's famous giant killer bees
concerningly Mancunian heart surgeon: Let's just say we do things a little differently here 😏
(with a pained expression) We must make economies dearest. Our station is not what it was. The daily £6 baked good and oat flat white, that must go (my small sturdy son, on the verge of tears) And what of Father's Mubi subscription?
Keir Starmer has slammed my recent purchase of a £5 bake and oat flat white: "Not in the interests of the British people at this time"
drinking a flat white slightly too late in the afternoon and determining higher powers are calling on me to write the Zillennial Girls
Delighted to announce the launch of my new thinktank, Panacea, specializing exclusively in "silver bullets" and one-size-fits-all policy interventions
Burnham Bounce would be a beautiful name for a baby girl
every train journey is either Snowpiercer or Before Sunrise and the trick is to figure out which as quickly as possible
(Cognitive behavioral therapy enjoyer I just cut off in the city centre). Think positively. He is probably in a rush for a reason. Maybe he's late for his train. Maybe his friend just had a bad breakup Me: I'm da king of da pavement
Elliot Anderson hit the ground with a thud. Another foul! But looking around he didn’t see the pitch, nor his teammates, nor the screaming fans. Instead he seemed to be in a hexagonal room, four of the walls covered in bookshelves. It seemed to connect to other identical rooms
hey man, am i good to bring my buddy Senior Labour Source to the pub later? he's a total sociopath and he will 100% brief against you in The Times but he's actually pretty sound once you get to know him
"Nobody wants this": Anglish-language hip hop trio drawing unfavorable comparison to Kneecap baffle audiences
(guy who is unaware of the racial conflict connotations of "long hot summer") So good to finally kick off our very own long hot summer 🙌
when an ageing former triphop musician is elected mayor of bristol, he is confronted by the perils of the council committee system, hauntology of bansky and is pushed into a faustian pact of a market led urban regeneration scheme
👋 North of England awareness-raising activist here. Just a PSA, "Pr*fessional Northerner" is actually a deeply problematic term, rooted in centuries of infrastructure under-investment. Please can we think about the impact of our words on our latitudinally influenced community members? 🙄
looking for a word that captures the same sentiment as "Ostalgia", but without specific reference to East Germany ?
The touch controls on our wireless earphones are our most intuitive yet 👇 Two short presses to skip track ➡️ One short press and one long press to immediately dial your most significant ex-partner 🙌 Two long presses to turn up the volume 🔊
NILES: I'm a changed man. FRASIER: Oh, 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮, Niles. NILES: I breached the perimeter of the Capitol on Jan 6. I beat Capitol policemen to death. With my bare hands. FRASIER: You've always been a touch right of center. NILES: I'd had so much white zinfandel. From a box. FRASIER: Oh you HAVE changed.