Death of war correspondent Kim Sengupta at 68 is 'devastating loss' for The Independent pressgazette.co.uk/news/kim-sengu…

On HTFP today: Editor Sarah Lester explains why Manchester News MEN published second video of Manchester Airport incident holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2024/news/why-…

Six tireless weeks and a momentous night: How the Manchester Evening News covered the general election manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m… manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Had never read The Grapes of Wrath. It’s blown my head off.

'Grand but never snobby - if this place doesn't represent Manchester, I don't know what does' manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/revie…

The French Connection on BBC2. One of those films that if you start watching it you can’t turn it off. Friedkin was a genius.

This is spot on> tribunemag.co.uk/2024/07/no-we-…

Oasis are the most damaging pop-cultural force in recent British history. (And their singer is a massive homophobe.) A column I wrote for @GuardianOpinion. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

31 Aug 71 I am as dispassionate as it is possible for a human being to be and not be a machine, and what compassion I do have I find almost impossible to express. God knows what will be my feelings if anything happens to someone I greatly love.

"We stayed in a lodge at one of the UK's most popular holiday parks with UNLIMITED buffets and all inclusive drinks" Rob Williams visits Butlin's Skegness to try out the new premium accommodation and finds a new way to enjoy the full-on experience manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/revie…

Rembrandt - Philosopher in Meditation

Applications open for Manchester Evening News and Financial Times apprenticeship scheme manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Our response to today's publication of the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 Report

Genius.

“The protection of sources of information is a key journalistic principle."

From Strangeways to uncertainty manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m… manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Crisis at Jewish Chronicle as stories based on ‘wild fabrications’ are withdrawn theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

Spent today @ St Anne's Kite festival - a fantastic event. And the sunset wasn’t bad either.

Extraordinary detail emerging around the cancellation of this run.

So this happened today in Vancouver BC where Johnny Marr and I are both doing gigs tonight (as is Paul Weller). We spent a lovely long lunch comparing notes about the joy of playing music and laughing uproariously about the old days. Love you Johnny.