Jack Dulhanty

Mar 19, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

There was little consultation or warning. One Friday in late January, a manager from Greater Manchester’s mental health services walked into No.93 Wellbeing Centre, in Harpurhey, and found Lauren Gregory. Gregory first visited the centre — a community hub tailored to people with mental health issues — in the midst of the first lockdown after the birth of her daughter.

Mar 15, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

It wasn't a bad idea. In a bid to show how the fast food burger — something you can get at the press of a button, anywhere, at any time — was in fact a finite resource, chef Sam Buckley would make burgers out of Maraschino. Maraschino was a lustrous red poll cow whose carcass would be butchered into some 1,200 burgers. Once they were sold, the pop up would shut. It would make people think about the cows being slaughtered every day to make millions of fast food burgers sold worldwide.

Mar 6, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

The inspector arrived without prior warning. She picked her way down the curving path bordered by prickled hedges to Earls Farm, in Harwood, three miles out of Bolton town centre. There, she found the borough’s largest cattery, a long, low shelter lined with wire fences that has capacity for some 60 cats. Its owners, Karen and David Yates, came out as she approached. Her visit, the inspector said, “had nothing to do with what’s going on with the council”.

Feb 27, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

Dear readers — yesterday, Jack headed through early morning drizzle to St Peter’s Square. A homeless encampment which has been there for a year was set to be cleared by bailiffs. Normally our Thursday read only goes out in full to paying subscribers, but given what a divisive issue the encampment has been, this article didn’t feel right to paywall. But if you’d like to support this kind of journalism, please consider taking out a subscription by hitting the button below.

Feb 26, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Jack Dulhanty

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