THE INDEPENDENT ARCHIVE OF QUESTIONABLE DECISIONSADULT HUMOUR · 18+

MANCHESTER:
THE FILE.

A city with main-character energy. We are requesting the supporting evidence.

FIELD NOTES · OPENING EDITION

THE FIRST LOCAL DIARY COULD BE YOURS.

Local observations and awards will develop from reviewed contributions. City descriptions are editorial jokes, not claims about residents. No research findings or rankings have been invented.

1 diary · Fictional launch stories are labelled individually.

Audacity Awards
I’m just not great at communicating.
Manchester · Editorial fiction

A seven-minute voice note. To say he’s “not a talker”.

Sir, that was a podcast. There were chapters.

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