Mancubist’s favourite pioneering, investigative editor Stephen Kingston has been in touch again:

Peter Hook… on New Order, the anniversary of the Hac and the new Ian Curtis movie… by Nigel Pivaro
May Day Special: Guest writer Peggy Seeger on Ewan MacColl and his Salford anthem, Dirty Old Town
The sad plight of the rare Salford Butterfly… guess who’s trashing his home?
The great affordable homes scandal… read it with a brown paper bag by yer side
Living on the front line in Higher Broughton - as Salford Council is slammed and damned
Easter Special: the new ‘non faith’ academy… run by hardcore Christians

Plus…
Could you run the council better than this lot ? Try our great pre-election gameshow where you could win lottsa ££££s and sad school kids…
The Suzuki Method… Lawrence Cassidy… the regen beauty contest in Langworthy… the miffed Mayor of Salford and loads more… a free 68 page bumper spring special!

A subscription of six issues costs £20 - and you get a free Salford Star tshirt too.

The magazine is now sponsorred by Private Eye and the Guardian, having recently won two awards and been longlisted for the Paul Foot Award for campaigning journalism. Not bad for a magazine that started less than a year ago.