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Get to know: Who is Professor Duncan Ivison?
Disability and ethnicity pay gaps go up, gender goes ...
Manchester Leftist Action member speaks out against a...
Features
Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
Opinion
If Labour wants to regain trust, they must stick to t...
Main Library Musings – Rant column #2
My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
Science & Tech
Why are you laughing: The science of humour
In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...
AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...
Investigations
Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?
“They decided they didn’t want a Nightline any longer...
Spot checks on international students attendance set ...
Sport
The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
Memories of the game: A look back at favourite sporti...
Manchester Leftist Action member speaks out against academic suspension
22nd April 2024
A student involved with action group Manchester Leftist Action has spoken out against his suspension by the University
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Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
Why is everybody obsessed with minimalism?
How to have a routine when you have so few contact hours
Food & Drink
The Alchemist Cosmic Supper Club review: Unlocking celestial delights
Brunch at Santé: A slice of sun
Giving ‘Too Good To Go’ a go!
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation
Getting involved: Volunteering at the Booth Centre
Fashion & Beauty
Leopard print roars back: The resurgence of a popular fashion trend
Celebrity style guide #7: Lewis Hamilton
What the Croc? Pringles x Crocs and other crazy collabs
Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
17th April 2024
With the RHS Urban Show coming to Manchester, we've found some of the best houseplants to enhance your student accommodation
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Northern Music Awards 2024: Celebrating breakthrough ...
Vampire Weekend: Indie experimenters push the boundar...
DIIV live in Manchester: Shoegaze stars promise enlig...
Books
The problem with publishing
Spotify vs Audible: The battle for audiobook dominance
Why I don’t regret buying a Kindle
Arts
40 Years of the Future: Painting abstract exhibition ...
Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David H...
Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Theatre
Hedda review: A misguided imitation of Ibsen’s ...
My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Albert Hall
6th June 2023
Caroline Polachek stuns a sold-out Albert in her rescheduled show, touring her second solo album Desire, I Want To Turn Into You.
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On Screen
Film
My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
TV
Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
The fourth season curse: Why do TV shows get worse af...
Drive to Survive season 6: Get strapped in for more F...
Games
Hades 2 is bringing sexyback
So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games
My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
24th April 2024
How Richard Curtis' film about a charming bookshop owner changed my view on romance films forever
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Review: Yakuza: Kiwami
Games
Kiwami means extreme.
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Half-Life, 20 years on
Games
Half-Life still holds up 20 years later, writes Callum Lunn
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The Mancunion’s favourite female video game characters
Games
With the Misogyny Is Hate movement in full swing, The Mancunion’s game section take a look back at our favourite female video game characters
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Album Review: The Story So Far – Proper Dose
Music
Callum Lunn assesses The Story So Far’s growth in maturity evident that is upon the release of their latest album
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Tribes: Ascend, a retrospective
Games
Tribes: Ascend doesn’t deserve to die, writes Callum Lunn
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DIY music: Who needs record labels?
Music
Writing, recording, producing and releasing your own albums is creative, fun and needn’t cost the earth, writes Callum Lunn.
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Live Review: Slam Dunk North 2018
Music
Contributor Callum Lunn thinks we should all embrace our inner emo
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Live: Feeder
Music
Feeder demonstrate their generation-spanning appeal
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Album review: Andrew W.K. – You’re Not Alone
Music
Andrew W.K. just falls short of a great album
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Live review: Electric Six
Music
Electric Six’s Dick Valentine makes love to the crowd
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Live review: Amenra
Music
Callum Lunn is converted to the Church of Ra by Amenra
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Album: Awolnation – Here Come the Runts
Music
With a razor-sharp focus on “The Now”, Awolnation offer something for everyone with their latest offering
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Live: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Music
Callum Lunn thinks We Were Promised Jetpacks deserved a better audience
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Live: And So I Watch You From Afar
Music
Callum Lunn gets carried away by And So I Watch You From Afar
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Top 5: Best Sax Solos
Music
Callum Lunn gets down to brass tacks to present a harmonic series of the top 5 songs with sax appeal
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Interview: Newton Faulkner
Music
Callum Lunn talks self-production, fans and festivals with Newton Faulkner
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Live: Tash Sultana
Music
Tash leaves a lasting effect on her audience
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Album: And So I Watch You From Afar – The Endless Shimmering
Music
And So I Watch You From Afar do what they do best
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Live: Papa Roach
Music
Callum Lunn thinks this isn’t Papa Roach’s last resort
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Album: Explosions in the Sky – The Wilderness
Music
Explosions in the Sky prove they are still good for more than soundtracks
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