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University round-up: Redundancies, Student Publicatio...
Who’s standing in Manchester’s Mayoral El...
Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
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We need to politicise mental health
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Why are you laughing: The science of humour
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Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?
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Spot checks on international students attendance set ...
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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
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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
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Cooking a week of TikTok recipes on a student budget
TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
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
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Zendaya and the art of theme dressing
Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?
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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Khruangbin’s LP, A LA SALA: Slight shifts make all th...
Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing ...
Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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Boy Swallows Universe: Does reality make the best fic...
What to read in 2024: Exciting new book releases
Reading should be for joy, not health
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Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David H...
Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Four women who make the art world a better place
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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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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
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An evening with UoM Film Society and Chungking Express
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Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
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So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games
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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”
16th April 2024
In conversation with Jane Giles, co-director of SCALA!!!, we discuss how she came to make the film, her career in programming and how the London cinema had lasting impact on young audiences
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Live Review: Niall Horan
Music
One ex-boyband member finds his own Direction in an upbeat, folksy gig that promises a bright future
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Live Review: Gabrielle Aplin
Music
Elizabeth Gibson reviews Gabrielle Aplin in a unique setting: Manchester Cathedral
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Live: The ‘Honey G’ Show
Music
Elizabeth Gibson reviews the controversial X Factor rapper’s first ever headline gig
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Record Reappraisal: Indigo Girls – Swamp Ophelia
Music
Elizabeth Gibson looks beyond the hype to the quiet beauty of Indigo Girls’ fifth album
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What I learnt from starting a literary journal
Books
As we near Foxglove’s first birthday, Elizabeth Gibson calls on young writers to persue their dreams
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Poet of the week: Elizabeth Gibson
Books
Elizabeth Gibson is the first of weekly published poets in The Mancunion
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Record Reappraisal: Indigo Girls – Rites of Passage
Music
Elizabeth Gibson celebrates Indigo Girls’ joyous, adventurous fourth album and their remarkable career
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How to get published in literary journals
Books
Elizabeth Gibson gives us an insight into how to get your work accepted into literary journals and introduces her new magazine Foxglove Journal
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Books on new beginnings
Books
Elizabeth Gibson recommends books to inspire and comfort, whether you are a newcomer to Manchester or a returning student
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Elizabeth Gibson meets Maggie Stiefvater
Books
Elizabeth Gibson quizzes Young Adult superstar Maggie Stiefvater on art, mythology, books and bagpipes
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YA roundup – home and away
Books
Elizabeth Gibson updates us on the thriving Young Adult books scene
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Graze vs EarlyBird
Food & Drink
With subscription snackboxes becoming an ever-more lucrative industry, Elizabeth Gibson checks out two major players.
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Salford Crescent
Books
A featured poem by Books Contributor Elizabeth Gibson (@Grizonne)
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Top 5 lesser-known books by popular authors
Books
Elizabeth Gibson takes a look at five lesser-known novels by popular YA authors
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Album: Shane Filan – Right Here
Music
The Westlife singer’s solo album is firmly in the middle of the road
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Top 5: Books about siblings
Books
Elizabeth Gibson picks her top 5 books which explore the relationships of siblings: the love, the hate and the feelings in-between
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The future’s bright for Young Adult novels
Books
Elizabeth Gibson gives an insight into Young Adult literature in her four YA novel reviews
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Taking the plunge – from Wigan to Beijing
Lifestyle
Fancy heading halfway across the world? Elizabeth Gibson did just that in her first semester at university, and had the time of her life
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Album: Meghan Trainor – Title
Music
The ‘All About That Bass’ hitmaker impresses with a well-crafted debut
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Top 5 Songs… you can “feel” without understanding the lyrics
Music
Elizabeth Gibson shares her foreign language Top 5
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