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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...
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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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My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
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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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Interview: Husky Loops
Music
Jay Plent grills Husky Loops on music, art, life, and where the three coalesce
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Live review: Franz Ferdinand
Music
Franz Ferdinand show no signs of slowing down in a career-spanning, electrifying live show says contributor, Jay Plent
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Live Review: Mogwai at Albert Hall
Music
Jay Plent recounts this fiery performance from post-rock giants Mogwai
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The Voidz announce new album for 2018
Music
Why now is the perfect time for Casablancas’ ‘other’ band to return
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Record Reappraisal: Radiohead – In Rainbows
Music
10 years on and this Radiohead album remains impressive
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Album: Foo Fighters – Concrete And Gold
Music
The world’s biggest rock band returns with a mixed bag of over-the-top material
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Live: The Pigeon Detectives
Music
The Pigeon Detectives show they can still kick ass in a sweaty, brilliant show in Manchester, writes Jay Plent
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Album: Elbow – Little Fictions
Music
Elbow dig into new, soulful territory, with mixed results, writes Jay Plent
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Live: Tom Odell
Music
Tom Odell delivered a characteristically moody, yet entertaining performance at the Apollo, writes Jay Plent
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Live: Pangaea Festival – Down The Rabbit Hole
Music
Jay Plent reports back from this year’s Pangaea Festival
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EP: The Strokes – Future Present Past
Music
The Strokes’ musical return is packed with everything fans came to love about the band
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Festival Preview: Cambridge Folk Festival
Music
As part of our Festival Preview season, we present an enchanting festival situated in one of Britain’s most famous cities
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Live: Cigarettes After Sex
Music
An intimate and captivating performance from the New York gloom-rockers
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With A Little Help From My Friends: A Tribute To George Martin (1926-2016)
Music
A reflection on the legacy of Beatles producer George Martin
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Album: The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
Music
The 1975 deliver a gluttonously self-indulgent new album
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Campus Confidential: NUDE
Music
Fun, feisty and downright funky. Student band NUDE are making ripples in Manchester’s Northern Quarter
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Live: Flesh & together PANGEA
Music
Flesh & Together Pangea give a lesson in tedium
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Top 5 Anti-Valentine’s Day Songs
Music
Alone this February 14th? Cheer yourself up with these anti-Valentine anthems
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Spectre & Speculation: Where will Radiohead go next?
Music
Jay Plent muses on what Britain’s most influential band will do next
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Album: Foals – What Went Down
Music
Having been developing their sound for a few years, nothing on this album delivers the punch that many had hoped Foals would have achieved by now
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