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Nearly half of student gamblers are gambling more tha...
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Nominations for Students’ Union Awards 2024 now...
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“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
Opinion
Crashing pres and judging the drinking culture at dif...
Community strength is the best thing about university...
Main library musings – rant column #1
Science & Tech
In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...
AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...
Can algorithms help you live a better life?
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...
UNiDAYS announce opening of Student Woman of the Year competition
20th March 2024
The UNiDAYS-run competition aims to support female students who are making a difference and offers a £10,000 first prize for entrepreneurial initiatives
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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
Food & Drink
TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
Flight Club: Margarita Month with a twist
‘An audio treat’: The Mancunion’s favourite podcasts
A ‘quarter-life crisis’?: Finding your feet after a break-up
Little luxuries that make uni life more bearable
Fashion & Beauty
Decoding the phenomenon: What lies behind celebrities launching beauty brands?
Celebrity style guide #3: Sabrina Carpenter
On screen style report #6: Charlotte York
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
6th March 2024
We discuss Springleaf Podcast, the new audio sitcom created by the much loved British stand-up comic James Acaster.
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The Smile live at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival: Contagi...
Liam Gallagher and John Squire live in Manchester: ...
This Feeling live in Manchester: Rivia, The Stride, a...
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Summer Daydreaming: Literary escapes from the winter ...
Recommending a book for each Taylor Swift era
International Women’s Day book guide: Celebrati...
Arts
Four women who make the art world a better place
Sonny Angels: The art history behind your new best fr...
The Whitworth’s Dürer Exhibition is coming to a...
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My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
Brilliantly slick and thoroughly enjoyable: UMMTS ...
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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Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
Wicked Little Letters review: Profanity and mystery i...
Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Grea...
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Hello, Kate? The British public will see you now
How does Netflix’s One Day compare to the origi...
“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...
Games
Are we finally in the age of the video game ‘au...
Killer obsession: Ranking the Dead by Daylight killer...
More narrators in video games, please
Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
19th March 2024
Sofia Coppola is back with another portrait of girlhood, this time showing the life of Priscilla Presley beyond Elvis' shadow
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Interview: Marina & the Diamonds
Music
“I feel like I’ve broken through as a pop artist. I didn’t ever want to be an indie artist.”
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Album: The Killers – Battle Born
Music
A collection of songs as soulless as the arenas they’re destined to fill.
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Interview: Dog Is Dead
Music
“Some bands make magazine covers right from the start – we’ve never been that type of band.”
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Manchester: Venue Guide
Freshers’ Guide
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Music
As one of the world’s great music cities, Manchester is packed with great venues. Here’s five of our favourites…
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Live: The Temper Trap
Music
If only the band had paid a little more heed to what their loyal, paying followers wanted to hear.
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Live: The Cribs
Music
The Cribs can be anthemic without needing to have the audience jumping and screaming as one.
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Live: A Place to Bury Strangers
Music
They rarely deviate from their own tried-and-true formula but when the live performances are this exhilarating, it’s difficult to care.
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Live: Blood Red Shoes
Music
This is about as blistering a live show as you’re going to find in 2012.
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Live: Dry The River
Music
It’s nice to hear from a band that are capable of putting their own stamp on current trends rather than merely diluting them.
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Live: Wale @ Club Academy
Music
Wale has the potential to provide one of the slickest live hip hop experiences on the circuit.
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Live: Feist @ Apollo
Music
Venues like the Apollo are where Feist now belongs, as much as she might want us to think otherwise.
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Live: Michael Kiwanuka @ Ruby Lounge
Music
Winner of the BBC’s Sound of 2012, Michael Kiwanuka, takes to the stage at Ruby Lounge.
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Live: Pulled Apart By Horses @ Club Academy
Music
Musically they’re an acquired taste, lyrically they’re completely absurd, but Pulled Apart by Horses are riotously good fun.
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Live: Justice @ Academy 1
Music
It’s impossible not to raise questions about how ‘live’ a performance from 2 men with computers and decks really is.
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Live: Wild Flag
Music
This particular supergroup surpass expectations and play a blinder of a Manchester debut show.
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Live: The Maccabees
Music
Based on tonight’s performance, it’s impossible to recommend The Maccabees’ March tour highly enough.
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Live: Wild Beasts
Music
Both band and venue remain amongst the live circuit’s best-kept secrets. On tonight’s evidence though, they surely won’t be secrets for much longer.
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Live: Thurston Moore
Music
Thurston Moore’s new album, Demolished Thoughts, has been lost somewhat in the live translation.
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Live: Now Wave at the Ritz – Stephen Malkmus/Girls/Spectrals
Music
Now Wave presents…Spectrals, Girls and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks.
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Live: Bass Drum of Death
Music
Strikingly-named Bass Drum of Death play in one of the more unlikely Manchester venues.
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