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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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My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
We need to politicise mental health
No-sex tenancy clauses are a landlord’s newest ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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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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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
An evening with UoM Film Society and Chungking Express
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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...
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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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Lucas Hill-Paul
Fuse FM’s Head of Podcasting, Co-Host of the Take Three Podcast, Mancunion Film Contributor
Review: Game Night
Film
Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams star in an innovative action-comedy from the writers of Horrible Bosses and Spider-Man: Homecoming
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Review: The Cloverfield Paradox
Film
J.J. Abrams’ enigmatic sci-fi franchise returns out of the blue, this time on Netflix
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Review: Coco
Film
Pixar crafts an action-packed, emotional celebration of Mexican culture
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Review: The Post
Film
Meryl Streep shines in an entertaining yet sentimental political thriller from Steven Spielberg
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Review: Star Wars – The Last Jedi
Film
Lucas Hill-Paul reviews the divisive eighth instalment of the space opera
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Review: The Florida Project
Film
Willem Dafoe stars in a charming drama from Tangerine director Sean Baker
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Review – Stranger Things 2
Film
Lucas Hill-Paul journeys into the Upside Down as the long-awaited Stranger Things 2 arrives on Netflix
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Review – Paddington 2
Film
Everyone’s favourite duffle-coated-bear returns for the second time on the big screen, alongside a star-studded cast
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Review – Call Me By Your Name
Film
Armie Hammer stars in a beautiful adaptation of André Aciman’s novel which celebrates and meditates on homosexuality
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Review: The Death of Stalin
Film
From the creator of The Thick of It comes an anachronistic comedy that proves anything can, and should be made fun of
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Top Five: Neo-Noir Films
Film
With the sequel to Blade Runner, a modern film noir first, science-fiction second, released this month, Lucas counts down his favourite neo-noirs
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Review: Daphne
Film
Emily Beecham shines above the rest in this neurotic indie drama
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Review: Flatliners
Film
Perhaps the characters in Flatliners shouldn’t have come back to life
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Review: Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Film
Matthew Vaughn’s latest sequel is “bonkers”, but is it brilliant?
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Review: IT
Film
IT is one of the new “action-horror” hybrids to join the genre
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Review: Death Note
Film
Adam Wingard fumbles Netflix-backed adaptation of much-loved anime Death Note
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Review: Okja
Film
How a CGI superpig could be Netflix’s saving grace
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