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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
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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
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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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Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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Reading should be for joy, not health
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Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
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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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Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
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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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The Vaccines live at Manchester Academy
Music
The Vaccines return to Manchester Academy to perform an electrifying set of both old and new material
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Peace live in Manchester: Worcester indie rockers return to their roots
Music
Worcester’s finest, Peace, embark on a return to live performances following a five-year hiatus
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Wednesday live in Manchester: Girls to the front
Music
Wednesday’s intimate yet raucous set at Band on the Wall saw them redefining female-fronted indie
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Lucia & The Best Boys live in Manchester: A “euphoric” debut Manchester headline at the Pink Room
Music
Lucia & The Best Boys took to the stage at the Pink Room in YES for their debut headline gig in Manchester, showcasing their power as five musicians who perform a truly five-star show
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Squid live in Manchester: Are they great, or are they grating?
Music
Brighton-based five-piece Squid bring their tetchy disposition up to Manchester, but does it pay off?
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Lloyd Cole live in Manchester: Humble, understated, and resolutely underrated
Music
Live at Manchester’s Albert Hall, the 62-year-old indie veteran continues to inspire with a wholesome ode to his career’s back-catalogue
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Blondes live and in conversation: “We want to do it our way”
Music
The Mancunion sits down to chat with Blondes, Liverpool’s youthful indie upstarts, at their headline Manchester show
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DMA’s Live: Spills and thrills
Music
Australian indie-rockers DMA’s bring their boisterous Britpop-lite repertoire to Manchester’s 02 Apollo
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Frantic, funky, forever fascinating: The Orielles live at Canvas
Music
The Orielles bring their ever-changing soundscapes and grooves to Manchester in support of their latest record, ‘Tableau’…
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Live review: Balancing Act rock YES, Manchester
Music
Balancing Act are the next must-see band before they blow up. The Mancunion chats to the band after their superb sold-out YES gig.
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Live review: Candid and Bohmen rock The Deaf Institute
Music
Candid and Bohmen entertained a steady crowd at The Deaf Institute, proving themselves as ones to watch
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Live review: Alex G at Manchester’s O2 Ritz
Music
The Philadelphian musician performed anthem after anthem in an eclectic mix of genre-bending hits
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How Beautiful Gigs Can Be, with The Lathums
Music
The Lathums take their punchy brand of indie-rock to Albert Hall for the night
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Track Review: Declan Welsh & The Decadent West – ‘King of My Head’
Music
Declan Welsh and The Decadent West’s new single exudes confidence, and is the perfect calling card for their upcoming album
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Reverend and the Makers Gig Preview
Music
Reverend and the Makers stop off at Manchester Academy; it’s not to be missed
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Live review: Metric at Manchester Academy 2
Music
Metric bring the energy to Manchester Academy 2
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Live review: the Vamps bring a night of singalong hits to Manchester’s O2 Apollo
Music
The British boyband return to Manchester as part of their tenth anniversary world tour
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Sea Girls made ‘shore’ to impress at the Victoria Warehouse
Music
Sea Girls bring a set of feel-good indie rock to Victoria Warehouse
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Live review: Franz Ferdinand – Hits to the Head Tour
Music
Glaswegian indie-rockers Franz Ferdinand bring their Hits to the Head Tour to Manchester.
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DMA’s release new single ‘I Don’t Need To Hide’
Music
Australian indie rockers DMA’s have released the new single ‘I Don’t Need To Hide’, a standalone ahead of their UK tour in October
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