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Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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We need to politicise mental health
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
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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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Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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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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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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Review: The Time Machine
Theatre
The Time Machine is a fun, frivolous and unfaithful adaptation of H. G. Wells’ sci-fi novella
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A film for every course: Interstellar – Physics
Film
How can you put down your textbook, but still get in your astrophysics revision? Watch Interstellar of course!
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Travel back in time to Storyhouse Chester
Theatre
The Time Traveller’s Wife, a new musical based on the book and film of the same name, is having its world premiere at Storyhouse Chester – ahead of a West End run
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Doctor Who finds it’s newest Time Lord
Opinion
Doctor Who finally welcomes Ncuti Gatwa as its first black doctor (if we conveniently forget the Timeless Child twist)
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Review: Electric Rosary
Theatre
Head of Culture Michal Wasileswki reviews Electric Rosary at the Royal Exchange Theatre
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Royal Exchange Theatre invites you to take a pew
Theatre
Electric Rosary, written by Bruntwood Prize Judges’ Award winner Tim Foley, plays at the Royal Exchange Theatre
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Playwright Tim Foley on Electric Rosary, his inspirations, and the power of sci-fi
Theatre
Head of Culture Michal Wasilewski interviews Tim Foley, the playwright behind Electric Rosary
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Not so sci-fi: Could humans harness cryonics?
Science & Tech
Chloe Tenn discusses the science behind cryonics that many have seen through scifi productions like Marvel and Star Wars
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Review: 2084 – An Immersive Experience
Theatre
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews 2084 – An Immersive Experience at Manchester Central Library
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Exploring eco-fiction: Margaret Atwood’s ‘MaddAddam’ trilogy
Books
Helena Torre takes a look at her favourite eco-fiction books, with a special focus on Margaret Atwood’s ‘Maddaddam’ trilogy
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Live: Galactic Empire
Music
Yes it’s a joke gone way too far, but as Star Wars-themed metal bands go, Galactic Empire are one of the good ones, writes Joe Hunt
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Review: Doctor Strange
Film
Marvel-obsessive or merely a general amateur film buff, Doctor Strange’s lively plot will certainly get your heart racing
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Feature: Should the Sci be Greater than the Fi?
Film
Resident physics student/realist Adam Waterfield says: “In space, no one can hear you slag off George Lucas.”
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