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University plans to hike rent despite £87 million surpl…

Student visa ban: Home Office denies students from conf…

Features

Ode to Oak: The end of an era

“They completely think we’re monsters”: An interview wi…

A full-circle moment: Ben Mortimer on Manchester and th…

Opinion

Is Neurodivergence becoming a trend?

Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption

A community of quacks: Social media and its harmful obs…

Science & Tech

Data colonialism and monopoly: The dark side of the eco…

The seven stages of grief: Scientific or social?

All-nighters are killing your ability to learn

Investigations

Jewish students describe life on campus amid rising ant…

Canal Street: The Village of Angels

Reports of discrimination made to the University quadru…

Sport

Manchester United’s Jim Ratcliffe problem

Women’s football still isn’t being taken seriously R…

From one pint to an ultra-marathon: Meet ManchesterR…

Politics

Study visa ban: ‘Misleading’ data used by H…

Should Reform UK be shown the door or given the floor…

Nobody loves Reform: What I learnt from door-knocking i…

Rusholme demonstrations celebrate Syrian liberation

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Lifestyle

Lifestyle

It’s okay to drop out

I HATE THE 2026 ‘REBRAND’

Frugal chic: “The art of having ‘enough’”

Food & Drink

The best cafés in Manchester to study in this exam season

Shoryu student deal review: I’ll take this over a meal deal any day

Albert’s Schloss St Patrick’s Day bash: a review

It’s women’s history month: the importance of female friendships

3, 2, 1… Pose! 100 years of the Photo Booth

Forever isn’t guaranteed — but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try

Fashion & Beauty

Call it what it is: Jhumkas or vintage accessories?

Threads of Osmosis: bridging the gap between fashion and politics

Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption

It’s okay to drop out

21st May 2026

The phrase ‘dropping out’ often feels synonymous with ‘failing’

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Culture

Music

Live review: Fcukers take to New Century Hall for their…

Album review: Boards of Canada return with ‘Infer…

Interview: Daniel Land on shoegaze, survival, and growi…

Books

Manchester Literature Festival: Douglas Stuart in conve…

It’s a Fitzcarraldo Spring: New Releases from Polly Bar…

From counterculture to pop culture: The story of indie…

Arts

The Layers Beneath Un-Fair-Ground Exhibit at Whitworth…

All that went down in the art world, so far: Art market…

Review: HOME, Roots in the Sky

Theatre

Next to Normal review: UMMTS’s final show of the…

The Manchester Revue: Reviewing the Revue

What lies beneath: UMDS’ Divine Wave combines fam…

The Manchester Revue: Reviewing the Revue

3rd June 2026

A deep dive into the University of Manchester's comedy society

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On Screen

Film

“SNL UK Is Born!”

“I wanted to raise the question; why do we need this ch…

Letterboxd: Exposing student habits and opinions on …

TV

“SNL UK Is Born!”

‘Mock the Week’ is Back!

Taskmaster Series 20 review

Games

FromSoftware design: How Elden Ring and Bloodborne mani…

Feature: The Legend of Zelda, orientalism, and perpetua…

Collateral damage: how layoffs are purging the potentia…

FromSoftware design: How Elden Ring and Bloodborne manifest immersion

16th June 2026

An analysis of FromSoftware's detailed, sprawling worlds, and just what makes them feel so immersive

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Written by Miriam Alston on 12th February 2024.

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Deputy Lifestyle editor 2023-24

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