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Sign Language Week: Celebrating community and culture i…
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Reclaiming what was stolen: The revival of Gaeilge
The return of Labour’s hostile environment
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The science behind procrastination
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Investigations
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Reducing Welcome Week waste: Paperless freshers’…
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Varsity Swimming 2025: MMU glides into victory
Football and Capitalism: Is the trajectory of football…
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The Ukraine war is making Starmer too soft on Trump
Runcorn by-election: warning bells ring for Labour
Green Parties in Europe: A close-knit group or a broad…
Students occupy the Simon Building on University of Manchester campus
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Year Abroad Diaries #5: Final year dread
How to get good at running (and enjoy it!)
Life as a humanities student. Why does my university experience seem so differe…
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City guide #3: Northern Quarter
Wagamama’s 20% off took me back to the good old days
A Review of Stockport’s First Vegan Food Festival
The art of solo dating
The best British comedy podcasts right now
Hangxiety: We’ve all been there
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Recession-core revival: what trends to look out for in a dwindling economy
From Fallowfield to the front row: My first London Fashion Week experience
Is faux fur the solution? or is it causing more problems?
Year Abroad Diaries #5: Final year dread
11th April 2025
With the year abroad drawing to a close, it is hard not to feel apprehensive about returning to Manchester
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Album review: Viagra Boys look inward with near self-ti…
Greentea Peng live in Manchester: The ultimate listenin…
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Words on the dancefloor: The Read Room
Ali Smith’s Gliff: Language, surveillance, and a…
Unlocking Creativity with EAC Soc
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Where women are in revolt…the three minute scream…
Review: Turner: In Light and Shade
Experiencing Valentine’s Day in Manchester throug…
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UMMTS’s Tick, Tick… Boom!: An homage to Jonathan Larson…
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New Leeds review: A compelling call for community in ou…
Competition Is For Losers, yet Rizzle Kicks stay winning
14th April 2025
Hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks make their long-awaited return to Manchester's O2 Ritz
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Big laughs, bigger numbers: Omar El Mohandes is taking…
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Thunderbolts*: A new kind of Marvel movie for a new era
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Adolescence: A haunting exploration of modern boyhood
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Big laughs, bigger numbers: Omar El Mohandes is taking over
15th May 2025
With his film Siko Siko, Omar El Mohandes shattered expectations - and records - becoming the second highest-grossing director in the history of Egyptian cinema
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Review: Captain Marvel
Film
Captain Marvel succeeds as a ridiculous and charming 90s throwback superhero picture
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Review: Mother Courage and Her Children
Theatre
Alfie Clark reviews Mother Courage and Her Children in its re-imagined dystopian form, at the Royal Exchange Theatre
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MANIFF 2019: Stray
Film
Stray is a bleak story of two broken people, who meet each other at exactly the time where they needed each other the most.
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Opinion: the 2019 Academy Awards in review
Film
After waves of bad publicity that suggested the 2019 Academy Awards could be the worst in years, it ended up being a mixed bag
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Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Film
Driven by two stupendous Oscar-nominated performances, Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a thoroughly entertaining picture with heaps of memorable dialogue.
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Review: Sorry to Bother You
Film
Alfie Clark reviews one of the most original films of the year
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Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Film
Wacky, dark, and profound, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a welcome addition to the canon of its esteemed directors: the legendary Cohen Brothers.
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Review: Suspiria
Film
An excellently performed, visually stunning art-house horror, Suspiria is another success for its acclaimed director, despite it’s lengthy run-time.
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Review: Overlord
Film
A cohesive and well-paced ‘Nazi zombies’ movie, Overlord is a solid genre-mash up with impressive action sequences, and gruesome body-horror, writes Alfie Clark
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Review: Mandy
Film
Brutal, strange, and featuring Nicolas Cage at his insane, over-the-top best, Mandy is an instant cult-classic.
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Review: A Star is Born
Film
Emotional, funny, and featuring a killer soundtrack, A Star is Born will surely go down as one of 2018’s greatest films.
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Review: Climax
Film
Ever considered using psychedelic drugs? This film might make you think twice. Alfie Clark reviews Gaspar Noé’s fifth feature film
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