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Nearly half of student gamblers are gambling more tha...
Pro-Palestinian student groups occupy Simon Building ...
Nominations for Students’ Union Awards 2024 now...
Features
“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
Opinion
Crashing pres and judging the drinking culture at dif...
Community strength is the best thing about university...
Main library musings – rant column #1
Science & Tech
In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...
AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...
Can algorithms help you live a better life?
Investigations
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 ...
Sport
The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
Memories of the game: A look back at favourite sporti...
UNiDAYS announce opening of Student Woman of the Year competition
20th March 2024
The UNiDAYS-run competition aims to support female students who are making a difference and offers a £10,000 first prize for entrepreneurial initiatives
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Lifestyle
Lifestyle
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
Food & Drink
TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
Flight Club: Margarita Month with a twist
‘An audio treat’: The Mancunion’s favourite podcasts
A ‘quarter-life crisis’?: Finding your feet after a break-up
Little luxuries that make uni life more bearable
Fashion & Beauty
Decoding the phenomenon: What lies behind celebrities launching beauty brands?
Celebrity style guide #3: Sabrina Carpenter
On screen style report #6: Charlotte York
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
6th March 2024
We discuss Springleaf Podcast, the new audio sitcom created by the much loved British stand-up comic James Acaster.
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Liam Gallagher and John Squire live in Manchester: ...
This Feeling live in Manchester: Rivia, The Stride, a...
86TVs live in Manchester: Headline debut in the city ...
Books
Summer Daydreaming: Literary escapes from the winter ...
Recommending a book for each Taylor Swift era
International Women’s Day book guide: Celebrati...
Arts
Four women who make the art world a better place
Sonny Angels: The art history behind your new best fr...
The Whitworth’s Dürer Exhibition is coming to a...
Theatre
My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
Brilliantly slick and thoroughly enjoyable: UMMTS ...
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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Film
Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
Wicked Little Letters review: Profanity and mystery i...
Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Grea...
TV
Hello, Kate? The British public will see you now
How does Netflix’s One Day compare to the origi...
“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...
Games
Are we finally in the age of the video game ‘au...
Killer obsession: Ranking the Dead by Daylight killer...
More narrators in video games, please
Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
19th March 2024
Sofia Coppola is back with another portrait of girlhood, this time showing the life of Priscilla Presley beyond Elvis' shadow
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Review: Yakuza: Kiwami
Games
Kiwami means extreme.
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Half-Life, 20 years on
Games
Half-Life still holds up 20 years later, writes Callum Lunn
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The Mancunion’s favourite female video game characters
Games
With the Misogyny Is Hate movement in full swing, The Mancunion’s game section take a look back at our favourite female video game characters
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Album Review: The Story So Far – Proper Dose
Music
Callum Lunn assesses The Story So Far’s growth in maturity evident that is upon the release of their latest album
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Tribes: Ascend, a retrospective
Games
Tribes: Ascend doesn’t deserve to die, writes Callum Lunn
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DIY music: Who needs record labels?
Music
Writing, recording, producing and releasing your own albums is creative, fun and needn’t cost the earth, writes Callum Lunn.
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Live Review: Slam Dunk North 2018
Music
Contributor Callum Lunn thinks we should all embrace our inner emo
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Live: Feeder
Music
Feeder demonstrate their generation-spanning appeal
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Album review: Andrew W.K. – You’re Not Alone
Music
Andrew W.K. just falls short of a great album
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Live review: Electric Six
Music
Electric Six’s Dick Valentine makes love to the crowd
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Live review: Amenra
Music
Callum Lunn is converted to the Church of Ra by Amenra
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Album: Awolnation – Here Come the Runts
Music
With a razor-sharp focus on “The Now”, Awolnation offer something for everyone with their latest offering
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Live: We Were Promised Jetpacks
Music
Callum Lunn thinks We Were Promised Jetpacks deserved a better audience
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Live: And So I Watch You From Afar
Music
Callum Lunn gets carried away by And So I Watch You From Afar
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Top 5: Best Sax Solos
Music
Callum Lunn gets down to brass tacks to present a harmonic series of the top 5 songs with sax appeal
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Interview: Newton Faulkner
Music
Callum Lunn talks self-production, fans and festivals with Newton Faulkner
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Live: Tash Sultana
Music
Tash leaves a lasting effect on her audience
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Album: And So I Watch You From Afar – The Endless Shimmering
Music
And So I Watch You From Afar do what they do best
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Live: Papa Roach
Music
Callum Lunn thinks this isn’t Papa Roach’s last resort
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Album: Explosions in the Sky – The Wilderness
Music
Explosions in the Sky prove they are still good for more than soundtracks
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