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Students’ Union to Open New Venue on Oxford Road
Pushback online as White Hotel site to reopen under new…
Canvas Hack Threatens University
Features
A Chat with STAT
Ode to Oak: The end of an era
“They completely think we’re monsters”: An interview wi…
Opinion
Is Neurodivergence becoming a trend?
Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption
A community of quacks: Social media and its harmful obs…
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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
‘Asylum isn’t the objective’: Sudanese students challen…
Rising demand sees nearly half of Work Experience bursa…
Jewish students describe life on campus amid rising ant…
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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…
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Manchester Local Election Results 2026
Study visa ban: ‘Misleading’ data used by H…
Should Reform UK be shown the door or given the floor…
Rusholme demonstrations celebrate Syrian liberation
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Dear 20-year-old me
Has Vinted lost its vintage?
It’s okay to drop out
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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
I HATE THE 2026 ‘REBRAND’
Frugal chic: “The art of having ‘enough’”
It’s women’s history month: the importance of female friendships
Fashion & Beauty
Has Vinted lost its vintage?
Call it what it is: Jhumkas or vintage accessories?
Threads of Osmosis: bridging the gap between fashion and politics
Dear 20-year-old me
27th August 2026
Your twenties aren't a race. Stop measuring your progress against everyone else's highlight reel. Live in the moment. Embrace the messy, ordinary moments that shape you.
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“We are the fucking rain!”: The Prodigy Live From Wythe…
Pushback online as White Hotel site to reopen under new…
Album Review: Westside Cowboy’s ‘It Goes On’ spearheads…
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The Kneale Inheritance & New Voices in Horror: Head…
Music from the Margins & Sex Murder Art: Headpress&…
Manchester Literature Festival: Douglas Stuart in conve…
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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…
Finding Emily (2026): Alicia MacDonald’s homage to Manchester and British rom-coms
15th August 2026
Alica MacDonald's 'Finding Emily' provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM's campus
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The Last House review: Netflix’s briny flashback…
Tony (2026) review: Kitchen chaos, teen angst, and the…
The End of Oak Street review: A rip-roaring summer thro…
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“SNL UK Is Born!”
‘Mock the Week’ is Back!
Taskmaster Series 20 review
Games
Blood Dungeon review: Survivors-like chaos meets precis…
Denshattack! review: High-octane, high-quality mayhem
Netflix unveils first (official) look at Grand Theft Au…
The Last House review: Netflix’s briny flashback to 2020 is five years too late
8th September 2026
Sea beasts and silly attempts at a high concept leave The Last House feeling like a messy, overdue dud that misunderstands its own strength
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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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