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Catrin Stewart

Catrin Stewart

Queer Dialogues: Manchester’s Sexuality Summer School

Queer Dialogues: Manchester’s Sexuality Summer School

The University of Manchester hosts the Sexuality Summer School: a five-day, city-wide, public conversation on gender, sexuality and culture open to all
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Use your Noodle! A vending machine like no other

Use your Noodle! A vending machine like no other

Not just Pot Noodles on the line, you can win cash too
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Come Dine With Me: student edition

Come Dine With Me: student edition

Four students discover whose cooking would triumph, in their own express Come Dine With Me evening, because they couldn’t think of anything more original.
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What makes the perfect burger?

What makes the perfect burger?

After witnessing a meat fuelled craze of ecstasy (over text), Catrin Stewart asks: what makes the perfect burger? And why do we love them so much?
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Re-defining comfort eating

Re-defining comfort eating

Catrin Stewart looks at the privilege associated with comfort eating and how the consumption of food is fundamentally about more.
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A week with Studifuel 

Read a week in the life of a Manchester student – but with the added benefit of snacks from Studifuel, a student tailored subscription snack box.
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Kosmos Taverna: Fallowfield’s hidden Greek gem

Kosmos Taverna: Fallowfield’s hidden Greek gem

Tucked away between the popular takeaway shops of Fallowfield, is a charming Greek restaurant, Catrin Stewart reviews the hidden gem of the student village
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Las Iguanas: a chain restaurant like no other

Las Iguanas: a chain restaurant like no other

Following a re-decoration of the Manchester branch, Las Iguanas hosted a night of carnival dances, dinner and cocktail masterclasses.
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The rise of communal dining

The rise of communal dining

Have you noticed more restaurants with long benches or multiple food vendors? Catrin Stewart talks to Mackie Mayor about the rise of communal dining.
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Feed your mind: finding food in all the right places

Feed your mind: finding food in all the right places

The social media world can be a minefield of fakery and misconception – The Mancunion looks at the best wholesome accounts online
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Want Not Waste: The SU’s eco-venture

Want Not Waste: The SU’s eco-venture

Save money for yourself and save the planet with Want Not Waste, the new zero-waste store in the SU
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Packed lunches: quick, simple, healthy

Packed lunches: quick, simple, healthy

Burnt through your student loan in just a couple of weeks? Save money and treat your taste buds with a packed lunch, not a meal deal
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On the joy of a single ingredient: potatoes

On the joy of a single ingredient: potatoes

The humble potato: an often overlooked vegetable, we consume it so regularly that we forget about its charm.
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Review: Baity Didsbury

Review: Baity Didsbury

Catrin Stewart reviews Didsbury’s latest food venture: Baity Didsbury. A small, simplistic Palestinian restaurant that’s big on flavour
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The politics of complaining about food

The politics of complaining about food

As customers, we have the right when paying for food to be able to finish our meal: Catrin Stewart muses on the politics of complaining in restaurants
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The Font-naissance

The Font-naissance

Fallowfield’s favourite bar, The Font, is being replaced by a business as similar to its predecessor as possible. The £2 cocktails are back!
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‘Flatmas’: Christmas dinner on a student budget

‘Flatmas’: Christmas dinner on a student budget

Don’t forget the pigs in blankets
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Strongbow Dark Fruit… bakery?

Strongbow Dark Fruit… bakery?

Strongbow Dark Fruit cider opens a one-off bakery in the heart of Manchester, treating its fans to Dark Fruit inspired cakes, doughnuts and ice cream.
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PLY’s winter cocktail menu

PLY’s winter cocktail menu

PLY’s new winter cocktail menu features an array of festive themed drinks: from the Roast Peach Old Fashioned to the hot chocolate wine, there’s something for everyone this Christmas.
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Hatch’s urban Narnia: A festive fantasy

Hatch’s urban Narnia: A festive fantasy

Oxford Road’s hipster haven ‘Hatch’ expands its size and repertoire in time for Christmas, celebrating with ‘Urban Narnia’, a festive event showcasing the new food and drink vendors.
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