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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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TV Nostalgia: Our childhood favourites
Film
From Tracy Beaker to the Clone Wars, we explore some of our favourite childhood shows and ask just why did we love them so much?
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Bridgerton is back with a much stronger season 2
Film
Our Deputy Film Editor reviews the long-awaited Bridgerton season two
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MANIFF 2022: We’re All in This Together
Film
MANIFF 2022: Katie Boland acts in, directs, writes, and produces her directorial debut We’re All in This Together
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History of film: The first female filmmakers and their feminist message
Film
Florrie Evans explores the first female filmmakers, highlighting their most famous films and their feminist message
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Women behind the scenes of cinema
Film
Let’s spotlight the women behind the scenes of cinema, and acknowledge their best work.
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Prioritising the female gaze: Films you didn’t know were directed by women
Film
Our writers at the film section compile a list of our favourite female directed films.
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Lights, Camera, Election: Casting our vote on the best political films and TV
Film
Our writers consider their favourite political films, in light of the student elections
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Drive My Car: A reflective drive through the terrains of grief and loss
Film
Florrie Evans reviews a Ryusuke Hamaguchi adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s short story Drive My Car
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Oscar Predictions 2022
Film
Four of our film writers give their predictions for the upcoming Academy Awards
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Mancunion Christmas Worsts
Film
Here are our least favourite Christmas films, so you can stay jolly this Christmas season
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Last Night in Soho Review: Edgar Wright chooses style over storyline
Film
Despite its glorious design and chilling colour palette, Edgar Wright’s new film at times goes for narrative style over substance
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Made in Manchester: authors and poets
Books
Florrie Evans considers her favourite Mancunian writers, from Authors who have written the classics, to contemporary poets
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MANIFF 2021: Trouble Will Find Us
Film
Trouble Will Find Us tells a tragic tale of a couple’s misunderstanding and struggles through their changing relationship
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Lesbian period dramas: Have we seen enough?
Film
Is it time to create more modern love stories for the LGBTQ+ community?
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It’s a Sin: Youth, freedom and AIDS in 1980s London
Film
Channel 4’s newest series, It’s a Sin, is a compelling portrait of 1980s gay youth, sexual freedom and the beginnings of HIV epidemic
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Review: The Queen’s Gambit
Film
Netflix’s limited series follows a chess genius at work, telling the story of addiction and loss in 1960s United States
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Review: Saint Maud
Film
A24’s latest psychological horror is a perfect portrayal of a character gone mad, and makes a good reason to venture out to cinema this Halloween
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