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Get to know: Who is Professor Duncan Ivison?
Disability and ethnicity pay gaps go up, gender goes ...
Manchester Leftist Action member speaks out against a...
Features
Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
Opinion
If Labour wants to regain trust, they must stick to t...
Main Library Musings – Rant column #2
My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
Science & Tech
Why are you laughing: The science of humour
In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...
AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...
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...
Manchester Leftist Action member speaks out against academic suspension
22nd April 2024
A student involved with action group Manchester Leftist Action has spoken out against his suspension by the University
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Lifestyle
Lifestyle
Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
Why is everybody obsessed with minimalism?
How to have a routine when you have so few contact hours
Food & Drink
The Alchemist Cosmic Supper Club review: Unlocking celestial delights
Brunch at Santé: A slice of sun
Giving ‘Too Good To Go’ a go!
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
Fashion & Beauty
Leopard print roars back: The resurgence of a popular fashion trend
Celebrity style guide #7: Lewis Hamilton
What the Croc? Pringles x Crocs and other crazy collabs
Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
17th April 2024
With the RHS Urban Show coming to Manchester, we've found some of the best houseplants to enhance your student accommodation
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Northern Music Awards 2024: Celebrating breakthrough ...
Vampire Weekend: Indie experimenters push the boundar...
DIIV live in Manchester: Shoegaze stars promise enlig...
Books
The problem with publishing
Spotify vs Audible: The battle for audiobook dominance
Why I don’t regret buying a Kindle
Arts
40 Years of the Future: Painting abstract exhibition ...
Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David H...
Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Theatre
Hedda review: A misguided imitation of Ibsen’s ...
My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
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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On Screen
Film
My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
TV
Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
The fourth season curse: Why do TV shows get worse af...
Drive to Survive season 6: Get strapped in for more F...
Games
Hades 2 is bringing sexyback
So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games
My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
24th April 2024
How Richard Curtis' film about a charming bookshop owner changed my view on romance films forever
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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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