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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...
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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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From The Vault: Queen – Sheer Heart Attack
Music
George Bailey revisits one of Queen’s most influential albums.
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Live: Joy Division Reworked – The Heritage Orchestra
Music
It’s Joy Division as you’ve never heard them before, but is it a testament or a disservice to their legacy?
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Album: Johnny Flynn – Country Mile
Music
Country Mile is more of the same from the Sussex Wit frontman, but that’s no bad thing when his output is so consistently excellent.
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Preview: Johnny Marr
Music
Marr returns to Manchester hot on the heels of the success of his top ten album ‘The Messenger’
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Live: Roger Waters – The Wall
Music
Does Roger Waters’ epic show live up to expectation, or is the extravagant production just a brick too far? George Bailey investigates.
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Live: Johnny Flynn
Music
The forgotten man of the ‘nu-folk’ movement is back with a bang
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Album: Kveikur – Sigur Rós
Music
Kveikur doesn’t sculpt the same vast and majestic soundscapes as 2002’s ( ), but is no less impressive in its execution.
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Album: Beady Eye – BE
Music
Cheeky Manc chappy Liam Gallagher takes a second bite of the apple with the ingeniously titled BE.
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Album: Miles Kane – Don’t Forget Who You Are
Music
The self-appointed leader of an apparent mod revival falls flat with his second solo effort
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Preview: Live from Jodrell Bank
Music
This summer at Jodrell Bank, the real stars will be gracing the stage, not just the night sky.
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From the Vault: The Doors – L.A. Woman
Music
“The Doors at their blues-rock best, and its mere existence is a miracle in itself.”
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Live: Sigur Rós
Music
George Bailey experiences Sigur Rós at Manchester’s O2 Apollo
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Live: Johnny Marr
Music
“He’s a magician with a guitar, a godlike genius, and quite possibly the coolest Mancunian of all time.”
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Music and design – a dying art?
Music
George Bailey mourns the death of creative record design as the digital craze takes over
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From the vault: The Smiths – Meat is Murder (1985)
Music
A look back at the album that put more people off their meat than any horse burger ever could
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5 songs in the field of: Christmas
Music
George Bailey runs through five of his favourite Christmas tracks, new and old
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A Smiths reunion – ‘Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before’
Music
George Bailey investigates yet another Smiths reunion rumour…
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