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University round-up: Redundancies, Student Publicatio...
Who’s standing in Manchester’s Mayoral El...
Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
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My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
We need to politicise mental health
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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...
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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 ...
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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
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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
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Cooking a week of TikTok recipes on a student budget
TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
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
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Zendaya and the art of theme dressing
Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?
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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Khruangbin’s LP, A LA SALA: Slight shifts make all th...
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Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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Boy Swallows Universe: Does reality make the best fic...
What to read in 2024: Exciting new book releases
Reading should be for joy, not health
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Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David H...
Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Four women who make the art world a better place
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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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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
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An evening with UoM Film Society and Chungking Express
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Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
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So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”
16th April 2024
In conversation with Jane Giles, co-director of SCALA!!!, we discuss how she came to make the film, her career in programming and how the London cinema had lasting impact on young audiences
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Interview: Jim Jefferies
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Aussie comic Jim Jefferies talks about settling down, his TV show getting cancelled and getting punched at the Comedy Store
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Inside Nightline
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Volunteers for Manchester’s student-run listening service tell The Mancunion why they joined
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Pirate Party UK Leader Loz Kaye
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Pirate Party Leader Loz Kaye speaks to Features Editor Sam Dumitriu about surveillance, filters and how the internet can transform politics
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Have the Exec kept their promises?
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One semester in – we check if the Exec have kept their promises
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The story behind the buildings
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We pass buildings like Kilburn, Roscoe and Whitworth everyday, but who were the people behind the names?
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Glasgow students nominated Snowden – who should Manchester pick?
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As Glasgow Students nominate Edward Snowden, Sam Dumitriu looks at the history of the position of university rector across the UK
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Overseas students speak out against UKBA monitoring
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The I’m Not Welcome campaign speak out against government monitoring practices for making overseas students feel unwelcome
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Why students join cults
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Cult expert Ian Haworth explains why many students join cults
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Interview: Vicky Pryce
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Ex-con economist Vicky Pryce tells Sam Dumitriu about her time behind bars and why prison doesn’t work
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Interview: David Rieff
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American author, polemicist and war reporter David Rieff tells Sam Dumitriu why he is a humanitarian fundamentalist
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Interview: Lord Adonis
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Labour Peer Lord Adonis tells The Mancunion about a new graduate scheme to recruit high achieving students into social work
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Interview: Bo Burnham
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Twenty-three-year-old comedian Bo Burnham speaks to The Mancunion about Vine, fame and why he’s releasing his latest show for free
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Interview: Steve Hughes
Features
Heavy metal comedian Steve Hughes speaks to The Mancunion about political correctness, health and safety, and the meaning of life
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Should students become bankers to end poverty?
Features
We visited Oxford’s Centre for Effective Altruism to investigate their surprising conclusion about the best ways to end poverty
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The war against free speech on campus
Features
Sam Dumitriu interviews US campus free speech activist Greg Lukianoff on the fight to defend free speech on campus
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Time to end Page 3?
Features
The No More Page 3 campaign has reached national prominence, Sam Dumitriu speaks to campaigners and asks is Page 3’s time up?
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The free online education revolution
Features
Massive Open Online Courses are widening access, but some doubt they can match the student experience
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Review – Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall
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Knife of Dunwall offers three new missions for Dishonored, are they up to scratch?
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Review: ‘Evil Dead’ (2013)
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Sam Dumitriu looks at the latest horror remake
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Gears of War: Judgment
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Gears is back, but can Epic keep it fresh for the fourth in the series
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