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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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We need to politicise mental health
No-sex tenancy clauses are a landlord’s newest ...
Lower entry requirements for international students? ...
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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...
Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing ...
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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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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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
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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Drive to Survive season 6: Get strapped in for more F...
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So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games
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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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Review: Imran Peretta’s ‘the destructors’
Arts
Sam Burt reviews a new film ‘reconsidering the figure of the alienated male youth’
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Mancunian Visions: Nicola Ellis
Arts
Nicola Ellis tells us why a steel factory is her ideal second studio
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Turner Prize praises collectives using art for social change
Arts
Sam Burt finds out why individual artists are off this year’s Turner Prize menu
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SICK! Festival: mapping the impact of lockdown on Manchester’s mental health
Arts
The international arts festival shining a light on public health returns to Manchester
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Art for the soul: 2Bmcr
Arts
‘How not to be bitter’ and other life lessons, courtesy of the Manchester illustrators 2Bmcr
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Art Comes HOME: Joy Yamusangie’s ‘Blue Glass Fortunes’
Arts
Part of ‘art goes online’, Sam Burt looks at the dreamlike paintings of Joy Yamusangie
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Why Derek Jarman matters
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We asked our arts and film editors to reflect on the world of the singular visionary, Derek Jarman
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Art for the soul: Millie Roberts
Arts
An occasional series celebrating local artists who’ve brought us some much-needed winter cheer
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Behind the cover: the art of album cover art
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Music
We ask our contributors: what album cover art has stuck with you over time?
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Mancunian Visions: Robin Broadley
Arts
Artist Robin ‘CARDBROADLEY’ on his mission to give ’90s digital icons new life as 3D sculptures
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Art goes online: Grayson Perry’s Art Club
Arts
With its opening extended, we revisit Grayson Perry’s Art Club exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery
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Is it Art?: Welcome back
Arts
Sam Burt considers what the bittersweet signs of the Whitworth Gallery might mean to us now
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Online Exhibition Review: Obstructions
Arts
Arts Editor Sam Burt explores the latest exhibition in an online series presented by Castlefield Art gallery
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MACFEST: The power of community over isolation
Arts
What to expect from this year’s MACFEST, the festival of Islamic art and culture
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Materialise with the Manchester School of Art
Arts
The Art team explore the new online exhibition showcasing the work of Manchester School of Art’s MA students – ‘Materialise’
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Art in Mancunia: Summer-May Henry
Arts
Sam Burt catches up with Summer-May Henry about all things graphic design, inclusive representation, and working during lockdown
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Is it Art? Student protest banners
Arts
Just cardboard and bedsheets, or something more? Sam Burt discusses whether recent creative efforts at demonstrations can be considered ‘protest art’
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Art in Lockdown: ’50 Windows of Creativity’
Arts
Sam and Ruby explore the new multi-media art trail showcasing around central Manchester
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