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Year abroad diaries #3: long-distance relationships
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Year abroad diaries #3: long-distance relationships
18th February 2025
Long-distance relationships can be hard during your year abroad - here are some ways to make them easier
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Squid – Cowards: innovative post-punk quintet...
No Phones is the Playground: Saturday at Amber’s
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BookTok Is Killing Your Curiosity
City of Glass: A lost ’90s classic comic
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Interim: Intervening photography
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UMDS Wish List: Brilliantly uncaring
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City of Glass: A lost ’90s classic comic
17th February 2025
Adapted from a detective novella penned in the '80s, City of Glass is proof of the potential that graphic novels hold
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Short-circuiting: Companion review
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The enduring appeal of Bridget Jones
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Short-circuiting: Companion review
14th February 2025
Companion is a film that has been on my radar since late last year when I first saw an advert for it on social media. Horror is quite possibly my favourite genre, I really enjoyed Barbarian, and when I saw that this film was made by the same “unhinged” minds, I knew it was one […]
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Samuel Ward chats with Alex Westaway about the future of Fightstar
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Live: All We Are
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Samuel Ward gets lost in the falsetto dreamscape of All We Are
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Preview: Muse
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The stadium giants to bring the noise to Manchester Academy
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Live: Viet Cong
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Viet Cong’s set is precise but fundamentally unimaginative
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Live: MONEY
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Manchester’s finest poet-rockers bring their divine live show to one of Manchester’s finest pub/venues
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Album: Superfood – Don’t Say That
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Superfood manage to produce a debut album which is both thorough and fucking fun
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Live: St. Vincent
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Despite lacking the key ingredients of a standout performance, St Vincent’s set confirms the Albert Hall’s ability to enhance a musically sound performance
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Live: Silverclub
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Silverclub turn the Deaf Institute into a neon-coloured mush of grooviness.
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Interview: Silverclub
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Samuel Ward caught Manchester’s own “fucked up disco band” ahead of their EP launch at the Deaf Institute last Friday.
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Live: Washed Out
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Washed Out’s summery chillwave doesn’t cut it on a cold Tuesday night in Manchester
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Feature: The M20 Collective
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Meet The M20 Collective – Manchester’s creative community collaborating for mutual benefit
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Top 5 Songs… About Names
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Samuel Ward reflects on the best songs about other icons.
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Top 5 Songs… about sex
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Sam Ward keeps his mind in the gutter
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Album: Anna Calvi – One Breath
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Anna Calvi retains the powerful formula of sex, passion and energy for her second album.
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Live: NME Awards Tour 2013
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Django Django, Miles Kane, Palma Violets and Peace comprised the bill for the famous jaunt’s newest incarnation
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New: Biffy Clyro – Opposites
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The Scottish rockers return with a massive new record – in every sense of the word
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Live: Band of Skulls
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The Southampton trio bring some good old-fashioned rock and roll to the Ritz
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Muse: The 2nd Law – Review
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Warner Bros; 2012 8/10
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