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Who’s standing in Manchester’s Mayoral El...
Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
Night and Day Cafe’s legal battle comes to an end
Features
Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
Opinion
We need to politicise mental health
No-sex tenancy clauses are a landlord’s newest ...
Lower entry requirements for international students? ...
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...
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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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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
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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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?
Get to know Oddmuse: Aimee Smale on doing ‘what people aren’t expecting’
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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Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing ...
Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
Everything Everything live in Manchester: I’m a...
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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
The fourth season curse: Why do TV shows get worse af...
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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Do not use ‘girl code’ to destruct ‘girl power’
Lifestyle
Sarah Jane Thoms talks about the creation of girl code, and how it should be used to empower women not bring them down
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Preview: Manchester Film Festival
Film
A taste of what is yet to come in the ever growing annual film festival in 2017
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The Women’s March: Sexism on social media
Lifestyle
Women are shamed on social media sites following their decision to publicly protest for women’s rights
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The festive deadlines fear
Lifestyle
A few tips on how to create a balance between work and play as a busy student over the Christmas period
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Did they really “have it coming”?
Opinion
Victim blaming still remains as a lazy attempt to simplify the actions of criminals
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Stand by Me
Film
I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?
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Review: Sembene!
Film
A documentary about the African culture and society, the arts, filmmaking and of course… the man himself
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Review: The Girl With All The Gifts
Film
This new spin on zombie films is not able to meet the full potential of the original stimulating story
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Top 5: cosy films to watch in bed
Film
If you’re ill with Freshers’ Flu, these are the films to watch while snuggled up in bed
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Review: London Has Fallen
Film
London Has Fallen is an explosive and somewhat controversial action film sequel that watches another city fall to the ground
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Review: Concussion
Film
Concussion is an ordinary telling of a remarkable story, with a fascinating portrayal of a fascinating man
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Review: Dad’s Army
Film
The feeling of nostalgia is not enough to override the feeling of pointlessness in Oliver Parker’s Dad’s Army
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