Craving a high end lipstick that is out of your budget? Not to fear – Fleur Stevens is here to transform your craving into a saving, focusing on MAC dupes

Hannah McGrory reviews the monumental changes that 2015 has brought to the LGBT community and considers what the future holds in Manchester and beyond

Yard & Coop struck the perfect balance between the guilty pleasure of fried chicken, and a more refined Northern Quarter feel

Contributors Lucy & Katie head to the VIP launch of Banyan Bar & kitchen to get a preview taste of what’s on offer

This week saw the People’s Assembly’s Week of Action protesting the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester

After barring Julie Bindel from a debate on censorship planned for mid-October, the Students’ Union have now told Milo Yiannopoulos that he is also prohibited from attending

Bindel and Milo Yiannapoulos were invited to a debate titled “From liberation to censorship: Does modern feminism have a problem with free speech?”

Tens of thousands line the streets of Manchester against government cuts and privatisation

Lottie Lindsley, MUSKC Captain and David Brierley, MUSKC Communications Secretary, invite you to explore the world of Karate

Ali Pearson reviews The Autobiography of Malcolm X, carving out its significance in the world of modern race-relations in the US

The new Woody Allen film, Irrational Man, is neither one to win over those unfamiliar with the director’s style, nor one to please his current fans

Manchester Metropolitan University claims no violent altercations took place, but one woman was sent to hospital because of her treatment during the eviction

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At the end of the world, what’s left to do but party with the disco zombies? Here are some of our favourite costumes from this summer’s Pangaea

What is it really like to use the luxury dating app?

Sadie Hill combats the media’s representation of size and promotes the importance of body positivity

Someday the Hare Krishna will get around to forming their own psychedelic supergroup. Until then, there’s Flamingods

Gomm’s set was entertaining, but perhaps, at times, it was he who was having the most fun rather than the audience

Kirsty Marsh on the trend that’s flaring up all over the fashion world

Spectres aren’t making noise for the sake of noise