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Review: Elnecot

Newly opened in Ancoats, Elnecot’s menu features an array of local craft ales and gins and period recipes using locally sourced, seasonal products

The last straw: 42’s takes action against plastic waste

The nightclub is replacing its plastic straws with vegetable straws

Manchester to take part at the Free Education Demo

Frustrated students can take to the streets at the National Free Education Demo

Firefighters attacked in Manchester on Bonfire Night

Remember, Remember the 5th of November – the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue service will this year, after several firefighters were attacked throughout the night

Review: Federal

Two experiences of Manchester’s coolest brunch bar

The creative space: Hilda with Rishi Pelham and Megan Purvis

This month’s Creative Space winners were Rishi Pelham and Megan Purvis, University of Manchester graduates whose new film, ‘Hilda’, is soon to be set for release. Ellie Tivey chats to the pair about their “passion project” and the importance of telling it like it is

November Senate: Live blog

The Mancunion reports from the second Senate of the academic year

A Student Life: Benjamin Mouquet

Ruth Squires talks to Benjamin Mouquet, the University of Manchester graduate helping build a better community with The Dealer App, which donates money to homeless of Manchester whilst giving it’s customers great deals for dining out in the city

1.5 per cent turnout in All Student Vote on Exec Officer roles

Many students were unaware the vote was happening and were also confused by the options

BFI London Film Festival Highlight: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

Yorgos Lanthimos brings a madcap darkness which just might surpass the bleak meditations on life and hetero-normative couples of ‘The Lobster’

‘Vivid’ Dreams and Developments

Let’s talk about development. Developments in the food critic world, developments in the student union, and developments in east Manchester. Marina O’Loughlin has stepped into the shoes of the late, great, AA Gill. Perhaps the most accomplished voice in food writing, AA Gill has left some sizeably large shoes to fill, but if there was […]

Campaign launched to tackle hate crime on campus

The University of Manchester receives new funding to tackle hate crime and harassment on campus

Robots take over Manchester

An exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry

Review: The Child in Time

Benedict Cumberbatch and Kelly MacDonald go on separate journeys of grief as they come to terms with the disappearance of their daughter Kate in BBC1’s drama The Child in Time

Ignored Histories: Empire in Education with Anindita Ghosh

As we continue our theme of black history month, this week Ellie Tivey talks to UoM senior lecturer Anindita Ghosh to discuss why history classrooms around the country are severely lacking in education on colonialism and how this is affecting our understandings of the world

Squatter hell for Salford students

Refusal of previous tenant to leave the property has split up a group of five friends

Koreana: a quiet background murmur of the British dining scene

No Michelin stars? No fret

‘Terrified’ students rely on Facebook for safety advice

Students feel there is not enough done to protect them in and around South Manchester, an investigation by The Mancunion has revealed

Recipe: Pickling

#pickletheting

Chancellor announces extra £400m investment in the ‘Northern Powerhouse’

Chancellor announces an extra £400m for the Northern Powerhouse aims to invigorate the Northern economy and improve infrastructure and transport links