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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
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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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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
Are we finally in the age of the video game ‘au...
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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Tom Geddes
Former Music Columnist (2011-2012).
Preview: Bloodstock Festival
Music
A small, tight-knit festival where, if you like the music, you’re bound to run in to somebody you know at every turn.
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Preview: Download Festival
Music
Loud, crammed and for the most part jolly, though there may be a few more shouts of “SLAYER!!!” at 5am.
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Live: Thin Lizzy + Interview with Jean-Paul Gaster of Clutch
Music
“No Phil Lynott, no Thin Lizzy.” The classic rockers visit Manchester to prove everybody wrong, and bring the storming Clutch with them.
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Live – Candlefest (w/Orange Goblin Interview)
Music
Candlelight Records showcase their roster in Manchester, but does it work. Also, Tom Geddes talks to Orange Goblin.
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Live – Turbowolf
Music
Frantic keyboard heavy rockers Turbowolf smashed it up with Hawk Eyes, but not before chatting to Tom Geddes
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Album: Turbowolf – Turbowolf
Music
Big release for stunning live band Turbowolf, but can their debut album live upto expectations?
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Column: Baby, Baby, Baby… Ohh Wait, Maybe Not.
Music
Music Editor Tom Geddes takes a look at whether anybody comes away from Justin Bieber’s baby scandal without looking terrible.
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Live: The Answer @ Academy 3
Music
They may have supported rock and roll legends AC/DC in the past but how are this Irish quartet faring in the present?
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Live: Volbeat @ Academy 2
Music
Danish rockabilly quartet, Volbeat, more than make up for last year’s tour cancellations.
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Album: Anthrax – Worship Music
Music
Thrash legends make a blistering return with their 10th studio album.
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Album: Sungrazer – Mirador
Music
A simultaneously relaxing and exciting album from Dutch stoner/psychedelic 3-piece, Sungrazer.
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Column: Loutallica
Music
Is this worst possible collaboration album in the history of mankind?
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Sonisphere Festival 2011
Music
Tom Geddes gives a quick rundown of the highs and lows of this year’s Sonisphere, as headlined by Metallica, Biffy Clyro and Slipknot.
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High Voltage Festival 2011
Music
Judas Priest, Slash and Dream Theater, to name but a few, graced the stages at this year’s High Voltage but who impressed Tom Geddes and your dad the most?
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