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Nearly half of student gamblers are gambling more tha...
Pro-Palestinian student groups occupy Simon Building ...
Nominations for Students’ Union Awards 2024 now...
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“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
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Crashing pres and judging the drinking culture at dif...
Community strength is the best thing about university...
Main library musings – rant column #1
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In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...
AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...
Can algorithms help you live a better life?
Investigations
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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The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
Memories of the game: A look back at favourite sporti...
UNiDAYS announce opening of Student Woman of the Year competition
20th March 2024
The UNiDAYS-run competition aims to support female students who are making a difference and offers a £10,000 first prize for entrepreneurial initiatives
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Lifestyle
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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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
‘An audio treat’: The Mancunion’s favourite podcasts
A ‘quarter-life crisis’?: Finding your feet after a break-up
Little luxuries that make uni life more bearable
Fashion & Beauty
Decoding the phenomenon: What lies behind celebrities launching beauty brands?
Celebrity style guide #3: Sabrina Carpenter
On screen style report #6: Charlotte York
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
6th March 2024
We discuss Springleaf Podcast, the new audio sitcom created by the much loved British stand-up comic James Acaster.
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Liam Gallagher and John Squire live in Manchester: ...
This Feeling live in Manchester: Rivia, The Stride, a...
86TVs live in Manchester: Headline debut in the city ...
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Summer Daydreaming: Literary escapes from the winter ...
Recommending a book for each Taylor Swift era
International Women’s Day book guide: Celebrati...
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Four women who make the art world a better place
Sonny Angels: The art history behind your new best fr...
The Whitworth’s Dürer Exhibition is coming to a...
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My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
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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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Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
Wicked Little Letters review: Profanity and mystery i...
Preview: Manchester Film Festival returns to the Grea...
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Hello, Kate? The British public will see you now
How does Netflix’s One Day compare to the origi...
“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...
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Are we finally in the age of the video game ‘au...
Killer obsession: Ranking the Dead by Daylight killer...
More narrators in video games, please
Priscilla review: Coppola gives voice to the voiceless
19th March 2024
Sofia Coppola is back with another portrait of girlhood, this time showing the life of Priscilla Presley beyond Elvis' shadow
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Live: The Fratellis
Music
While the Fratellis deliver fan favourites that tap into indie adolescent nostalgia, their new album suggests there is hope for the band yet…
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Live: Kagoule
Music
The Nottingham-based alt rock band show their sci-fi excellency in an intimate gig at Soup Kitchen
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Viet Cong and the limits of artistic license
Music
Zakk Brown questions whether the change in Viet Cong’s band name affected their artistic direction
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Live: The Strypes
Music
Despite boundless energy, The Strypes need to learn how to diversify their shows
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Interview: FLESH
Music
Zakk Brown chats to Manchester’s own hot new starlings FLESH about their new-found fame, a scattershot of influences, and their own self-defined ‘Snotpop’ sound
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Live: Peace
Music
Zakk Brown gets down with Peace’s indie extravaganza at the Deaf Institute
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Album: Peace – Happy People
Music
Peace tread funky new ground on their sophomore LP
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Album: Wank For Peace – Fail Forward
Music
The mercifully short track lengths is one of the only positives about the French punks’ sixth LP
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Album: The Marmozets – The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets
Music
Zakk Brown finds that the title of the new Marmozets album proves accurate
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Album: Colt 45 – The Tide Is Turning
Music
Colt 45 fail to impress with their debut album
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Album: Interpol – El Pintor
Music
Interpol’s struggle to deliver original material is clear
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