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Agony Aunt Agatha
- Agony Aunt Amelia: A dangerous meet-cute // The open relationship
- Agony Aunt Amelia: Feed the world
- Agony Aunt Amelia: Hell’s Kitchen
- Agony Aunt Angela: A library full of possibilities
- Agony Aunt Angela: Pick a side
- Agony Aunt Angela: Politics and silence
- Agony Aunt Angela: Friday and I’m in love
- Agony Aunt Angela: Examining your stress
- Agony Aunt Angela: Trapped by tears
- Agony Aunt Angela: Beyond burnt out with no help
- Agony Aunt Angela: Heartbreak hotel
- Agony Aunt Angela: Dating and depression
- Agony Aunt Angela: Cum on Eileen
- Agony Aunt Angela: Flatmate from Hell
- Agony Aunt Angela: Being Eco, Period.
- Agony Aunt Angela: Pungent partners
- Agony Aunt Angela: Toxic Troubles
- Agony Aunt Angela: Would it be wrong to go back to him?
- Agony Aunt Angela: Love triangle gone wrong
Arts
- Where women are in revolt…the three minute scream arrives at The Whitworth!
- Review: Turner: In Light and Shade
- Experiencing Valentine’s Day in Manchester through Art
- Interim: Intervening photography
- The Art Collective: The society seeking change within the creative community
- David Hockney at Factory International: A reflection
- The Tate Modern: ‘Electric Dreams’ – antiquity meets modernity
- The art of tone: A legacy of the student voice
- Art as activism: Women are experts of the protest sign
- A photographer’s ode to the student years – Richard Davis’ love letter to Manchester
- I’m not afraid of red, yellow, and blue: A defence of modern art
- Get to know the Whitworth Art Gallery
- A celebration of Jewish art in Manchester: Introducing Synagogue Scratch
- Making Manchester #3: Eleanor Haigh
- Horoscopes: Art meets star signs
- Making Manchester #2: Laurent Swyngedauw
- The Exorcism of Susan Fox – Recovering a lost soul: LIVE
- 40 Years of the Future: Painting abstract exhibition review
- Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David Hoyle
- Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Books
- Ali Smith’s Gliff: Language, surveillance, and a horse
- Unlocking Creativity with EAC soc
- Dissecting Manctopia: An ode to the voices of Manchester
- When was the last time you read a nonfiction book?
- The writing process of Pachinko and student essays
- To say that reading is simply leisure is to insult political fiction
- BookTok is killing your curiosity
- City of Glass: A lost ’90s classic comic
- Interview: Hannah Priest on PhDs and the Manchester Mummy
- “Not just sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll”: DJ Paulette on her autobiography
- Why reading fiction (and journalling) should be the next step in your self-discovery
- Reading Goals: Why the count shouldn’t define your love for books
- “A Love Letter to Manchester”: In conversation with David Peace
- Has BookTok ruined reading culture?
- Sally Rooney books ranked: Our literary megastar
- Manchester Literature Festival Roundup
- Horror reads: Our favourite spooky books
- Identity, intimacy, and a writer’s voice: André Aciman at Manchester Literature Festival
- David Peace at Manchester Literature Festival: More than just a football novel
- One Love: A beautiful tribute to Manchester queerness
Creative Submissions
- Thomas Moore
- The Moor – Freya Thomson
- Nocturnal – Tom Branfoot
- Lockdown Poem – Lucy Johnson
- Two Poems by Amatullah Hayat
- Closure – Heidy Lo
- Poems by Dana Kenzhekeyeva
- Alexa – Zoe Bracegirdle
- the last time we went to the library – Bea Bacon
- Lockdown haiku diary – Weng U Pun
- The lockdown that unlocked humanity by Haya Genawi
- Calling student creatives: We want you!
Culture
- Raise a glass (and some hell!): Lambrini Girls tear up Gorilla
- Competition Is For Losers, yet Rizzle Kicks stay winning
- An interview with Divorce: Felix Mackenzie-Barrow on driving towards the unknown
- Live review: Divorce take a transfixed Manchester crowd to ‘Goldenhammer’
- Live review: Nieve Ella and Fred Roberts at New Century Hall
- ‘Equus Asinus’: A beautiful return to the Men I Trust universe
- BBC Radio 6 Music Festival: jasmine.4.t, Renee Stormz and Adult DVD take over YES
- A night of ecstasy and dance: Ezra Collective and Fat Dog at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
- BBC Radio 6 Music Festival continues: English Teacher and Mogwai live
- Ali Smith’s Gliff: Language, surveillance, and a horse
- Album review: DJO – ‘The Crux’
- ‘You Wanna Be Kurt Cobain, Not Write ‘Valerie’!’: The Zutons’ Dave McCabe on sobriety, touring, and GTA V
- Squid live in Manchester: Invigorating innovation proves the band aren’t ‘Cowards’
- Unlocking Creativity with EAC soc
- Dissecting Manctopia: An ode to the voices of Manchester
- UMDS Cliffs: An enjoyably sentimental MIFTA weaved from family ties
- The Dare live in Manchester: Indie-sleaze icon at risk of falling flat
- Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory at Albert Hall: “Who wants to live forever?”
- Live review: Kelly Lee Owens brings “pure euphoria” to Manchester’s New Century Hall
- Kendrick Lamar headlines the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
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Environment
- A walk a day keeps me sane: From ‘hot girl’ vibes to uni strolls
- Brexit and the environment
- Manchester University under pressure to divest from fossil fuels
- Flipping amazing: whales and dolphins have “human-like” cultures
- Creative climate activists use paintings for protests
- Earth Week’s climate change plea
- Poorest countries aim to eliminate fossil fuels
- Can nature documentaries promote conservation?
- Will Murdoch pollute National Geographic?
Fashion & Beauty
- From Fallowfield to the front row: My first London Fashion Week experience
- Is faux fur the solution? or is it causing more problems?
- A revival of British fashion at LFW: Hector Maclean’s Bastard Aristocrat presentation
- The future is fusion: India Day at LFW infuses tradition with modernity
- Comparing London and Manchester fashion scenes post London Fashion Week – what do we have to offer?
- The power of a suit: Banshee of Savile Row’s London Fashion Week 2025 catwalk
- First class ladies: The 5 most memorable fashion moments from FLOTUSes gone by…
- Couture and chaos: London Fashion Week 2025 Friday round-up
- Skincare on a budget: affordable products to upgrade your skincare routine
- February’s fashion news in five
- Blurring Boundaries: Gender Fluidity in Helen Anthony and Poet-Lab’s LFW Collections
- Second-hand shopping: Is competition undermining individuality?
- Donald Trump’s inauguration day looks and what they meant
- How will Donald Trump influence the fashion industry?
- December and January’s fashion news in five
- Last-minute Christmas shopping: 7 best spots in Manchester
- 2024 Beauty Advent Calendar Guide
- The politics of power dressing: Why women in power can never just “get dressed”
- The future of fashion at JCA Academy: in conversation with Jimmy Choo
- Beg Steal and Borrow: The new vintage clothing exchange in Withington
Featured Articles
- Students occupy the Simon Building on University of Manchester campus
- Sign Language Week: Celebrating community and culture in BSL
- “Music is quite puzzling”: Peter Hook on Joy Division, New Order and getting ready to tour with The Light
- Your new Student Executive team for 2025-2026
- LeadMCR 2025: Society Endorsement Tracker
- 84% of student renters face accommodation issues
- O Brawling Love: Valentine’s Day picks from the National Theatre
- University of Manchester received £829,000 from BAe Systems plc in the 2023-24 financial year
- As much as £235 a week for new Fallowfield accommodation
- EarthBound at 30: Fantasy from mundanity
- In the hot seat: MMG take on Students’ Union Executives
- Frank Skinner: 30 years of dirt, hurt, and standing up
- “Animation Can Be Anything”: In conversation with Manchester Animation Festival director Steve Henderson
- America is no longer a reliable ally – the defence of the free world now rests with Britain
- Breast cancer awareness month should be every month
- Gods, superheroes, and the American election: How The Boys and Kaos reflect modern power struggles
- The U.S. Presidential Election: What you need to know
- The Apprentice review: A surprisingly solid Trump biopic
- EXCLUSIVE: University of Manchester sends placement students into workplace with ‘toxic culture’ of bullying and harassment
- “What I’m saying is we are coming after those landlords”: Andy Burnham on Question Time.
Features
- “There aren’t many outlets for undergrad work to be published; we want to do that”: In conversation with on-campus academic journals
- Sign Language Week: Celebrating community and culture in BSL
- How to shop sustainably: In conversation with Beg, Steal & Borrow
- “With events like these, we can remind all of humanity what it actually means to be Arab, to be human”: Inside Arab Society’s Lebanon ceasefire event
- Running a student newspaper halfway across the world: In conversation with the director of the PUClítico
- Interview with our departing Wellbeing & Liberation Officer: Aisha Akram
- Immigration, visas, tuition fees: Why is the government choosing to deter international students?
- House music, The Haçienda, and throwing eggs at Tories: The Mancunion in 1987
- Fishy business: Inside Thailand’s fish spas
- Reclaim the Night 2024: Interviews with student community leaders
- From our correspondent: My year in Buenos Aires
- Discussing Reclaim the Night with Vice-Chancellor Duncan Ivison
- Café Blah’s rental dispute begs the question: is Manchester facing the death of small businesses?
- In the hot seat: MMG take on Students’ Union Executives
- 40 years on from the discovery of Lindow Man: What have we learnt?
- Urban farms: The new phenomenon revolutionising Manchester’s food supply
- ‘I was scared that if I finally admitted I had a problem, I would feel more helpless than I had before’: How are universities handling the increase in disordered eating?
- ‘The more of us who stand against it, the stronger we are’: Students and residents come together to fight gentrification in Hulme
- Inside two of Manchester’s most iconic music venues: Gorilla and The Deaf Institute
- Free speech, the Fallowfield Redevelopment, and catching the 142: An interview with Duncan Ivison
Film
- CULTPLEX’s screening of A Field in England + Q&A with Ben Wheatley
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review: Bridget is back and better than ever in latest romp
- A conversation: Debating our picks for the 2025 Oscars
- Conclave review: The most fun you could have with a papal election
- Opinion: Timothée Chalamet shouldn’t win Best Actor
- Short-circuiting: Companion review
- The Brutalist review: Succeeds in its ambition – mostly
- The enduring appeal of Bridget Jones
- Remembering David Lynch
- The highs and lows of music biopics ranked
- Nosferatu review: Eggers’ gothic remake is delightfully horrible
- The best films and TV shows of 2024
- 12 Lazy Films: The war on nostalgia culture
- Every flop film of 2024, ranked by how happy it made me to see them fail
- Woman of the Hour: A fraught account of a killer’s rampage and the patriarchy that perpetuated it
- Heretic: A distinctive step forward in the horror genre
- Gladiator II review: We were not entertained
- My week at Manchester Animation Festival
- Gladiator II: A triumphant return that confronts Rome’s legacy
- The best spy series and films
Food & Drink
- A Review of Stockport’s First Vegan Food Festival
- Electric Shuffle’s £12 lunch deal is well worth the money
- Enjoy fresh fruit and veg at the SU eats farmer’s market for just £3
- Pub quizzing at The Blues Kitchen
- Lunch at San Carlo Fumo: Agreeable but underwhelming
- The Soup Series #2: Charred sweetcorn soup
- A vegan guide to Manchester in 2025
- Around the world on Pancake day
- A decadent feast at Flat Iron
- Medieval chicken pasties: A treete for hungrie studients
- City guide #2: Levenshulme
- City guide #1: Oxford Road
- 60 years of Sanam: “We love students!”
- The Soup Series #1: Roasted tomato and red pepper soup
- Barm & Spud: The new hot stuff on campus
- Is The Blues Kitchen’s turducken burger still on my Christmas list?
- Top Food Spots at the Northern Vegan Festival
- My Nawaab’s Sunday brunch: A wholesome experience of fusion and inclusion
- The Black Friar: A hearty meal in the centre of Salford
- Shogun Ramen and Bar are offering 20% off for students: a must try!
Freshers' Guide
- Manchester Beauty Survival Guide
- No problem too big or small
- Manchester’s Alternative Freshers: Bars, Pubs and Nights Out
- Recipe: Beef Wellington with a Steak Diane sauce
- Live review: Jordan Rakei
- Combatting Freshers’ Flu
- Ways to Eat – the Freshers’ guide to nutrition
- What the future holds
- Quinoa Frittata, what a wonderful phrase
- Survey launched on the truth behind UK arts diversity
- Manchester travel deals
- The top night spots in Manchester
- The best live music venues in Manchester
- Review: National Football Museum
- Before You’re 30
- ‘Emergency2013’
- Bohemian Grove @ Islington Mill
- Banish those hangovers
- Welcome to the wonderful world of Food and Drink
- Stylish but straightforward: Basil Pesto
Games
- Bubble Ghost Remake review: An inventive update on a forgotten original
- Nubby’s Number Factory review: A chaotic, addictive twist on roguelike deckbuilders
- “Behold! A Paleblood sky!”: A Bloodborne retrospective
- Opinion: How PEGI’s age ratings for gambling are fundamentally flawed
- The absolutely bizarre rollout of Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Samus Aran: A legendary female protagonist
- How video games prioritise rest
- UFO 50 review: An inventive collection that’s more than the sum of its parts
- EarthBound at 30: Fantasy from mundanity
- Why does the games industry struggle to gain traction in the media?
- Balatro: The king of roguelike deckbuilders
- “Don’t touch that dial now, we’re just getting started”: P.T. and hindsight
- Cosy capitalism and Stardew Valley
- Northern Naughtiness: Thank Goodness You’re Here! Review
- After so many layoffs, what’s even left of the games industry?
- Three cute games for de-stressing
- Dark Soles: Another Crab’s Treasure review
- The complete Fallout timeline, explained
- A bittersweet ending: Outer Wilds retrospective
- Boys can cry, and girls can game
Horoscopes
- Horoscopes: Art meets star signs
- Horoscopes: Week commencing March 22nd
- Horoscopes: Week commencing March 15th
- Horoscopes: week commencing March 8th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing February 22nd
- Horoscopes: Week commencing February 15th
- Horoscopes: week commencing February 8th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing December 7th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing November 30th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing November 16th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing November 9th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing November 2nd
- Horoscopes: Week commencing October 26th
- Horoscopes week commencing October 19th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing October 12th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing October 5th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing September 28th
Investigations
- University sees rise in reports of antisemitism during 2023/24 academic year
- UoM Israel debate was organised by controversial pro-Israel activist
- Reducing Welcome Week waste: Paperless freshers’ fair would be “unrealistic and impractical”, says University sustainability lead
- Are exchange students lonely?
- Is the University of Manchester complicit in greenwashing?
- Behind the Fur: Understanding the furry community on campus
- University offers medical placement exemptions to men’s football team, but not to women’s
- EXCLUSIVE: University of Manchester sends placement students into workplace with ‘toxic culture’ of bullying and harassment
- Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?
- “They decided they didn’t want a Nightline any longer”: Why did Manchester SU close Nightline?
- Spot checks on international students attendance set to be introduced
- Students fall victim to ticket scams on Manchester Students’ Group
- “The last kick in the teeth”: The class of 2023’s chaotic graduation
- The true cost of university sports: membership fees increase by up to 35%
- Dirty underwear, a broken boiler and £400 in cleaning fees: a laundry list of problems with Thornley Groves
- What have your SU execs been up to this year?
- 350 or 44: How many students are engaging in the rent strike?
- Students still being fined for drug possession one year after UoM announces harm reduction approach
- Ghosts of Fallowfield past: Why is the Owen’s Park Tower still standing?
- No mandatory consent module for UoM students
Lifestyle
- Year Abroad Diaries #5: Final year dread
- How to get good at running (and enjoy it!)
- Life as a humanities student. Why does my university experience seem so different?
- Agony Aunt Amelia: A dangerous meet-cute // The open relationship
- The art of solo dating
- The best British comedy podcasts right now
- Hangxiety: We’ve all been there
- Year abroad diaries #4: Life in Manchester’s sister city Chemnitz
- ‘I met my younger self for coffee today’
- Year abroad diaries #3: Long-distance relationships
- The best podcasts you should be listening to right now
- Losing connection: The pain of losing your phone at University
- Agony Aunt Amelia: Feed the world
- Agony Aunt Amelia: Hell’s Kitchen
- For the ‘citizens of the world’
- Interning at L’Oréal
- A very Man-Goop-ion Christmas: An outrageous gift guide
- Feel at home this Christmas, even if you’re not
- Tribe hotel launches at Manchester Airport
- What are the biggest cultural shocks for exchange students?
Live Post
Music
- Raise a glass (and some hell!): Lambrini Girls tear up Gorilla
- Competition Is For Losers, yet Rizzle Kicks stay winning
- An interview with Divorce: Felix Mackenzie-Barrow on driving towards the unknown
- Live review: Divorce take a transfixed Manchester crowd to ‘Goldenhammer’
- Live review: Nieve Ella and Fred Roberts at New Century Hall
- ‘Equus Asinus’: A beautiful return to the Men I Trust universe
- BBC Radio 6 Music Festival: jasmine.4.t, Renee Stormz and Adult DVD take over YES
- A night of ecstasy and dance: Ezra Collective and Fat Dog at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
- BBC Radio 6 Music Festival continues: English Teacher and Mogwai live
- Album review: DJO – ‘The Crux’
- ‘You Wanna Be Kurt Cobain, Not Write ‘Valerie’!’: The Zutons’ Dave McCabe on sobriety, touring, and GTA V
- Squid live in Manchester: Invigorating innovation proves the band aren’t ‘Cowards’
- The Dare live in Manchester: Indie-sleaze icon at risk of falling flat
- Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory at Albert Hall: “Who wants to live forever?”
- Live review: Kelly Lee Owens brings “pure euphoria” to Manchester’s New Century Hall
- Kendrick Lamar headlines the Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
- “It’s therapeutic somehow”: The Wombats at AO Arena
- Rollups, slowhandclap and Supermarket: Adventures in Manchester’s underground scene
- Welly – ‘Big In The Suburbs’: Southampton quintet bring far more than “light entertainment” to their debut record
- Interview: Adult DVD on their sound, influences and support from the BBC
News
- ‘Solidarity with Palestine’ Students’ Union motion faces backlash from University of Manchester as voting gets delayed
- Students’ Union holds Union Assembly to debate ‘Solidarity with Palestine’ proposal
- MMU students set to pay £1,716 LESS a year than UoM students currently living in Brook Hall
- University Roundup: Unusual Elections, Honorary PhDs, and UCU Action
- “We’re disgraced by this”: Kurdish Society receives leaflets asking if they “have information on dangerous people smugglers”
- Disabled student felt discriminated against after access to lifts and bathrooms blocked in Simon Building occupation
- “Together, we will win the future”: Protestors gather in Manchester as part of global demonstrations in solidarity with Türkiye
- Students occupy the Simon Building on University of Manchester campus
- Proposed “draconian” bill would allow protestors to be arrested for wearing face coverings
- NHS staff retention hits record high in North West
- Bee Network to introduce new ‘tap and go’ system
- Manchester Marathon announces new Oxford Road finish line
- Manchester Oxford Road to close for two years due to remodelling
- Staff member at University of Greater Manchester sacked over racist audio clip
- Universities’ handling of Pro-Palestine protest questioned by Sky News and High Court
- University Roundup: Criminal convictions, spending cuts, and misconduct
- Main Library section closes temporarily for students
- “I wouldn’t go back if you paid me!”: Students start petition to lower rent price of “dreadful” Brook Hall accommodation
- LeadMCR 2025: Statistical breakdown of the results
- Freedom of Speech Act for Universities revised after delays
On Screen
- Adolescence: A haunting exploration of modern boyhood
- Bubble Ghost Remake review: An inventive update on a forgotten original
- Nubby’s Number Factory review: A chaotic, addictive twist on roguelike deckbuilders
- “Behold! A Paleblood sky!”: A Bloodborne retrospective
- Opinion: How PEGI’s age ratings for gambling are fundamentally flawed
- CULTPLEX’s screening of A Field in England + Q&A with Ben Wheatley
- The absolutely bizarre rollout of Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Samus Aran: A legendary female protagonist
- Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review: Bridget is back and better than ever in latest romp
- Saturday Night Live at 50: Nostalgia, new comedy, and the sketches that defined generations
- A conversation: Debating our picks for the 2025 Oscars
- Conclave review: The most fun you could have with a papal election
- Opinion: Timothée Chalamet shouldn’t win Best Actor
- Short-circuiting: Companion review
- The Brutalist review: Succeeds in its ambition – mostly
- The enduring appeal of Bridget Jones
- Remembering David Lynch
- Bad Sisters series 2 review: The craic continues
- The Traitors series 3 review: How a change of rules changed the game
- How video games prioritise rest
Opinion
- Football and Capitalism: Is the trajectory of football sliding away from the working-class?
- Reclaiming what was stolen: The revival of Gaeilge
- The return of Labour’s hostile environment
- The Traitors can tell us a lot about unconscious bias
- Should I stay or should I go?: Are students ditching their dreams in pursuit of financial security?
- Europe is descending quickly into fascism; Germany’s election proves it
- Rebecca Goodwin and the Reality Check Podcast: Is it finally time to stop shaming women?
- Why is it still important to learn languages?
- Can AI fill the gap left by cuts to overseas aid budgets?
- Reality TV: Enjoyment and ethical implications
- Defence companies play a vital role in keeping us safe – but perceptions of them are skewed
- The amazing hidden buses: The 147
- Labour’s WhatsApp scandal is an insight into the dark side of politics
- Trump’s tariff regime is economic chauvinism gone mad
- The System has failed you, don’t fail yourself: Art as an imperative
- Ragebait is ruining social media
- All is not well in Camelot: The Kennedy family divide
- Maybe Musk saluted. Maybe he didn’t. It doesn’t matter
- From UFC glory to courtroom shame: Conor McGregor’s rise and fall in a story we’ve heard too often
- John Prescott: Do we need more working-class figures in mainstream politics?
Politics
- Green Parties in Europe: A close-knit group or a broad church?
- The countdown to conflict: What’s next for Taiwan and China?
- Reform UK: A new force in Welsh politics
- A missed opportunity for change? Ireland’s election results explained
- Now is the time for “Big Society”
- A moment of shame: Labour announce new immigration policy
- Benefits reform is needed – punching down is not
- The Almasri case: How a war criminal escaped through Italian borders
- Tate and the Bruv party – credible or spoof?
- Is Donald Trump a fascist?
- Interview with ex-BBC journalist: is the mainstream media biased towards Israel?
- How the UK parliament underrepresents you
- Budget 2024: Reactions and analyses
- How dark money is threatening American democracy
- What does Senator Lidia Thorpe’s protest mean for aboriginal rights in Australia?
- Are the Conservatives recovering after their catastrophic defeat?
- ‘Disaster for a democracy’ or ‘genius’: How the leader of the free world was chosen in 2024
- Trump’s return and the “golden age of America”
- Comments on the US election
- Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party: Have they learned nothing?
Puzzles
- Which Bridgerton character are you?
- Puzzle page: Week commencing March 22nd
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- Puzzle page: Win a years’ supply of chocolate!
- Puzzle page: October 5th
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Science & Tech
- The science behind procrastination
- Could oyster blood be the key to eternal life?
- Laptops: A misleading term that could be harming your health
- The Matilda effect: Fighting for women’s recognition in science
- From hunger to horror: What really happened to the Franklin expedition?
- Livestock or Desert: A utopia for our globalised world?
- The Black Death: Plague protocol in medieval times to the modern age
- The academic weight of trauma
- The big journey to Fermat’s little theorem
- Getting hands on with Testicular Cancer
- The ‘Leaky Pipeline’ framework: A black hole in STEM
- Obey or resist? The controversial psychology of authority in the Milgram experiment
- Oscar: The cat with a morbid gift
- 1964: A year of triumph in space exploration
- The Three Musketeers of the UK Igniting Passion for STEM in India
- Neuralinks PRIME study: What we’ve learned so far
- Celebrating Black scientists of UoM
- NASA’s Europa Clipper blasts off in search for alien life on distant moon
- From fruit flies to human brains: How connectomics could change our approach to brain health
- The environmental impact of cryptocurrency
Societies
- Female participation in Basketball: Why now? Looking at UoM W2’s success
- In conversation with the Feminist Collective: “It’s about making sure that no one’s voice goes unheard”
- Review: Tiramisu (UMDS)
- Review: Skies in the Cloud (UMDS)
- Review: Stump (UMDS)
- Review: Be Home Soon (UMDS)
- Review: Scooby Doo: The Panto (UoM Panto Society)
- Missing Money, Broken Membership System: Societies’ Rising Discontent With Student’s Union
- Join Fashion Soc’s Fashion Business Panel Discussion
- International Women’s Day: Join Women In Business Society’s Female Founders of Manchester Panel
- LGBTQ+ History Month but make it (chemically) exciting
- A discussion on sustainable fashion: How can we be more sustainable?
- What’s On: UMDS Autumn Fringe Festival
- Autumn Fringe Festival 2020 Showcase
- Hyperloop Manchester: A student-led transport revolution
- Run Wild Manchester’s 24 hour virtual run to fight homelessness
- How debating changed for the better during COVID
- TSIS: Here are the top skills you need to make it a science graduate
- Looking to save lives? Here’s how
- Poetry pamphlets and pub quizzes: Lit Soc’s virtual freshers events
Sport
- Varsity Swimming 2025: MMU glides into victory
- Football and Capitalism: Is the trajectory of football sliding away from the working-class?
- The Halcyon Age: Big wins and humbling losses for the University of Manchester Ultimate Frisbee Club
- From Suffrajitsu to choking out reporters: The embattled history of women’s MMA
- UFC London: Brits show out but ultimately leave disappointed
- 15 Black Pro Wrestlers that BET Forgot
- Back with a bang, Formula 1 returns in style
- Ones to Watch in Women’s Tennis
- Formula 1: Everything to know before the 2025 season
- The urgent need for athlete’s safety: Emma Raducanu and the stalking crisis
- A beginner’s guide to: Formula 1
- In Conversation with Manchester Thunder Netball
- Female participation in Basketball: Why now? Looking at UoM W2’s success
- Ipswich have been more than just Liam Delap this season – but you wouldn’t know from the punditry
- The original Super League: a preview of the 2025 Rugby League season
- A review of the 2025 women’s Royal Rumble match
- Jannik Sinner and the most controversial sports bans in history
- Romance and rivalry: A look into the world’s sporting couples
- World Chess Championship 2024 recap: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest ever undisputed world champion
- Six Nations: Netflix goes from Full Contact to no contact
Theatre
- UMDS Cliffs: An enjoyably sentimental MIFTA weaved from family ties
- New Leeds review: A compelling call for community in our increasingly individualistic society
- “Love mix’d with fear is sweetest”: UMDS’ The Duchess of Malfi
- UMMTS’ Hilda’s Haven: A journey of self-discovery
- Pavel Kushnir in Concert: UMDS has produced something extraordinary
- Bat Out Of Hell: A powerhouse extravaganza of a musical
- UMDS Wish List: Brilliantly uncaring
- O Brawling Love: Valentine’s Day picks from the National Theatre
- Forgive Me, Father: Ania Magliano on comedy, therapy, and staying seated
- “Making something funny out of unfunny ingredients”: In conversation with Nish Kumar
- National Theatre’s Young Technicians Programme at HOME: An interview with Carmel Macaree
- Five disparate personalities united through adversity: UMDS’ Pour Me review
- Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt review
- UMMTS Into The Woods review: A delightfully comic revival of a timeless treasure
- Freshers Show: A glimpse of exciting things to come
- The antiheroes of UMMTS In Concert: Villains review
- ROTTEN writer Josie White on social media, young audiences, and the scary reality of theatre funding
- Frank Skinner: 30 years of dirt, hurt, and standing up
- The Exterminator review: Hilariously anarchic and beautifully poignant
- Wild Swimming review: A delicate journey through time
Travels
- Year abroad diaries #3: Long-distance relationships
- Year Abroad Diaries #2: How to navigate cultural differences while living abroad
- Year Abroad Diaries #1: Moving to Morocco
- 72 hours in Budapest
- 72 Hours in Copenhagen
- Running with wolves at NC State
- A student-friendly guide to exploring Leeds
- Come fly with me: The cheapest student holidays
- Growing up in Ireland: Ignorance vs beauty
- Life as a Masshole: Massachusetts and America’s mistakes
- Just a random kid from Bombay
- What to see in Krakow, Poland
- Jamaica: A reflection of my trip
- A Southerner’s guide to the North
- Let’s Get Away: Berlin
- Let’s Get Away: London
- Let’s Get Away: Glasgow and Aberdeen
- Let’s Get Away: Amsterdam
- Let’s Get Away: Bologna
- Let’s Get Away: Paris
TV
- Adolescence: A haunting exploration of modern boyhood
- Saturday Night Live at 50: Nostalgia, new comedy, and the sketches that defined generations
- Remembering David Lynch
- Bad Sisters series 2 review: The craic continues
- The Traitors series 3 review: How a change of rules changed the game
- The best films and TV shows of 2024
- Defiance: Fighting the Far Right review: Powerful lessons for a battle still being fought
- 12 Lazy Films: The war on nostalgia culture
- A Man on the Inside review: A cosy comedy perfect for the holidays
- The rise, fall and rebirth of YouTube: How long-form content is making a comeback
- What can we expect from the Outnumbered and Gavin and Stacey Christmas specials?
- The best spy series and films
- Will weird Black women in film and TV ever be understood?
- Disclaimer review: Emmy-bait in its purest form
- Gods, superheroes, and the American election: How The Boys and Kaos reflect modern power struggles
- The death of the sitcom: Are we entering a new era of television?
- In Vogue: The 90s review: Compulsory viewing for fashion fanatics
- The best TV shows set in Manchester
- Adios tres amigos – farewell to Top Gear, a seminal yet controversial car show
- Lost turns 20: the groundbreaking show that redefined television history
Uncategorised
- From Suffrajitsu to choking out reporters: The embattled history of women’s MMA
- The Prodigy live: the Disrupta tour takes Warehouse Project ‘Out of Space’
- In conversation with BC Camplight: Peeling the Camplight away from Brian Christinzio
- Live review: Madvillainy Reimagined
- Album Review: The Lemon Twigs – Everything Harmony
- SeXion Introduction!
- Female Contraception: Not as attractive as it should be
- SeXion: Why I’m a virgin
- Normalising vulnerability and consent: How Normal People made us fall in love with sex
- New Managing Editor of News & Current Affairs
- Hero Training Club: “A new approach to fitness and wellbeing”
- Preview: Isle of Wight Festival reaches its 50th year
- 2018 Festival Guide
- Life after university – choosing your graduate home
- ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ is a disgrace to our society
- Should I live at home or in halls?
- Recipe: Lamb Methi
- Exec results night live blog
- Recipe: Garlic Chicken Schnitzel
- E3 Look Ahead
Videos
- Rusholme’s finest sandwich is the Kurdish shawarma at Al-Zain
- Occupiers removed from the Simon Building
- LeadMCR 2023 winners announced
- “Rent hike, rent strike”: UoM Rent Strike protestors take to Oxford Road
- Blended and Flexible Learning explained: Under the Spotlight with Dan George
- Occupiers leave John Owens Building
- University issues ‘ultimatum’ letter to John Owens occupiers
- “We can have a better Britain, a better world”: Under the Spotlight with Afzal Khan
- Occupiers leave Sam Alex and Engineering Buildings
- “If you say you’re going to do something, do it”: Bev Craig
- DJ Burnham raises £20,000 to fight homelessness
- In conversation with Sacha Lord
- “Come and join us” says Jo Grady at UCU strikes
- UoM Amnesty International calls upon University to cut ties with Lethal Autonomous Weapons
- What is Reclaim the Night?
- EDI Director Banji Adewumi calls for UoM to become “centre of excellence for inclusion”
- Exclusive: Andy Burnham confirms he’s seeking a third mayoral term
- MMG Opinion: The Rise of Populism