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Arts
- Get thee to a gallery: Manchester’s top new exhibitions
- Art Comes HOME: Joy Yamusangie’s ‘Blue Glass Fortunes’
- The enduring West Art Collective venture into Eden with Inner City Recording
- Why Derek Jarman matters
- MACFEST: Persian miniature painting
- Art for the soul: Millie Roberts
- Sculpting the landscape: A review of ‘Hepworth’
- Richard Prince: Social media and copyright
- Behind the cover: the art of album cover art
- On The Streets: Raising awareness of homelessness in Manchester
- Mancunian Visions: Robin Broadley
- Celebrate International Women’s Week with MACFEST.
- Getting down to the art of it
- Art goes online: Grayson Perry’s Art Club
- Wanderer in the skyline: A city view caught in the reflection?
- Is it Art?: Welcome back
- Online Exhibition Review: Obstructions
- MACFEST: The power of community over isolation
Books
- ‘Not my body, not my own’: Little Scratch review
- The Women’s Prize for Fiction: Debut novels, first-time nominees and online hate
- Industry insight: Comma Press talk publishing
- ‘Stop pleasing, start living’: Untamed by Glennon Doyle
- Shuggie Bain on TV? I’ll give it a miss
- ‘Queer villainy’ and domestic abuse: In The Dream House
- Books storage solutions that aren’t past their shelf life
- How to get over a reading slump: 5 tips and 5 books
- Never judge a bookstagram by its cover
- #Merky Books: We Are All Birds of Uganda
- ‘I like big books and I cannot lie’: Behind the bookstagram
- Life in lockdown: the children’s books edition
- 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction long-list: Burnt Sugar
- The rise of the bookstagram over lockdown
- Review: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with the Zakar Twins
- International Women’s Day: the writers who inspire us
- Luster: millennials, modern love and matriarchs
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!
Environment
- 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
- POC around the block 7: Mr. Cozy
- Now that charity shops are open again, will we still be buying from second-hand apps?
- The gua sha: a miracle mineral massager or Instagram’s latest culturally appropriated accessory?
- Accounting for Style #9 – Online sales and wedding bells
- Sustainability and plus-size fashion: In conversation with Jenny Marie
- Crocs are making a comeback…
- Altr London: mainstreaming men’s make-up
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Jony Sios
- POC around the block 6: Maïna Cissé
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Raphaël Say
- Are Depop secondhand resellers really a new kind of evil?
- Origins of y2k fashion: the whitewashing of the early 2000s
- Demystifying men’s skincare
- Homemade nail art: Trendy designs you can recreate yourself
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with War Paint founder Danny Gray
- Drag Queens: The underdogs of the beauty industry
- Accounting for Style #8 – Clearance sales and targeted ads
- Bye-bye Becca: why this cult cosmetics brand failed to survive 2021
Features
- What next for UK-India relations following the farmers’ protests?
- NUS President Larissa Kennedy: ‘Manchester students came to shake shit up’
- Why aren’t we talking about the Indian farmers’ protests?
- Long read: Meth in 21st Century America
- LGBT+ History Month: How to celebrate from home
- What support is available for students staying at university this Christmas?
- Fighting the stigma with Students for Sensible Drug Policy: Manchester
- Meet the male social workers stamping out stereotypes
- The slow, cold abandonment of Manchester nightlife
- ‘I got stopped because I’m black and wearing a tracksuit’: Zac Adan speaks out at student protest
- Student protests are due a renaissance, Manchester has it covered
- From Manchester to Warsaw, the battle for abortion rights continues
- ‘Coronavirus: A Not-So Student Life’ is out now on Fuse TV
- I’m occupying Owens Park Tower, this is what’s really going down
- Manchester University: Inside the protests that rocked an institution
- I stayed up all night to watch the US election, here’s what you missed
- US election 2020: Your guide to election night
- US election 2020: Who’s going to win?
Film
- Palm Springs: The time loop romcom we need?
- Nomadland: Escaping the system in search for freedom
- 93rd Academy Awards Reviewed
- The Father: Exploring the horrors of dementia
- Oscars 2021 predictions
- Minari: Strong performances propel a thoughtful drama
- Tahar Rahim’s talents can’t salvage the mediocre mess of The Mauritanian
- Why Derek Jarman matters
- MANIFF 2021: Where Is Nancy?
- MANIFF 2021: Origin of the Species
- MANIFF 2021: Infinitum: Subject Unknown
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League – a dream come true
- Sculpting the landscape: A review of ‘Hepworth’
- MANIFF 2021: The Great Circus
- MANIFF 2021: Fugitive Dreams
- MANIFF 2021: The Other
- MANIFF 2021: Country of Hotels
- MANIFF 2021: Trouble Will Find Us
Food & Drink
- Wild garlic and what to do with it
- The viral TikTok vegan “chicken” – Is it worth the hype?
- Writing & eating: Snacks to sustain
- Review: Gooey
- Baked by Beth: Sweet treats delivered straight to your door
- Five drinks to celebrate a lockdown St Patricks Day
- Review: Frost Burgers
- Review: The Athenian
- Meet JoeyMacaroni – South Manchester’s mac and cheese delivery service
- New kid on the block: Four Side Vegan Pizza
- Cooking for love?
- The TikTok pasta but make it vegan
- Festive treats: Cinnamon Palmiers
- 5 wallet-friendly superfoods you should be eating (and where to get them!)
- A simple Sunday roast
- Fancy food must-haves to treat yourself this winter
- How you can help tackle Manchester’s food poverty crisis
- The Food and Drink section’s ultimate Christmas gift guide
Freshers' 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
- What the future holds
- Ways to Eat – the Freshers’ guide to nutrition
- 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
Games
- Review: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Details revealed for Student Game Jam: Manchester
- Review: The Occupation
- Review: Trials Rising
- Review 2.0: Football Manager 2019
- Review: Yakuza: Kiwami
- Review: Metro Exodus
- Interview: Game Assist
- Preview: The Occupation
- The State of Skate: where are the games?
- Review: RIOT – Civil Unrest
- Why Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is the best competitive shooter in 2019
- Metro Exodus shuns Steam in favour of Epic Games store
- Riot: Civil Unrest set to leave Early Access
- Gaming in Manchester 2019: a preview
- Manchester-based Odd Bug announce Tails of Iron
- Review: Firewatch – Nintendo Switch
- The Game Awards Roundup
Horoscopes
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- Horoscopes: Week commencing October 12th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing October 5th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing September 28th
Investigations
- ‘Alone, unsupported, disposable’: UoM abandoned disabled students in switch to online learning
- A new normal? How societies are coping with Covid
- Revealed: 39 Fixed Penalty Notices issued by Manchester Police to students
- ‘Can you make this for me?’: The student start-ups launched in lockdown
- Revealed: Freshers ‘put-off’ from accessing sexual health services due to University WiFi issues
- SafeZone: ‘Authoritarian’ or keeping students safe?
- Ranked: The AU sports teams with highest club night turnout
- ‘They tried to blame it on us’: Manchester student moved into Covid-positive accommodation
- ‘At home, I’m not scared’: Remote learning through the eyes of disabled students
- Revealed: How Manchester’s testing crisis is affecting students
- ‘Go to the shops or order a takeaway’: Fallowfield halls Covid chaos continues
- Here’s how Stagecoach will keep buses safe as students admit they’re ‘terrified’ to use services
- Investigation: Are UoM module cuts leaving students high and dry?
- UCU: cutting staff due to coronavirus would be viewed as ‘unfair dismissal’
- Revealed: Disruptive UoM strikes were plagued by low turnout
- Cache-22: How has the shift to online learning affected Manchester students?
- Does UoM’s admissions process prioritise the privileged?
- Chinese embassy distributes coronavirus ‘health packages’ to Manchester students
Lifestyle
- Power to the podcast
- The life of a woman: Part 1
- Now that charity shops are open again, will we still be buying from second-hand apps?
- What’s the (real) deal with period underwear?
- Under the Influence: Mimi Labesa
- The viral TikTok vegan “chicken” – Is it worth the hype?
- How to deal with eco-anxiety
- COVID-19, community, and café culture
- Eurovision 2021: This is why you need it in your life
- Under the influence: Irena D
- Chase away your lockdown blues
- #BeMoreJill: An example of LGBTQ+ allyship
- The demise of cinema and the rise of online streaming
- Love in lockdown: How to make this Valentine’s Day one to remember
- 5 positive things to take away from lockdown
- Under the influence: Emma Campbell
- Saving Christmas 2020: Staying merry despite restrictions
- 5 wallet-friendly superfoods you should be eating (and where to get them!)
Music
- Girl Clout: Fresh Punk from Fresh Punks
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Jojo Guadagno
- ĠENN: on the ‘ĠENN’-eration of bands making music during lockdown, EP ‘Liminal’ and what is ‘Mackerel’s Funky Mission’?
- Rina Sawayama – A shining light in the global pandemic
- Girls To The Front: Groping, Gig Culture and what men can do
- Pixey: ‘the indie Britney Spears’
- ‘Female is Not a Genre’ – Black Honey Release Second Album, Written and Directed
- Abbie Ozard has us all longing for an endless summer
- Irish indie rockers Hawke the Band drop shimmering single ‘Molly’
- Pale Waves interview with Tits for Tat
- Lush vocals and glistening sythn-pop melodies? Phoebe Green must be in town
- The NWRA festival – A rise to challenge Online Festivals?
- Chromatica – Lady Gaga’s “disjointed” dream world
- Stop Scrolling! The story of how Nathan Evans’ sea shanty swept us away on TikTok
- Siren rising: In conversation with Freya Beer
- The Last Man On Earth – An eerily beautiful offering from Wolf Alice
- The Future is Female: Female artists to get to know this year
- Behind the cover: the art of album cover art
News
- Nancy Out: What’s happened since the vote?
- BREAKING: UoM students occupy campus building
- Review: RSC’s Dream
- #NancyOut Campaign stage sit-in at the University of Manchester
- Is ‘greenwashing’ by big tech deceiving us all?
- The Revolution of Sustainable Plastics
- Know your rights: How to deal with the police on campus
- Who Killed the Lollipop Man?
- Will Nancy be voted out? The referendum explained
- Rated: The Instagram meme pages sweeping Fallowfield
- Opinion: Here’s why Nancy Rothwell must go
- George Floyd: Manchester mural defaced again
- Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone set to be introduced in 2022
- LGBT+ History Month: How to celebrate from home
- Editorial: Russell Group Student Newspapers for No-Detriment Policy
- Covid cases went undetected during student mass testing, study says
- Brexit: What on earth is going on?
- Polish students react to near-total abortion ban in their home country
Opinion
- Vaccine politics is driving the world further apart
- Opinion: Police in nightclubs won’t solve the issue of sexual harassment
- Annie Dabb: Stop giving dead slave traders more attention than living rapists
- How Snapchat’s ‘Memories’ feature made me nostalgic for life before lockdown
- Opinion: UoM is failing students by cancelling graduation
- Box or binge: Is BBC Three’s move back onto television really necessary?
- The ‘Stansted 15’: Are peaceful protests under threat from the UK justice system?
- Why March Madness is the most exciting sporting event in the world
- Annie Dabb: Whitty Repartee
- Spring doesn’t mean an end to social distancing – yet
- Annie Dabb: Double or Nothing
- Are NFTs the next big thing for the virtual economy?
- Britain’s love of political satire has birthed the likes of Boris
- Politically Right? Humanely Wrong. Biden is just another President
- US sanctions on Russia mark the return of the US as global guardian
- Are Manchester students ditching Tinder in favour of Facebook romance?
- Annie Dabb: Don’t worry, Andy, Manchester is already the perfect place to grow old
- The SNP: The one true Scotsmen?
Puzzles
- Puzzle page: Week commencing March 22nd
- Puzzle page: Week commencing March 15th
- Puzzle page: Week commencing March 8th
- Puzzle page: Week commencing February 22nd
- Puzzle page: Week commencing February 15th
- Puzzle page: week commencing February 8th
- Puzzle Page: December 10th
- Puzzle Page: November 16th
- Puzzle Page: November 9th
- Puzzle page: November 2nd
- Puzzle page: October 26th
- Puzzle page: Win a years’ supply of chocolate!
- Puzzle page: October 5th
- Puzzle page: September 28th
Science & Tech
- Could Malaria Become a Problem of the Past?
- Not so sci-fi: Could humans harness cryonics?
- Rediscovering folk remedies before it’s too late
- Magnesium: A new frontier for industrial materials
- Muon g-2 experiment: May the (new) force be with you
- COVID-19: The pandemic of panic buying
- Could Graphene Revolutionise Neurological Treatment?
- Ingenuity Helicopter takes to Mars skies
- Batteries and bioethics: Is sustainable tech too good to be true?
- Eating meat: A big mi-steak?
- Your Brain: The Invisible Magician
- UoM students targeted in phishing attack
- Save the planet, send fewer emails
- Imposter syndrome: Why Do We Feel Like Frauds?
- 5G is coming – here’s what to expect
- Footsapp: The future of amateur football?
- Zzzoom Fatigue: Why is online life so draining?
- Not So Sci-Fi: Warp Speed Ahead?
Societies
- 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
- Indian Society of Manchester to re-run election after complaints
- Advocacy groups express concern about lack of representation in new exec team
- Table Tennis Club celebrates International Women’s Day
- Penis, vagina, pregnancy: Sexpression tackles the lack of LGBTQ+ specific sex ed in schools and on campus
- Lack of inclusive cycling in cities excludes disabled cyclists
Sport
- Agüero’s legacy at Manchester City
- Jonny Bairstow: A sad end to a promising career
- Xabi Alonso: Can a great player become an even greater coach?
- Cricket: England in India so far
- UEFA Champions League 2020-21 quarter finals preview
- 2021 NBA All-Star Weekend Review
- Formula 1: It’s finally race week (Again!)
- Why March Madness is the most exciting sporting event in the world
- A case of English double standards? India beat England in record-breaking test match
- Footsapp: The future of amateur football?
- Chelsea: England’s most enigmatic team
- Pelé: A sports documentary that interrogates its subject
- NBA: Early MVP Contenders
- Leicester City: How Brendan Rodgers has taken the Foxes to the brink of the Champions League (again)
- ‘Lingardinho’: From Manchester reject to player of the month candidate in London
- Spurs- In Search of Silverware
- Top of the table clash leaves champions gasping for air
- India record superb win over Australia and what this means for world cricket
Theatre
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Jojo Guadagno
- In Conversation with Bryony Shanahan, Artistic Director of the Royal Exchange
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Jony Sios
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Raphaël Say
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with War Paint founder Danny Gray
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with the Zakar Twins
- Celebrate International Women’s Week with MACFEST.
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Joe Polito
- Shakespeare in virtual reality: is this the future of theatre?
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Since September’s Patrick Ralphson
- Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic
- Don’t miss the Melanie Martinez livestream show tonight
- What’s On: UMDS Autumn Fringe Festival
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Max Hovey
- Autumn Fringe Festival 2020 Showcase
- Review: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Concert
- National Lottery helps bring back theatre in time for Christmas
- Peripeteia Theatre Company: A Digital Theatre Company.
Uncategorised
- 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
- MMG presents: The official SU hustings
- UMMTS wins top awards at NODA
- Free Ahed Tamimi protest
- ‘Youthquake’ more anecdotal than fact, survey suggests
- Recipe: Christmas Pizzas
- Letter from the Editor – DO NOT PUBLISH
- Review: Armenia Taverna
- Live Review: BICEP at WHP
