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Arts
- Damon Albarn works his magic at Manchester International Festival
- Preview: Hale Barns Carnival
- Does it matter where museums and galleries get their money from?
- Review: Imran Peretta’s ‘the destructors’
- Mancunian Visions: Nicola Ellis
- Turner Prize praises collectives using art for social change
- SICK! Festival: mapping the impact of lockdown on Manchester’s mental health
- Art for the soul: 2Bmcr
- 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
Books
- October Read: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
- My Body Keeps Your Secrets and The Way We Survive: What trauma leaves behind
- How to be a genius: MacArthur fellowship winner Ibram X Kendi
- A conversation with friends about Beautiful World, Where Are You
- The real transgender issue: a review of Shon Faye’s new book
- Made in Manchester: authors and poets
- Campus lit: true or false?
- New worlds: four books to open your eyes
- Heatwave highlight: Snowflake by Louise Nealon
- How to read when you have no time
- In conversation with Catalog Bookshop
- ‘Being trans and doing trans’ in Detransition, Baby
- It’s shorts season: Muscle and Mouth
- Motherwell: identity, industry and independence
- Lose yourself in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Whereabouts
- ‘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
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
- In conversation with model Nandi Padambo
- Savage x Fenty: Empowering fashion show or just a show?
- Our favourite shops on Depop
- In the Beauty Bag #7
- The new generation: Fashion week’s freshest guestlist
- Searching for a Halloween costume? TikTok’s here to help
- How to: The Curly Girl Method
- Oak House Mullets and Shags
- Student businesses to follow #3: Beauty
- Inside the life of owning a fashion brand
- Freshers style o’clock – the best places to shop in Manchester
- Fresh-faced for freshers
- In the Beauty bag #6
- Back to school: How to build a functional uni wardrobe
- Student businesses to follow #2: Fashion
- Why are we so obsessed with claw clips?
- In the Beauty Bag #5
- Student businesses to follow #1: Accessories
Features
- Cloudy with a chance of pain: how likely is another lockdown this winter?
- Samuel Alexander: The man, the myth, the building
- In conversation with: Lemn Sissay
- Freshers – go with the flow
- How to fit in in Fallowfield
- Disabled students feel “completely dehumanised” by last-minute sports fair
- 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
Film
- Grimmfest 2021: Blast (Déflagrations)
- Grimmfest 2021: The Night Belongs to the Monsters
- Grimmfest 2021: Forgiveness
- Grimmfest 2021: The Spore
- Grimmfest 2021: Slapface – Poignant, haunting and cerebral
- Grimmfest 2021: Hotel Poseidon – A movie you cannot forget
- Grimmfest 2021: The Guest Room
- Grimmfest 2021: On the 3rd Day
- INTERNATIONAL FILM: Japanese New Wave – An introduction
- GOLDEN OLDIES: The Watermelon Woman – A Landmark in Black Film History
- KINOFILM: Festival Preview
- Diversity Problems: In the Heights adaption received backlash
- The Evolution of an Emotional Bond
- The Green Knight: Dev Patel shines in spectacular medieval adventure
- Disney’s Cruella: De Vil-lishly Entertaining
- Where to Watch: A Guide to Manchester’s Cinemas
- No Time To Die: Takes too long to die
- Gloriously Horrifying: Grimmfest Preview
Food & Drink
- Blues Kitchen: A dream come blue
- A Fertile Future: In conversation with The Kindling Trust
- Tips and Tricks: Our Essential Guide to Eating Well at Uni
- Stock the Perfect Pantry
- Fast Food is on the Move
- Black Milk: The world of cakes, shakes and pancakes galore
- Preserve This: Blackberries
- Preview: Hale Barns Carnival
- Pops Sarnies: A packed lunch with a conscience
- 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
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
- Has Assassin’s Creed forgotten its Origins?
- 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
Horoscopes
- Horoscopes: Week commencing March 22nd
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- Horoscopes: week commencing March 8th
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- 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
- Mental Health Counselling Crisis: Just 12 counsellors for 2826 students
- UoM staff expenses plummet during pandemic
- “Environmentally conscious” UoM spent £250,000 on Amazon in 2020
- Revealed: The students trapped in debt after using ‘buy now, pay later’ service Klarna
- ‘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’
Lifestyle
- Spooky season is upon us; Here’s what Manchester has to offer
- 6 Best and Most Affordable Independent Clothing Shops in Manchester
- Making your flat a home: Manchester’s Best Plant Shops
- The Mancunion take on the Crystal Maze Experience
- How to celebrate PRIDE 🏳️🌈 weekend in Manchester 2021
- A Look Into: Rummage in the Range
- Solo Dates: Episode 1
- The Warehouse Project is finally reopening…
- ‘The Girl From Rio’ is giving us the representation we needed
- Hangxiety: What is it and what can you do about it?
- A Look Into: Manchester’s roller-skating community
- Is K-pop band BLACKPINK lighting up the sky?
- Under the influence: Freya Dudding
- 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
Music
- Dean Blunt – Black Britain’s Provocateur Poet
- What next for Fontaines D.C.?
- Stromae revients with new song ‘Santé’
- Review: Repercussion Festival
- In conversation with: Lucy Deakin
- Sam Smith: ‘Love Goes’ One Year Later
- BLOXX talk “breaking the mould” ahead of UK tour
- “Women to the front!”: Black Honey Live Review
- Gigs and Bands Society live in 532
- Who the hell are The Hara?
- Singing to Respect: Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin
- Hide and Seek: Finding its feet
- Catch Since September in Manchester this September
- Review: Boney M. featuring Maizie Williams at Hale Barns Carnival
- Damon Albarn works his magic at Manchester International Festival
- Review: Bloody Elle
- Preview: Hale Barns Carnival
- Doja Cat – Planet Her
News
- Manchester City Council cancels free Bonfire Night events
- The comments provided by the Local Authorities on the Rise in Spiking
- Mancunion drink spiking report
- All you need to know about the Part Time Officer Elections
- Girls Night In: Anti-spiking campaign calls for club boycott
- Pandora Papers: Pandora’s Box has opened and it’s worth over $32 trillion
- Wales to head racial history education
- Scotland’s push for LGBTQ+ education
- Drink spiking on the rise in Manchester
- Doctor Rashford
- Nancy Out, Locked Out
- Conservative Party Conference Protest: In Pictures
- 20,000 march down Oxford Road in protest against the Conservative Party
- “Tory Scum”: Young Conservatives’ flag stolen and graffitied at Freshers Fair
- AUKUS explained: What you need to know about the new security pact
- UCU announces strike ballot in October, paving the way for nationwide strike action
- Sports Societies Fair postponed amidst Oxford Road chaos
- Student dissatisfaction kicks UoM out of top 20 rankings
Opinion
- Boycotting clubs isn’t enough to stop spiking, here’s what needs to be done
- Conservatives in Manchester: What’s the story with the Tories?
- Starmer feels the Burn(ham) in latest Popularity Polls
- Drop it like it’s hotspot: Lack of internet connection causes chaos on campus
- Poverty Safari: Fetishising the working class in Fallowfield
- Open University; Closed lecture theatres
- Does it matter where museums and galleries get their money from?
- Cinemas are back soon – here’s what I’m looking forward to
- Cinemas vs. streaming: A poor replacement?
- ‘Deity or demon’: How do we regard Prince Phillip after his death?
- 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
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
- Bug Grub
- Justice at last for Henrietta Lacks?
- COVID-19 booster vaccines: What, who and why?
- A new era of alarms
- New COVID Antiviral pill inspires hope
- Manchester Festival of Climate Action
- Women in Space: revolutionising the past to pave way for the future
- Everyday they’re shuffling: Who’s our new science minister?
- Let’s talk about sex, baby
- Sorry COVID, it’s the common cold’s time to shine
- Manchester’s top five science spots
- Yuck, That’s Disgusting! Here’s why.
- Earth Day 2021: World leaders on climate change
- PPE: Pandemic pollution everywhere
- Not so sci-fi: Can dinosaur life find a way?
- Hangxiety: What is it and what can you do about it?
- Dinosaurs: how do we know what they really looked like?
- Could Malaria Become a Problem of the Past?
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
- Opinion: Newcastle Takeover – Should we allow sportswashing?
- Opinion: Why aren’t there more black managers?
- 2021 T20 Cricket World Cup: Preview and predictions
- The Meteoric Rise of Emma Raducanu
- United fail to capitalise against 10-woman City
- Paris Saint Germain vs Manchester City: Messi gets off the mark
- 2021 Russian Grand Prix: Hamilton makes history
- 2021 Italian GP review
- 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?
Theatre
- Review: Death Drop
- Review: Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- Review: Rock of Ages
- Review: Grease
- Review: Glee & Me
- Review: The Mountaintop
- From Drag Race to Death Drop: Karen from Finance
- Review: Heathers
- Review: Dirty Dancing
- Review: Bat Out of Hell
- The Show Must Go On: Where to catch theatre in Manchester
- It’s Coming HOME: A look at the new theatre season
- Review: Judy & Liza
- Review: Anton & Giovanni – Him & Me
- Review: Bloody Elle
- Preview: Hale Barns Carnival
- Review: Opera North’s A Night at the Opera
- A Tough Act to Follow: In conversation with Jojo Guadagno
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
