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Arts
- Postman Pat: from Greendale to Greater Manchester
- 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
Books
- Spotlight: Village Books
- Never Giving Up: Bernardine Evaristo is made president of the Royal Society of Literature
- Some notes on No. 91/92: Notes on a Parisian Commute
- As overrated as Shakespeare himself? Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
- Book swaps: If you like this, try that
- UoM’s very own BookTokker
- Cosy books to warm you up
- The comfiest Mancunian sofas to read on
- Spotlight: Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
- Is it worth the hype? Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
- S(b)ooky reads for this Halloween
- 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?
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
- Beg, borrow, or rent: how you can look sustainably fabulous this festive season
- Hanging out the dirty laundry on greenwashing – how to spot and avoid it
- To leather or not to leather?
- SOS seasonal supplements
- Future Fashion Fair: Manchester’s own sustainable fashion event
- Should we drop Depop?
- Has Balenciaga become a social experiment?
- Virgil Abloh, the visionary designer dies after privately battling cancer
- Accounting for Style #11 – Long term broke student finally has money
- In conversation with Ssstock: Manchester streetwear brand
- Makeup brush cleaning made simple!
- COP26 – What does it mean for the fashion industry?
- Addressing the issue: Billy Porter vs Harry Styles
- Protests during Fashion Week: a new normal?
- Airline’s new air hostess uniforms are one giant leap for womankind
- Should women have to pay for their own safety?
- Reflecting on Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the fashion and beauty industry
- Since when was ‘Sandlercore’ a thing?
Features
- “I’m 21, I shouldn’t be feeling like this.”: UoM students speak out about their experiences with Long Covid
- Opinion: Capitalising off catastrophe: the dark truth about Travis Scott’s partnership with BetterHelp
- How to: Find love at UoM
- The man, the myth, the building: Arthur Lewis
- Manchester’s feminist history
- Paris 2015 terrorist attack trials: British victims in a French judiciary system
- ‘Girls Night In’ and ‘End Spiking Now’ take the streets in powerful protest
- ‘Reports of drink spiking will be taken seriously’: UoM and GMP respond to the recent focus on spiking
- Talking about statues: Takings from Creative Manchester’s discussion on statues and public murals
- ‘Sexual violence on campus must be addressed’: new report into rape culture on campus suggests how UoM can make students safer
- Cloudy with a chance of pain: how likely is another lockdown this winter?
- The man, the myth, the building: Samuel Alexander
- 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’
Film
- Don’t Look Up: No need for subtlety in McKay’s perfect satire for the modern world
- C’mon C’mon…you have to see this film
- The most predictable time of the year: The Holiday and Happiest Season
- Mancunion Christmas Worsts
- In conversation with Ian McDiarmid
- Home Alone vs Home Sweet Home Alone: What went wrong?
- House of Gucci: Fashion flick could go faster
- The Power of the Dog: Cumberbatch shines in Netflix’s Western melodrama
- Dune Part 1 – A visual marvel that delivers on its promises and improves upon Villeneuve’s previous work
- International Film: Audition
- Petite Maman: An exploration of loss and grief through time
- A Cop Movie: A messy but sincere attempt to change the way we look at policing
- Andrew Garfield has a timely performance in Tick, Tick… BOOM!
- The Guilty: Hollywood ‘Guilty’ of poaching foreign film success
- Titane: An enrapturing ruthless body horror nightmare
- Manchester Animation Festival 2021: Flee – A humanistic documentary on refugee experience
- International Film: Tetsuo – A combination of gross-out body horror and cyberpunk cynicism
- Eternals: An ethnically diverse cast can’t save the characters’ flawed backstories
Food & Drink
- Winter warmers: Aubergine parmigiana
- The speakeasies of the Northern Quarter
- A £1 whistle-stop tour – Southside Tacos review
- Asha’s 10 Step Ramen
- Seven 54: An escape from student reality
- We tried the McPlant, so you don’t have to
- Exile: The newest Fallowfield hub
- Winter squash – beyond the butternut
- 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
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
- Horoscopes: Week commencing March 15th
- Horoscopes: week commencing March 8th
- Horoscopes: Week commencing February 22nd
- Horoscopes: Week commencing February 15th
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- 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
- “P*ssed off”: International students’ anger at UoM travel guidance
- Students say no to zero tolerance
- Are you G-A-Y enough?
- 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
Lifestyle
- The most ‘bingeable’ box sets for the festive period
- A Southerner’s guide to the North
- Student Gift Guide
- Alternative evenings across Manchester
- Shining on Libra Dream
- Pumpkin Spice Latte: Hate or Misogyny?
- Landing on Planet Soph
- Confessions of an Oak House resident
- Constructing Cottonopolis: Exploring Manchester’s Architectural Treasures
- Feminism: Where do men belong?
- Cramming and coffees: Study cafés near you
- 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
Music
- Has the ‘vinyl revival’ gone too far?
- Eat, sleep, RAVE, repeat: Reviewing Jamie xx at WHP
- Molchat Doma: Post-punk phenomenon live at Gorilla
- Night and Day Café faces potential closure
- FuseFM and GABS gig supporting Once A Month fills up Fuel
- Underground Soundtrack of 2021
- The Best (and Worst) Albums of 2021
- Four Tet vs Domino Records – Why won’t record labels remunerate artists properly?
- Valentine: the wistfully transparent sophomore album from Snail Mail
- Live Review: Shame – the pioneers of a new post-punk wave?
- Live Review: Freya Beer bewitches Night & Day
- Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes headline an explosive night at Manchester Academy
- IDLES come back swinging on new album CRAWLER
- Biffy Clyro super fans follow entire Fingers Crossed tour
- RED Revisited
- Joy Crookes’ Skin live in Manchester
- Manchester Academy, music live in your SU!
- Girl Band to Gilla Band, Why the Change?
News
- Student Gift Guide
- UoM moves some teaching online for the rest of the week
- Night and Day Café faces potential closure
- Think it, pitch it, do it: The Mancunion talks to winners of Pitch It!
- UoM postpone Winter Graduation ceremony
- Virgil Abloh, the visionary designer dies after privately battling cancer
- “It’s insane”: Speaking to UCU strikers on the frontline
- Universities to help disadvantaged students in to high paying graduate jobs
- Students occupy Sam Alex AGAIN in support of UCU strikes
- Manchester’s very own Bee Bikes
- UoM make face coverings mandatory on campus
- Government to cut back on Manchester to Leeds rail line, as Leeds to Midlands HS2 scrapped
- The UCU strikes: Why are they taking place and what are the SU doing?
- COP26: Still not green enough?
- Breaking News: University of Manchester Security Guards who allegedly racially profiled student ACQUITTED of common assault
- Manchester Bars Respond to Spiking Epidemic
- UoM strike action to take place from 1st-3rd December, UCU announces
- The University of Manchester remove the option of an automatic extension
Opinion
- Conservative MP cites female Doctor Who as the reason for rising crime rates
- Tory Sleaze
- After Sylvia: A celebration or a guilty restoration?
- Painting the town red (Taylor’s Version)
- They all look the same to me: Racism in the Tory Party
- Paul Holly-should leave Bake Off
- Should the NHS be seen as a charity?
- Stop murdering us: women’s cry for safety on our streets
- Opinion: We want to help … at our convenience
- Prevent the cause and stop blaming victims: How advice on drink spiking has resulted in victim-blaming
- Oxfam board game controversy
- Opinion: Driving (HGVs) home for Christmas
- Losing track of men and miles
- The elitist control over UK media: A call for a transformational response
- “It’s a Fair COP” – Considerations on the COP26 Summit
- 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
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
- The NHS vs nicotine: Could prescription e-cigarettes be the solution?
- Disease X and the next pandemic
- Giving birth through your penis?
- Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, you’re damaging our environment!
- Not-so-sci-fi: Could science reanimate the dead?
- COVID-19 nasal vaccines – the way forward?
- Is our craving for comfort food thanks to society or evolution?
- The best apps for plant parents
- Plants can be sexy too
- Intelligent plants and their senses
- I can’t be-leaf it: How and why the autumn leaves change colour
- HIV infection from needle attacks: How likely is it?
- A different kind of long COVID
- Fluoride in the tap water: Government mind control measure or pragmatic public health policy?
- What does spiking do to your body?
- Spiking testing kits: Which ones are available and (how) do they work?
- UoM and the UK lead the way for COVID-19 pill production
- Bug Grub
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
- Max-imum drama: Verstappen wins F1 world title in the last lap of the championship
- The international break: Pointless or underappreciated?
- Triumph for Ingram as UoM swimmers impress in Sheffield
- Most influential black sports athletes
- Opinion: Athletes should require a Covid vaccine to compete
- Laver Cup: A flawed format?
- Carlos Alcaraz: The breakthrough of men’s tennis’ next star
- Opinion: Gender-based violence is a worrying trend in sport
- From Labs to Laps: Grace Harvey’s Paralympic Triumph
- 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
Theatre
- Manchester’s Palace Theatre gets ready to Stick It to the Man
- Review: Aladdin
- Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- In conversation with Ian McDiarmid
- Review: The Book of Mormon
- Contact Theatre is dreaming of a Catty Christmas
- Review: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
- All I Want For Christmas is Theatre: What’s on in Manchester
- There’s something Queer about Contact Theatre
- Review: First Time
- Hope Mill Theatre is about to get TURNT
- Robot Nuns and Maxine Peake: Royal Exchange announces its 2022 season
- Review: The Wiz
- Review: Pink Lemonade
- Review: As British as a Watermelon
- Hop on a magic carpet to catch Aladdin at Manchester’s Opera House
- The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House: making ballet accessible
- The Royal Exchange Theatre is dreaming of a Strange Christmas
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
