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We need to politicise mental health
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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
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Cooking a week of TikTok recipes on a student budget
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Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation
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Zendaya and the art of theme dressing
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
17th April 2024
With the RHS Urban Show coming to Manchester, we've found some of the best houseplants to enhance your student accommodation
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Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
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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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SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, programming and being a first-time filmmaker: “There has to be room in the film world for all tastes”
16th April 2024
In conversation with Jane Giles, co-director of SCALA!!!, we discuss how she came to make the film, her career in programming and how the London cinema had lasting impact on young audiences
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Album: Vondelpark – Seabed
Music
The London three-piece prove they have the potential to be more than just James Blake copyists with a promising debut record
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Album: The 1975 – Music for Cars EP
Music
The final instalment in the hotly-tipped band’s trilogy of EPs continues to deliver on their early promise
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Album: James Blake – Overgrown
Music
A stunning sophomore effort from one of the country’s most exciting musical prospects
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Album: Fall Out Boy – Save Rock and Roll
Music
A tepid comeback serves as proof that a Fall Out Boy reunion was the last thing the industry needed
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Album: Atoms for Peace – Amok
Music
Thom Yorke’s supergroup deliver a convincing first bite at the full-length cherry
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Album: Hurts – Exile
Music
The local duo make a long-awaited return with the follow-up to debut, Happiness
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Album: Veronica Falls – Waiting for Something to Happen
Music
The London four-piece veer into more traditional pop territory with their sophomore effort
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Album: Theme Park – Theme Park
Music
The London trio’s summery debut is the perfect tonic for a dull February
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From the vault: Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
Music
Thirty years on, Metallica’s incendiary debut continues to occupy a crucial place in metal history
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From the vault: Radiohead – Pablo Honey
Music
We take a look back at where it all started for one of the most influential bands in history
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From the vault: Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Music
Thirty-five years on, has one of the biggest-selling rock records in history stood the test of time?
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New: Biffy Clyro – Opposites
Music
The Scottish rockers return with a massive new record – in every sense of the word
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Everything Everything – Arc
Music
The experimental Manchester quartet return with a revelatory second effort
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From the vault: Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
Music
As it turns twenty, we look back at the incendiary debut from the Californian funk-metallers
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New: Crystal Castles – (III)
Music
The enigmatic Canadians continue to evolve on their third studio effort
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