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Long-read interview : The team behind (in)sane, a platform for mental health

Long-read interview : The team behind (in)sane, a platform for mental health

Liv Clarke talks to the team behind (in)sane, a multimedia platform that combines the arts with mental health dicussion, about their upcoming event

Review: David Ogle’s ‘Land/Lines’

Review: David Ogle’s ‘Land/Lines’

Bella Jewell reviews David Ogle’s ‘Land/Lines’ exhibition at HOME, uncovering his desire to capture the essence of a moment in his works

Artefact of the Week: Hardy’s Well

Artefact of the Week: Hardy’s Well

Bella Jewell delves deeper into the history and significance of Hardy’s Well: the soon-to-be lost home to Lemn Sissay’s first Landmark Poem, and the hub of a community

‘In search of Northern Soul’: In conversation with Len Green

‘In search of Northern Soul’: In conversation with Len Green

Len Green discusses how he seeks to encapsulate the energy, power, and dynamism of the Northern Soul movement in his first completed body of art work

Interview: Cara Looij on (IN)SANE

Interview: Cara Looij on (IN)SANE

Orla Quilligan talks to Cara Looij, project manager of multimedia arts event (IN)SANE

Wonder Women 2018

Wonder Women 2018

We look ahead to the the feminist festival taking over of Manchester through an innovative series of exhibitions, performances and discussions

5 DIY Christmas decorations for your student home

The easy ways to fill your student house with festive cheer as we near the end of the year!

No end to Anthony Burgess

Elliot Mills argues the case for a place in the literary heritage of Manchester for Anthony Burgess, a man often left out of the narrative

Introducing the University of Manchester’s UniSlam team 2017

Jake Piazza reviews The Creative Writing Society’s Slam on the 15th of November and introduces UniSlam and Manchester’s 2017 team

The Trafford Centre: Not your average shopping experience

To celebrate Intu Trafford Centre’s 18th birthday, we explore the inspiration behind its creation

Where do our course fees go?

Equal fees and unequal funding disfavours humanities students writes Elliot Mills

Design Manchester 2016

Design Manchester returns between 12th-23rd October, we give a preview of some of the most interesting events on the calendar this year

The British education system needs fundamental change

The reintroduction of grammar schools is another step in the wrong direction. Britain needs to update its education system to truly suit the needs of students and teachers

Arts students pay three times more per hour than science students

New research reveals that art students pay much more per hour for their degree than science students

Preview: Wonder Materials: Graphene and Beyond

A new exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry tells the story of graphene and its seemingly unstoppable potential

Students promote the importance of the arts

Arts Emergency Manchester plans to build on the success of last year by conducting another series of workshops in schools around Manchester, promoting the arts and social sciences

The limited opportunities of diverse sexuality

With a huge contrast in the visibility of sexual diversity between the arts and politics, we are challenged about what influences us and how we can stimulate change

Upcoming Live Art and performance in Spring 2014

Jasper Llewellyn fills us in on the up and coming live art calandar.

Islington Mill

A unique arts space devoted to progression, experimentation and what those who work at the Mill call ‘Werq’.

Black and BLUE

Rosalie Warner finds erotic cuisine, communal wine and a brave and exciting collection of new work at Black & BLUE’s Kraak launch