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Conversations about acne #3: Not just a girl’s issue

Conversations about acne #3: Not just a girl’s issue

Acne isn’t just a teen or female issue as one writer explains in their latest addition to the ‘Conversations about acne’ series
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Conversations about acne #1: Struggling with my skin

Conversations about acne #1: Struggling with my skin

Kickstarting our column about acne is a personal piece focusing on three things to keep in mind if you’re struggling with your skin
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Advice column 1

Head Lifestyle Editor Rachel Adams is here to answer your questions and offer you some advice with your problems
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A student life: UOM Board Games Society

Meet Jon Bebb, one Philosophy student finding the time to balance a PhD with his contrasting role as Social Sec for the UOM Board Games Society
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THE COFFEE COLUMN: North Tea Power

Andrew mixes things up and heads to North Tea Power for this week’s Coffee Column
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Music and Politics – What’s going on?

Does politics have a place in music? Tom Ingham thinks so
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Column: Talk About, Pop Music

What exactly is pop? Is Pop associated with a certain era? Tom Ingham takes a look
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John Williams: The man behind the music

Following his recent Oscar nod, we take a look at the film score maestro’s road to legendary status
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Column: Why Look Back in Anger?

Not every nostalgic reunion has to be viewed as a cynical cash-in
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Column: Manchester, so much to answer for

The Courteeners are back with a new record – and continue to personify everything wrong with present-day Manchester music
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The Take Over, The Break’s Over

Fall Out Boy become the latest band to join in the reunion fever, James Birtles investigates their motives
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‘Mafia Twitter trolls’ and my morbid obsession with celeb gossip

One Direction’s ‘extremist’ fans, medieval tweets and Taylor Swift’s boyfriends
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To buy or not to buy

Dan Jones weighs up the pros and cons of free downloading
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Column: Kendrick Lamar – the Saviour of Hip Hop?

The Compton rapper’s latest record proves that there’s still more to hip hop than controversy and materialism
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Coming soon to a computer near you

Tom Ingham looks at the latest viral sensation to take over the web
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Column: Kendrick Lamar – Saviour of Hip Hop?

The Compton rapper’s latest record proves that there’s still more to hip hop than controversy and materialism
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A run down of this weeks singles

This week won’t make history but ‘How Do You Do’ and ‘It’s Only Love’ are pop at its best!
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A Smiths reunion – ‘Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before’

George Bailey investigates yet another Smiths reunion rumour…
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Column: We are not amused

Following the release of their sixth studio album, Dan Jones takes a look at where Muse went wrong
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It’s my party, and I’ll play Shaggy if I want to

Tom Ingham explores the concept of guilty pleasures, and whether we should be embarrassed by them.
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