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UoM postpone Winter Graduation ceremony

UoM postpone Winter Graduation ceremony

Winter Graduation ceremonies set to take place next week have been postponed due to Covid restrictions
UoM make face coverings mandatory on campus

UoM make face coverings mandatory on campus

Face coverings are mandatory in all indoor spaces across campus from today
A different kind of long COVID

A different kind of long COVID

In more pain than normal? Social distancing could be the cause.
Déjà Review: The Woman in Black

Déjà Review: The Woman in Black

Jessica Hamilton reviews The Woman in Black at the Palace Theatre – the first show at the Palace since reopening after over a year
The Show Must Go On: Where to catch theatre in Manchester

The Show Must Go On: Where to catch theatre in Manchester

An introduction to Manchester’s most well-known theatres
Review: Boney M. featuring Maizie Williams at Hale Barns Carnival

Review: Boney M. featuring Maizie Williams at Hale Barns Carnival

Head Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Boney M. featuring Maizie Williams at Hale Barns Carnival
Review: Opera North’s A Night at the Opera

Review: Opera North’s A Night at the Opera

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Opera North’s A Night at the Opera at the Lowry – the first Mancunion Theatre review since theatres reopened in 2021
How Snapchat’s ‘Memories’ feature made me nostalgic for life before lockdown

How Snapchat’s ‘Memories’ feature made me nostalgic for life before lockdown

Lifestyle Editor Rhiannon Ingle tells us how Snapchat ‘Memories’ has made her nostalgic during lockdown
COVID-19, community, and café culture

COVID-19, community, and café culture

Rhiannon Ingle ruminates on the prominence of coffee and café culture during Covid
Annie Dabb: Double or Nothing

Annie Dabb: Double or Nothing

Annie Dabb looks into concerns that the pandemic may have reversed the impacts of modern feminism and sent us back to the era of 1950s housewives
Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic

Drama society and directing virtual plays during a deadly pandemic

Megan Drew accounts her experience directing a virtual play for the Drama Society’s Fringe Festival
Don’t miss the Melanie Martinez livestream show tonight

Don’t miss the Melanie Martinez livestream show tonight

Melanie Martinez is following her K-12 Tour – which played Manchester in 2019 – with a worldwide livestream, titled ‘Can’t Wait Till I’m Out of K-12’
Review: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Concert

Review: Jesus Christ Superstar, The Concert

Olivia Castagnetti reviews a socially distanced, concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Theatre
National Lottery helps bring back theatre in time for Christmas

National Lottery helps bring back theatre in time for Christmas

Thanks to the National Lottery, Manchester Opera House is able to put on its annual Christmas pantomime! This years performance of Sleeping Beauty stars Jason Manford – with free tickets for NHS staff
Let’s talk about sex, BoJo: Shagging bans, dogging plans, and can you bang?

Let’s talk about sex, BoJo: Shagging bans, dogging plans, and can you bang?

Can we have a shag in lockdown? What about in Wales? Or in a forest, with strangers? Pippa Dennis explores the rules for sex under lockdown
Manchester University: Inside the protests that rocked an institution

Manchester University: Inside the protests that rocked an institution

The protest began with rallies and chants, coloured with flares and protest signs igniting the dark Fallowfield skies
“It’s time to organise and get involved”: Meet the students making campus SAFER

“It’s time to organise and get involved”: Meet the students making campus SAFER

Rent strikes, better crisis plans and ensuring staff safety: What are SAFER doing to help students through the coronavirus?
UoM release Covid figures but students fear they could be much higher

UoM release Covid figures but students fear they could be much higher

UoM’s Covid figures only include positive results reported to the University through an “agreed process”
“It’s presposterous”: Students react to possible Christmas Covid restrictions

“It’s presposterous”: Students react to possible Christmas Covid restrictions

Students feel largely let down by the government’s recent announcement regarding their freedom to return home at Christmas
Manchester students face curfew after “significant” Covid breaches

Manchester students face curfew after “significant” Covid breaches

Greater Manchester Police were in attendance in Fallowfield