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The Sudan conflict: a Sudanese perspective
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Long COVID: Can improved sleep cure breathlessness?
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350 or 44: How many students are engaging in the rent...
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Nine days of strike action planned for start of term
7th September 2023
Further disruption as UCU announce strikes on 19-22 September and 25-29 September, coinciding with first two weeks of term
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A guide to: City halls
A guide to: Victoria Park halls
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Put a (meat free) wing on it with TiNDLE
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QR Codes in restaurants: A benefit or a burden?
Night of the Divas: Bongo’s Bingo review
Summer in suburbia: Six tips to reset at home
Lifestyle Loves: Chorlton
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Bloomers are back: A successful attempt at reclaiming feminist fashion?
King George vs Lady Gaga: Crown to Couture at Kensington Palace in review
Natsu Fest: The Last Dance – What’s next for Manchester’s c...
A guide to: City halls
31st August 2023
Our guide to the often lesser-known city halls at the University of Manchester, which cater to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Interview with Frederick Studemann: Judge for the Int...
Dear Dolly Live: Sex, breakups and tipsy confessions
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Review: Benji Reid’s – Find Your Eyes
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The Crown Jewels review: We are not amused
Annie review: A fab-u-lous family spectacular
Great Expectations in the Raj: In conversation with T...
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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Past Lives review: Celine Song delivers an outstandin...
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Joanne Clifton on Shrek, Strictly and Lego
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God of War: Ragnarök fails its female characters
Past Lives review: Celine Song delivers an outstanding debut
21st September 2023
Celine Song’s debut film about past lovers and what could have been will mend and simultaneously break your heart
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Review: FIFA 19
Games
FIFA 19 excels on the pitch but is a case of flawed ‘improvements’ elsewhere, writes Jeremy Bijl
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Games, guerrilla marketing, and E3
Games
Do the abundance of recent retail leaks signal a new age of clandestine advertising?
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Anthem reeks of EA’s stifling over-ambition
Games
Anthem looks great on the surface, but under the hood there is cause for concern
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Should we be worried about game servers shutting down?
Games
The multiplayer portion of your favourite games won’t be around forever
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Are Star Wars games doomed?
Games
Are Star Wars games redeemable, or have they fallen to the dark side?
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Skate 4: A new hope?
Games
EA’s misdemeanors with Star Wars may have opened the door for the Skate series
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Why FIFA is the root of the lootbox infection
Games
‘It’s in the game’ has never sounded more sinister
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Traps to watch out for in the AAA space
Games
A publisher-by-publisher guide for what to guard against in the coming years
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Review: Star Wars: Battlefront II
Games
A game that promised to be marmite but delivered mediocrity
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EA temporarily disables all microtransactions in Battlefront II
Games
Players can currently only progress with gameplay
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EA deserves no praise for lowering microtransaction costs
Games
Star Wars: Battlefront II remains a symbol of EA’s contempt for the consumer
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Review: FIFA 18
Games
Does FIFA justify yet another purchase?
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Why E3 2016 may be the best year yet
Games
E3 2016 is less than two months away so it is time to start getting hyped up. Can Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and the rest deliver some blow-out news that will make this years E3 the best in a long while?
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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 – Preview
Games
Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 was mad available at Gamescom 2015 and what was Connor McBride’s opinion of the game?
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Preview: Unravel
Games
Join Connor McBride as he unravels the mystery of why Unravel is one of his Games of the Year after playing it at Gamescom 2015
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The CoD-Fathers’ Newest Game
Games
Alasdair Preston explores why Titanfall will make a splash when it drops later this year.
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Server chaos renders Sim City unplayable
Games
Sim City was temporarily pulled from the Amazon store, causing chaos for the always online game.
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Dead Space 3
Games
Dead Space 3 ups the action, but is it still scary?
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Where did it all go wrong for Pro Evo?
Games
Shanda Moorghen looks at fall of Pro Evo and the rise of FIFA
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Need For Speed: Most Wanted Preview
Games
EA demos new Need for Speed in Piccadilly Gardens, here are our first impressions
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