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Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
We need to politicise mental health
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Why are you laughing: The science of humour
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Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?
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Spot checks on international students attendance set ...
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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...
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Houseplant heaven: The best plants to brighten up your student home
Why is everybody obsessed with minimalism?
How to have a routine when you have so few contact hours
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Cooking a week of TikTok recipes on a student budget
TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food
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
Getting involved: Volunteering at the Booth Centre
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Zendaya and the art of theme dressing
Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?
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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Khruangbin’s LP, A LA SALA: Slight shifts make all th...
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Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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What to read in 2024: Exciting new book releases
Reading should be for joy, not health
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Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Four women who make the art world a better place
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My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...
Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...
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, program...
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An evening with UoM Film Society and Chungking Express
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Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
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So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
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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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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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