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Nancy Barnes hears Jeremy Deller, Mary Anne Hobbs and Dave Haslam examine the dark underbelly of the imagination.

Short stories come to life at Selfridges

Elizabeth Linsley heads to Selfridges to hear Emma Jane Unsworth, Richard Hirst and Marli Roode each read a short story as part of Selfridges Festival of Imagination

Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building

Night and Day Cafe’s legal battle comes to an end

Nearly half of student gamblers are gambling more tha...

Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...

“I want the truth, whatever it is”: The r...

From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...

We need to politicise mental health

No-sex tenancy clauses are a landlord’s newest ...

Lower entry requirements for international students? ...

Why are you laughing: The science of humour

In conversation with The Lion King’s Head of Ma...

AI learns its first words (and helps explain how huma...

Fallowfield’s 18.35%: Why are students not voting?

“They decided they didn’t want a Nightline any longer...

Spot checks on international students attendance set ...

The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?

Tyrants cruise to playoff victory against Stirling Cl...

Memories of the game: A look back at favourite sporti...

Why is everybody obsessed with minimalism?

How to have a routine when you have so few contact hours

Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure

TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food

Margarita Month at Zouk: All style, less substance

Flight Club: Margarita Month with a twist

My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation

Getting involved: Volunteering at the Booth Centre

‘An audio treat’: The Mancunion’s favourite podcasts

Does Hailey Bieber’s Rhode phone case signal the death of the handbag?

Get to know Oddmuse: Aimee Smale on doing ‘what people aren’t expecting’

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

Why is everybody obsessed with minimalism?

Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing ...

Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?

Everything Everything live in Manchester: I’m a...

Boy Swallows Universe: Does reality make the best fic...

What to read in 2024: Exciting new book releases

Reading should be for joy, not health

Review: Please Feel Free to Ignore My Work by David H...

Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden

Four women who make the art world a better place

Hedda review: A misguided imitation of Ibsen’s ...

My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial t...

Come From Away press launch: A community show for Chr...

Live Review: Caroline Polachek at Albert Hall

SCALA!!! co-director Jane Giles on audiences, program...

Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...

An evening with UoM Film Society and Chungking Express

Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin

The fourth season curse: Why do TV shows get worse af...

Drive to Survive season 6: Get strapped in for more F...

So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?

Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games

Are we finally in the age of the video game ‘au...

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”

Festival of Imagination Articles

Festival of Imagination

Short stories come to life at Selfridges