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Get to know: Who is Professor Duncan Ivison?
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Manchester’s continuing problem with inaccessib...
From Our Correspondent: Uncovering Berlin’s les...
Thread Therapy: In conversation with UoM’s Fash...
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If Labour wants to regain trust, they must stick to t...
Main Library Musings – Rant column #2
My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
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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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The new generation of F1 drivers: Wasted potential?
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Manchester Leftist Action member speaks out against academic suspension
22nd April 2024
A student involved with action group Manchester Leftist Action has spoken out against his suspension by the University
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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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Brunch at Santé: A slice of sun
Giving ‘Too Good To Go’ a go!
Cooking a week of TikTok recipes on a student budget
Springleaf Podcast: James Acaster’s new audio adventure
My year abroad, the visa process, and getting lost in translation
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Celebrity style guide #7: Lewis Hamilton
What the Croc? Pringles x Crocs and other crazy collabs
3D nails: Achieving new heights in beauty
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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Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
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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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My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
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Taskmaster: Why it’s so good and where to begin
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Hades 2 is bringing sexyback
So, uh, who exactly is the Borderlands film for?
Celebrities just can’t rescue bad games
My formative film: A love letter to Notting Hill
24th April 2024
How Richard Curtis' film about a charming bookshop owner changed my view on romance films forever
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Interview with Luke Davies from Polari
Culture
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Film
The Mancunion spoke with Luke Davies head of Polari, a queer production company based in Manchester about Queer representation, the art of filmmaking, and untold stories.
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In conversation with Kieron Moore: Independent queer filmmaking in the 21st century
Film
Kieron Moore speaks to The Mancunion on queer filmmaking; making your first feature; and what fantasy films mean to queer communities
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The necessity of Oakley’s Blue Jean
Film
The Mancunion went to the preview and premiere of Blue Jean followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers behind the project
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The most predictable time of the year: The Holiday and Happiest Season
Film
All I want for Christmas is better rom-coms. Emotions shouldn’t be this formulaic
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Manchester Animation Festival 2021: Flee – A humanistic documentary on refugee experience
Film
Danish animated documentary is a therapeutic and cathartic story of an openly gay Afghan refugee
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KINOFILM 2021: LGBTQ Shorts
Film
Kinofilm’s LGBTQ Shorts Programme showcases a variety of queer short films, from a lesbian war drama to a family dramedy
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Why Derek Jarman matters
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We asked our arts and film editors to reflect on the world of the singular visionary, Derek Jarman
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Essential LGBT biopics
Film
To celebrate this year’s LGBT History Month our writers picked the essential LGBT biographical films
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It’s a Sin: Youth, freedom and AIDS in 1980s London
Film
Channel 4’s newest series, It’s a Sin, is a compelling portrait of 1980s gay youth, sexual freedom and the beginnings of HIV epidemic
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The Prom – the inclusive feel-good musical we all needed?
Film
Lauryn Berry shares her views on ‘The Prom’, Netflix’s adaptation of the hit Broadway musical starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman
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