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University round-up: Redundancies, Student Publicatio...
Who’s standing in Manchester’s Mayoral El...
Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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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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We need to politicise mental health
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Lower entry requirements for international students? ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
Declan McKenna live in Manchester: Seamlessly mixing ...
Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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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
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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
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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
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...
Chungking Express: Intoxicating youthful cinema | UoM...
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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My Beautiful Laundrette review: Nationalism, racial tensions, and political turmoil
Theatre
Lacking a fresh political perspective, entertaining with classic tunes and compelling design, My Beautiful Laundrette takes stage at The Lowry
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Just one third of students feel security keeps students safe on campus
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Nearly three quarters of those interviewed felt that race played a role in the likelihood of a person encountering campus security
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Widening pay gap exposed at the University of Manchester
News
A report released by the University of Manchester reveals the ethnicity pay gap has widened, but the university insists that equal pay is given for work of equal value.
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Redefining “The Safe Space”: Black Girls’ Space
Features
Black Girl’s Space disproves orthodox notions of what safe spaces are, and what they achieve
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Loyle Carner’s ‘hugo’ inspires us to reflect, to relate, and to take action
Music
Carner moves away from laid-back, mellow beats to intense, emotion driven tracks fuelled with deep political and personal thoughts in ‘hugo’
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Review: The White Card
Theatre
Miriam Jarvis reviews The White Card at HOME
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Review: Candy Floss
Theatre
Miriam Jarvis reviews Candy Floss at HOME
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Five books to decolonise your bookshelf
Books
Bana Mustafa considers the importance of reading decolonial literature and the need to decolonise your bookshelf.
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Opinion: Netflix’s Hollywood is a liberal fantasy
Film
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy problematises the wish-fulfilment fantasy approach that Netflix have taken with their new series Hollywood
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In conversation: Winsome Pinnock
Theatre
Anna Jin interviews the award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock ahead of her play Rockets and Blue Lights
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Review: As British as a Watermelon – TURN ON FEST
Theatre
Claudia Langley reviews As British as a Watermelon at Hope Mill Theatre
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Review: Split/Mixed
Theatre
Anna Jin reviews SPLIT/MIXED at the Royal Exchange Theatre
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Meghan and Harry are finally getting their happily ever after
Opinion
Jay Darcy discusses the latest media flurry about Harry and Meghan and their recent choice to depart from the Royal Family
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Review: PLAYLAND
Theatre
Dolly Busby reviews PLAYLAND, the last play written by Athol Fugard under Apartheid
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Review: Queens of Sheba
Theatre
Kayleigh Crawford reviews Queens of Sheba, which is part of HOME’s Orbit Festival and Black History Month
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From Poverty to Poetry: Natives by Akala
Books
Alia Nawaz reviews Akala’s politically-charged book Natives
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Review: Hair the Musical
Theatre
Louise Avey reviews a revival of Hair the Musical at the Palace Theatre
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Review: ‘The White Card’ by Claudia Rankine
Books
Amy Hagan reviews ‘The White Card’ a one-act play that marks award-winning poet Claudia Rankine’s first book since ‘Citizen’ and first piece of drama
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Review: ‘It’s Not About the Burqa’, edited by Mariam Khan
Books
Urussa Malik reviews ‘It’s not about the Burqa’ a collection of intersectional essays by Muslim women, edited by Mariam Khan
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Review: Barber Shop Chronicles
Theatre
Anuli Changa reviews the incredible Barber Shop Chronicles at the Royal Exchange in association with Contact Theatre
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