From pub crawls to Freshers' events, drinking can feel unavoidable, and sobriety can feel isolating. Here's how to miss out on the hangovers, not the fun
Alica MacDonald's 'Finding Emily' provides an inventive spin on the rom-com for a modern audience thanks to a strong sense of place – and UoM's campus
Russell T. Davies shares insight at Manchester's SCENE Festival about his hit Channel 4 shows exploring queerness, community and adversity
In short: yes, but it is much more complicated than that
Lacking a fresh political perspective, entertaining with classic tunes and compelling design, My Beautiful Laundrette takes stage at The Lowry
Nearly three quarters of those interviewed felt that race played a role in the likelihood of a person encountering campus security
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.
Black Girl’s Space disproves orthodox notions of what safe spaces are, and what they achieve
Carner moves away from laid-back, mellow beats to intense, emotion driven tracks fuelled with deep political and personal thoughts in ‘hugo’
Miriam Jarvis reviews The White Card at HOME
Miriam Jarvis reviews Candy Floss at HOME
Bana Mustafa considers the importance of reading decolonial literature and the need to decolonise your bookshelf.
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy problematises the wish-fulfilment fantasy approach that Netflix have taken with their new series Hollywood
Claudia Langley reviews As British as a Watermelon at Hope Mill Theatre
Jay Darcy discusses the latest media flurry about Harry and Meghan and their recent choice to depart from the Royal Family
Dolly Busby reviews PLAYLAND, the last play written by Athol Fugard under Apartheid
Kayleigh Crawford reviews Queens of Sheba, which is part of HOME’s Orbit Festival and Black History Month
Alia Nawaz reviews Akala’s politically-charged book Natives
Louise Avey reviews a revival of Hair the Musical at the Palace Theatre
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
Urussa Malik reviews ‘It’s not about the Burqa’ a collection of intersectional essays by Muslim women, edited by Mariam Khan
Anuli Changa reviews the incredible Barber Shop Chronicles at the Royal Exchange in association with Contact Theatre
Sam Bronheim reviews Sabrina Mahfouz’s adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses at The Lowry
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