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Daisy Jones and The Six: Drugs and desire

Daisy Jones and The Six: Drugs and desire

‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ both romanticises and tears down the 70s lust for the ‘Rock & Roll’ scene. Straying from the original plot of the book, is the show’s portrayal of destruction empowering or disheartening?
Outer Banks Season 3: Treasure or tragic?

Outer Banks Season 3: Treasure or tragic?

Outer Banks is back for its third season of treasure-digging, jungle-frenzied, teenage romance debut. Despite its highly anticipated return, can the show continue its legacy of success?
Romanticising life with a Crème Brûlée

Romanticising life with a Crème Brûlée

Reject the ‘special occasion’ mindset and start romanticising your everyday, being bougie on a budget.
New survey finds UoM second most romantic UK University

New survey finds UoM second most romantic UK University

61.74% of students at the University of Manchester meet a romantic partner at university, and 21% find love.
Sashay away to the sofa: The best TV shows to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History month

Sashay away to the sofa: The best TV shows to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History month

The Mancunion has five of the best LGBTQIA+ television shows that you can binge this LGBTQIA+ History Month!
Bones and All review: A bloody mess

Bones and All review: A bloody mess

Bones and All has been set up to be a gory revision of Romeo and Juliet fuelled by cannibalistic addiction and love. With a strong cast and alluring cinematography, why did it feel lacklustre?
Agony Aunt Angela: A library full of possibilities

Agony Aunt Angela: A library full of possibilities

Flustered, a distracted student reaches out to Aunt Angela about a library crush. But is it possible to overcome your fears and find love in the Ali G? Or should they just keep dreaming from afar?
Normalising vulnerability and consent: How Normal People made us fall in love with sex

Normalising vulnerability and consent: How Normal People made us fall in love with sex

The ‘Normal People’ TV adaptation depicts an authentic sexual intimacy and vulnerability that many shows – and real life relationships – seem to lack these days
Are romantic relationships really important?

Are romantic relationships really important?

King Peter of Portugal killed because of love, but is it really all that? Laura Thompson questions whether love is really as important as it is made out to be
WH3R3 4 4RT TH0U R0M30? Digital dating in the coronazone

WH3R3 4 4RT TH0U R0M30? Digital dating in the coronazone

Has the internet finally conquered the world of love and sex? How can I conduct my extra-marital affair during lockdown? Is it socially responsible to go dogging if I suspect I have Covid-19?
Review: And Then We Danced

Review: And Then We Danced

And Then We Danced is a deeply emotional, subtle romance which avoids preachiness and pretentiousness by conveying its message through music and dance, writes Michal Wasilewski
All you need is love…and presents?

All you need is love…and presents?

Celebrate your bae this Valentine’s Day
Déjà-Review: Blue Valentine

Déjà-Review: Blue Valentine

Love, loss and everything in between, Deputy Film Editor Josh Sandy takes a look back at Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine
For the love of food

For the love of food

‘Food is a way to nurture and nourish, to bond with someone’. Kate Fawcett shares her thoughts on food, love and relationships.
For the love of money

For the love of money

Sophia Ashby delves into the history of Valentine’s Day, because all relationships have complicated pasts.
Review: A Star is Born

Review: A Star is Born

Emotional, funny, and featuring a killer soundtrack, A Star is Born will surely go down as one of 2018’s greatest films.
Review: A Fantastic Woman

Review: A Fantastic Woman

Sebastian Lelio’s Oscar-winning drama is captivating and poignant, writes Gina Agnew

Review: God’s Own Country

A staggeringly poetic debut feature film by director Francis Lee, speaks volumes of the intertwining nature of ferocity, kindness, and love

Review: Passengers

Passengers attempts to reach for the stars with its sinister plot but ends up getting lost in space instead

Review: La La Land

La La Land is an homage to jazz which neglects to ultimately pay any viable homage to jazz