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University round-up: Redundancies, Student Publicatio...
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Pro-Palestine groups occupy the Roscoe Building
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My life has been failing the Bechdel test – and...
We need to politicise mental health
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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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Spot checks on international students attendance set ...
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Celebrity style guide #6: Michael Schumacher
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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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Thundercat live in Manchester: Bassist of all time?
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Reading should be for joy, not health
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Making Manchester #1: Anna Marsden
Four women who make the art world a better place
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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...
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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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Review: No Pay? No Way!
Theatre
No Pay? No Way!, a contemporary retelling of Dario Fo’s Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, is a raw reflection of reality that has you laughing through the pain
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Review: The Time Machine
Theatre
The Time Machine is a fun, frivolous and unfaithful adaptation of H. G. Wells’ sci-fi novella
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Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness and ridiculing the rich
Film
Palme-d’Or-winning Triangle of Sadness is a wild, cynical satire ridiculing the rich in all possible ways.
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Aha! Alan Partridge comes to Manchester
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Stratagem, starring Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge, plays at Manchester’s AO Arena as part of its UK tour
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How to: win an SU election
Features
Taking into account the behaviours and trends of past SU elections, here’s a handy (satirical) guide to winning your Officer campaign…
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Don’t look at the Don’t Look Up reviews
Film
Jay Darcy argues that the critical response to Don’t Look Up highlights the importance of the movie
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Don’t Look Up: No need for subtlety in McKay’s perfect satire for the modern world
Film
Full of black humour and intentional heavy-handedness, Don’t Look Up is a hilarious satire for our times and a wake-up call for humanity.
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Britain’s love of political satire has birthed the likes of Boris
Opinion
Clementine Lawrence explores the ways in which political satire has become a double-edged sword
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Review: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson
Theatre
Alexia Pieretti reviews The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson at the Lowry
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Is it Art? The house with too many sockets
Arts
In this week’s Is it Art?, Chess Bradley examines a house in Pinner with too many sockets
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Cold War Steve: Art for the Brexit Age
Arts
Is Cold War Steve the artist we need in these times of political uncertainty?
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Is it art?: MyManchester
Arts
In this ‘Is it Art?’, Chess Bradley considers whether the new MyManchester website can be considered art
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MIFTA Season: Preview: The Greatest Tory Ever Told
Theatre
Anuli Changa talks to writer and co-director Roman Armstrong about the process of creating The Greatest Tory Ever Told
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Lean In: a satire
Lifestyle
Buckle up: the girl you love to hate spills her secrets on how to have it all.
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Review: Network
Film
The four time Academy Award winning satirical classic
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The raw food reality
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What happened when we logged the play-by-play of America’s most extreme diet
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Alternative uses: Coconut oil
Books
This wonder-fat has hit the nation by storm, appearing both in the kitchen and the bathroom cupboards. From fat burning to flavouring, moisturising to cleansing, is there anything this palm extract can’t do?
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The Student Survey misses the point
Opinion
Elliott Mills examines what the questionnaire tells us about university life
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Cheese pie
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Food Editor and local vegan Ellie Gibbs whips up this healthy version of a pub food classic
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Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon is not what you think
Opinion
Lioui Benhamou attempts to diffuse the controversy surrounding Charlie Hebdo’s latest divisive cartoon
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