By Nguyen Bui Vu Every year since 1929, the global film industry holds its biggest celebration in the form of the Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars. This year’s Oscars ceremony, now in its 90th iteration, was held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Host of the evening was none other than Jimmy Kimmel,…
By Grace Atkinson Manchester Metropolitan University’s RAH! programme presented ‘Green Noise and Gravestones’ this week, a reading of poetry and prose hosted by poet and Manchester Met professor Jean Sprackland. The evening was introduced by Manchester Met’s Pro Vice Chancellor for Education, Professor Helen Laville. Laville said, “Jean’s inaugural lecture today draws upon two of…
By Megan James Internationally renowned artist John Stezaker’s surreal collages have touched down at Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery. Regarded as one of the leading artists in contemporary photographic collage and appropriation, the British born artist uses vintage photographs, old film stills and natural landscape postcards, to create new personalities and scenes. Stezaker has been exhibiting…
By Megan James Down a dimly lit basement, walls humming from the rapid beats, while revellers swarm to the decks ecstatically thirsty to be entertained, you’ll find the lads of Honeypot, a DJ collaborative taking over Manchester’s student nightlife scene. With Honeypot’s 1st birthday rapidly approaching, we take a closer look into how two students have…
By Emma Greensill The Shape of Water is not the most typical love story, yet it’s one of the most touching to hit the screens in a long time. The unique relationship that forms between the most unlikely of companions is set in the US in the early 60s with the growing tensions between the US…
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