• Lifestyle, Manchester, News

    CARA: Council for At-Risk Academics

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    By Daniel J. Broadley  Manchester Metropolitan University’s ‘Humanities in Public’ Festival has returned once again with a series of mind-opening talks and events. The first theme of the 2015/16 season is ‘WAR’ and was kicked off with an informative talk, with a personal twist, from CARA; the Council for At-Risk Academics. CARA are a UK…

  • Creative, Lifestyle

    The Sheer Escapist Joy of Being a Mature Student

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    By Vick Jones Its quiet, its cold, the windows have condensation on them. You can feel the autumnal force of a summer almost forgotten. You count to three and make yourself get out of bed…and then it begins. Get the children up, get them dressed, sort their breakfast, make their lunches, walk the dog, feed…

  • Entertainment, Review

    Doctor Who Series 9 Review: Before the Flood

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    By Jack Rea SPOILER WARNING – DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE This week saw the conclusion to last week’s suspenseful opener, and as such had a lot to explain. Most importantly the questions on everybody’s minds, is the Doctor really dead and where did his ghost come from? Unlike the…

  • Entertainment, Manchester, Review

    Northern Broadsides’ Production of The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare

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    By Stephen Hargadon A “sad tale’s best for winter”, says Hermione’s son Mamillius, and this production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale by Northern Broadsides opens in a suitably spartan, sombre space. White walls, white doors – a wintry, stately, somewhat forbidding setting. It looks like 1990s loft conversion, faintly industrial and clinical. The play opens…

  • Entertainment, Manchester, Review

    Gig Review: Peace

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    By Jack Rea On the first night of October, with the drunken haze of fresher’s week finally wearing off and for those younger a new school year already the norm, a predominantly student crowd waits with anticipation for Peace’s sold-out gig at the Manchester Academy. Peace, often dismissed by the nay-sayers as having little depth…

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