• Lifestyle, News

    The Luke Bitmead Bursary Award 2014

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    By Jacqueline Grima In August of this year, after receiving half a dozen or so rejections from literary agents, I decided to submit the manuscript of my unpublished novel, Coming Second, to the Luke Bitmead Bursary, a free-to-enter annual competition for unpublished novelists that specifically targets writers whose personal circumstances such as disability, a caring…

  • Lifestyle, News

    In Conversation with Sally Wainwright

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    By Ruth Cornish BAFTA-award winning Sally Wainwright is one of the most celebrated current writers on British TV. On Friday afternoon, Manchester Metropolitan University had the honour of being her host. For an hour she took part in a question and answer session with the university’s own scriptwriting lecturer, Julie Wilkinson, along with many students…

  • Lifestyle, News, Sport

    Football, Culture & Capital

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    By Jake Shepherd “When you arrive in England for football it’s a paradise.” – Eric Cantona The above quotation, used to describe English football and made by the iconic Manchester United forward ‘King Eric’, was the embodiment of David Goldblatt’s keynote speech at the Football and Culture conference held at Manchester Metropolitan University. Corresponding with…

  • Entertainment, News

    Revisiting ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

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    By Callum Willmott “I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.” HAL 9000 Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a cinematic journey through time and space. Re-released in conjunction with the BFI’s Days of Fear and Wonder series, the…

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