• Creative, News

    The Protector

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    By Louis Brierley  from my little window I watch him leave at five-thirty and arrive at ten-thirty and I give him my best smile he turns away and runs inside and locks all doors and windows firmly I sigh and know he is safe but if problems arise I have my own keys  * now…

  • Lifestyle, News

    Maggie Gee in Conversation with Gregory Norminton

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    By Jamie Ryder If creativity represents an ocean, then the written word flows as a river towards its source. Literature is the beating heart that supplies knowledge to the body of society. Writers are a unique breed and no two are the same. It seemed only fitting, therefore, that a particular writer should speak about…

  • Entertainment, News

    ‘Get On Up’ Film Review

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    By Lucas Berry Get On Up is Tate Taylor’s biopic drama of the late James Brown. The film charts Brown’s rise to fame, from his complex and impoverished childhood to god-like status in music. While demonstrating the large body of music Brown was responsible for, the film does not condense the rich tapestry of his…

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year, after receiving half a dozen or so rejections from literary agents, I decided to submit the manuscript of my unpublished novel, Coming Second, to the Luke Bitmead Bursary, a free-to-enter annual competition for unpublished novelists that specifically targets writers whose personal circumstances such as disability, a caring…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

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