• Entertainment, News

    The Judge – A Duval and Downey Duet.

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    By Mark Pajak Who else but Robert Downey Jr could make pissing on someone’s shoes seem lovable? Open on a courthouse urinal where Downey’s character Hank Palmer (a skilled yet mercenary defence attorney) is mid-stream. Then the council for the prosecution taps him on the shoulder, Downey turns bodily and splash – a whole audience…

  • Entertainment, News

    Revisting ‘Withnail and I’

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    By Callum Willmott Ever since my first viewing, two moments have always struck me in Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I; the first of these being the film’s opening. Set to the sounds of A Whiter Shade of Pale (covered here by King Curtis), the camera sluggishly zooms in on a downtrodden Paul McGann. The second,…

  • News

    Companions, Captives, Commodities

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    By Neil Harrison The Humanities in Public festival’s Animal Worlds strand ended last night in eclectic style. Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) academics from across three separate humanities disciplines came together to each deliver a short lecture on an animal-related topic. The resulting mix of themes, topics and approaches was a fitting – and engaging –…

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    The Manchester Writing Competition 2014 Prize-Giving Ceremony

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    “I am so grateful to all the judges, to Carol Ann Duffy and the whole of Manchester Metropolitan University Writing School. This has completely changed my life.” – 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize Winner, Martin MacInnes “It is a really special competition that has given me such a boost to my confidence.” – 2014 Manchester Poetry…

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