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    Preview: The Manchester Writing Competition Shortlist 2014

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    By Dan J Broadley The Manchester Writing Competition is now in its sixth year. Since its start, it has attracted over twelve thousand submissions from over fifty countries, awarding over £75,000 in the process. The winners of this year’s £10,000 fiction and poetry prizes are to be announced this Friday 17th October by Adam O’Riordan…

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    Hilda Kean on the Pet Massacre of WWII

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    By Sojourner McKenzie On Monday evening at Manchester Metropolitan University, as part of the Humanities in Public series Animal Worlds, Dr Hilda Kean, visiting professor at the University of Greenwich, gave a talk on the little known cat and dog massacre that occurred on the first week of the Second World War. Dr Kean explained…

  • Entertainment, News

    A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness book review

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    By Joanna Shaw A Discovery of Witches was recommended to me and I was a little dubious at first, however, the plot seemed a lot more adult orientated rather than teenage girls pining over a sparkly vampire like the Twilight series. I started the book cautiously, convincing myself that it wouldn’t entertain me, but how…

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    MMU Veggie and Vegan Fair

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    By Sojourner McKenzie It has just gotten easier to go Vegan in Manchester. On Wednesday 8th October, Humanities in Public (HiP) hosted the first Veggie Fair, in which Manchester Metropolitan University societies and local animal rights campaigners came to the university to promote and raise awareness of all things animal loving. Co-convenor of the event, Gervase Phillips told…

  • Interview, News

    University Represented At Science Festival Launch

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    By Neil Harrison Manchester Metropolitan University staff were out in force last week to help launch the Manchester Science Festival 2014. At the packed – and proper Northern – event, held by Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), scientists and academics mixed with local celebrities and members of the public to enjoy great music,…

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