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    At Home with the Lower Middle Class

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    At Home With the Lower-Middle Class: Business, Family and Households in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century North West, Professor Hannah Barker, Geoffrey Manton Building, 19th February 2014 Words by Lisa Burns Sexual politics, family feuds, religious tensions, secret love affairs between master and servant; it sounds like the stuff of soap operas, but it was all…

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    Ruben The Clown

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    Written by Malachy O’Neill This man is a clown. Not in a derogatory sense. Not an idiot or a fool but an actual bona fide, fully qualified clown. During his formative years at Clown College he dreamt of entertaining the masses with juggling tricks, squirting daisies and hijinks. He was top of his class. He contributed…

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    Actress Ellen Page Reveals Her Sexuality: Should It Be News?

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      On Friday 14th February, actress Ellen Page gave a speech at the Human Rights Campaign‘s ‘Time to Thrive’ conference in Las Vegas. As part of an inspiring talk on the problems of intolerance toward homosexuality, she came out as gay, the video of which you can see below. After the initial and predictable reactions…

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    Does Sexual Harassment Matter in Philosophy?

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      Words by Justine Chamberlain. As a subject, philosophy conjures up the image of dusty, old, and wealthy white men, writing great tomes for great men to study. This season’s free public lectures at Manchester Metropolitan University challenge this archetype.    The Humanities in Public lecture series, designed to stop the humanities from being ‘locked…

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    Out of Sight, Out of Mind

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      It’s late at night, you’re dressed just in your pyjamas. You’re confused, scared. Someone or something is trying to hurt you. You get bundled in the back of a vehicle by people you don’t know, and driven miles away. If you have mental health needs in Manchester, that could very well be your experience….

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