The launch of Left Unity, a campaign to form a new party on the left of British politics, began a process that has needed to happen for a long time, but past mistakes must be avoided, argue Rachel Archer and Josh Davies. The Left is weak. It lacks the influence to challenge austerity, much less…

Scene from Gothic Manchester – just one of HiP’s new features Words by Lisa Burns The launch of MMU’s new ‘Humanities in Public’ (HiP) programme last week attracted staff, students, guest speakers and successful alumni. They gathered in the university’s Geoffrey Manton building to kick off the year-long celebration of the Humanities. Hosted by the…

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with Mother Tongue Other Tongue winners Words by Amillah Javed. Drum roll please! The moment finally arrived to award prizes to the students who won the Mother Tongue Other Tongue (MTOT) Competition, 2013.  Mother Tongue Other Tongue launched last year to celebrate the range of languages found in schools across the UK…

Words and photos by Sophie Bannister Whitworth Art Gallery closed its doors earlier this month with a bang and a spray of colour in the form of the Whitworth Weekending Festival, and (lucky me!) the whole thing took place five minutes from my house. The festival, which was mainly based outdoors in Whitworth Park, was…