Professor David Crystal, Language and the Internet, Monday, 11th March, 6pm, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU Words by Megan Lucie Adams Photo from lidahibu.com Language is something we can all take for granted and it is often something many of us believe we can use, shape and mould as we wish. In a world where Twitter…

The Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research, Wednesday, 27th February, 6pm, Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU Professor Jonathan Culpeper’s lecture, ‘Impoliteness: using language to cause offence,’ succeeded in three regards; it was interesting, informative, and crammed with laugh-out-loud humour. Held on Wednesday, 27thFebruary, in MMU’s Geoffrey Manton building, Lecture Theatre 4 was filled with a whole…

Words by Siobhán O’Toole Dr Michael Kwame Dzeamesi posed this question to his audience this Wednesday afternoon through his informative and thought-provoking seminars and discussions on, ‘How Africans Define Poverty’, and ‘Political culture and Democratic Governance in Africa’. Dr Dzeamesi aimed and succeeded to highlight the realities of poverty in Africa, and the difficulties concerning our…

It’s almost that time of year again! With Red Nose day fast approaching, avid bakers across the UK have been donning their aprons and beating their batters into an array of mouth-watering delights! The Great Comic Relief Bake Off may be over, but that hasn’t stopped Manchester Metropolitan University from jumping on the bandwagon and…

Dr Linnie Blake discusses zombies, horror and the value of HumanitiesWords by Sophie Bannister Gothicist and Principal Lecturer in Film Dr Linnie Blake Welcome to the very first Talking Heads, where we explore why the Humanities matter in today’s society. In this week’s instalment, Student Press Office journalist Sophie Bannister talks to Dr Linnie Blake…