The Manchester Open Exhibition at HOME opened its doors to the public at the weekend. The exhibition displays 543 works from across Greater Manchester, including paintings, photography, print, audio-visual, and spoken word. aAh! Magazine sent three of its best art and culture reviewers to take the pulse at the show. As well as getting a sneak preview…
By Elijah Macbean The Simpsons character Apu has recently been the centre of controversy, derided for being an outdated and racist stereotype of Indian people. Springfield’s beloved Kwik-E-Mart has been forced to close for good and its owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon faces deportation into obscurity after voice actor Hank Azaria recently resigned from the role. Surprisingly,…
By Amber Bogumil Klarna is a company that provides online financial services to people worldwide through a range of different businesses, in order to give people an easier way to pay for items. Their slogan is ‘shop now, pay later’ – by splitting the payments over a period of time. However, payment services such as…
By Ellie Tyson Aussie band Tame Impala have released the fourth single from their upcoming album The Slow Rush. “When we were living in squalor, wasn’t it heaven / Back when we used to get on it four out of seven” – the opening lines of the track sound like most of our uni days…
Words and photography by Lucy Tibbs Transforming the O2 Ritz into a safe space for deep melancholic contemplation whilst simultaneously seducing the crowd into a state of bottomless reverie is no easy feat, but that is exactly what The Japanese House accomplished. The Dirty Hit artist was returning for the first time to the city…
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