The Trip To Echo Spring
This week saw Olivia Laing visit Manchester to discuss her new book The Trip To Echo Spring.…
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Rooting for success – The Big Dig at MMU
By Sarah Douglas Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) was recently awarded status of one of the UK’s greenest…
An African Afternoon
Students of the Politics department at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) were treated to a discussion session with…
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Cosmetics or cosmetic surgery? Tummy crunch or tummy tuck? Boost bra or boob job? In the words…
Four things Evie Wyld told us about herself and her writing
By Sam Green At a packed International Anthony Burgess Foundation, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) hosted Evie Wyld,…
The People’s Budget
By Neil Harrison As George Osborne’s budget statement is dissected in all corners of the media this…
Review: Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay
By Naomi Daniel I first came across this book in June, last year, when it was given…
The Blue Tortoise
Words by: Sadna Choudhury My shoelace is gone off. I can’t tie it like Mummy can. It…
How Should Young People Burst The Westminster Bubble?
Words and Photographs by Neil Harrison The iDebate, Manchester Town Hall, 11th March: ‘A Generation of Young People…
World War One & The Ukraine Crisis – ‘The Pity of War’ Reconsidered
Words by Joshua Hill Niall Ferguson’s The Pity of War became strikingly relevant last week as, nearly…
Bob Crow 1961 – 2014
When London Mayor Boris Johnson said: “I’m shocked. Bob Crow was a fighter and a man of…
LGBT in Punk Culture
‘“I’m the shy boy, you’re the coy boy”: Punk, LGBT culture and politics in Britain’ – Dr…
21st Century Feminism
Feminism in the 21st Century event, 5th March 2014, The Friends Meeting House Organised to highlight…
Facing Prejudice: Negotiating the Cultural Politics of Identity
Key speaker: Dr Meena Dhanda, Monday 3rd March 2014, Manchester Metropolitan University, Geoffrey Manton Building The final…
Holocaust Survivor Joanna Millan on how we should remember the Holocaust
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – Because I was not…