16 Days of Activism: Poet Kim Moore and Prof Khatidja Chantler to spotlight domestic homicide in campaign against gender-based violence
By Immy Burgess “Why do we know that one in three women experience violence, but we don’t…
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16 Days of Activism – Day 1: Everyday Sexism Founder Laura Bates and poet Kim Moore call for urgent change at festival to end gender-based violence
By Immy Burgess and Lowri SimmonsFeatured image and gallery: Molly Goble Manchester Metropolitan University’s 16 Days of Activism…
16 Days of Activism: Poet and activist Clare Shaw – “Poetry is an incredibly powerful tool for helping us to connect with each other”
By Morgan Stewart, Sumayyah Mussa and Megan Hall As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against…
Kate Nash on the state of the industry and her “Butts 4 Tour Buses” OnlyFans
Featured image: Alice Baxley Kate Nash is a name we all know and love – her breakout…
16 Days of Activism: Forward Prize-winning poet Malika Booker – “There’s a power in speaking out”
By Lowri Simmons, Megan Hall, Imogen Lambert-Baker, Freya BarwellFeatured image: Siro Micheroli Manchester Metropolitan University is hosting…
“Writing is a lifelong thing,” New York Times bestselling author Abi Daré inspires writers at the tenth National Creative Writing Industry Day
Featured image: Abi Daré by Edith Powell The largest conference for aspiring writers in the North returned…
16 Days of Activism: Feminist writer and activist Laura Bates – “I know how big of an impact it can make to simply see your own story told and to know you’re not alone”
By Imogen Lambert-Baker, Freya Barwell, Lowri Simmons, Megan HallFeatured image: Laura Bates “I’ve seen policy makers change…
16 Days of Activism: Forward Prize-winning poet Kim Moore – “If I’d had those conversations when I was an 18-year-old girl, it would have changed my life.”
By Immy BurgessFeatured image: Lorna Elizabeth aAh! speaks to 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Festival…
21 classic indie-rock songs you *almost definitely* haven’t heard before
Featured image: Mexican Pets, Nobody’s Working Title – Blunt Records Pinning down a genre as sprawling as…
Punk Rock Factory, The Hara, Bronnie @ Manchester Academy gallery – silly rock and punk sausages
Punk Rock Factory have gained a growing following over the years for their punky covers of well-known…
Khruangbin @ O2 Apollo review – Transcendental pilgrimage through a lava-lamp microcosm
Featured image: Jackie Lee Young / Shorefire Media Houston trio, Khruangbin, headed to the Apollo on Monday…
From Brutalism to Tangk: The sonic evolution of IDLES
Featured image: Sonic PR Ahead of their three-night residency at the Apollo in December, music journalist Leah…
Publishers call for dedicated reading spaces in schools as children’s reading for pleasure hits record low
By Megan Levick and Lily Barry. Featured image: Andrea Piacquadio via Pexels “The decline in children reading…
Sports Team @ Club Academy review – a band looking more at home than ever always stick the landing
Featured Image: Lauren Maccabee Sports Team frontman Alex Rice has an impish relationship with the internet. In…
Xiu Xiu @ St Mary’s Parish Church review – experimental pop excursions come to Stockport
Featured image and gallery: Sophie Robinson Following the release of their fourteenth album, 13” Frank Beltrame Italian…