Our week in the News
18th December 2025
The Worst Films of 2025
In a year of great films, 2025 also had some truly awful releases. Here are the worst of the worst.
Bus strikes and billionaires: How drivers stood up for Manchester
Are poor pay, working conditions and privatisation posing a threat to the network that keeps Manchester alive? Why you should care about the recent bus strikes.
Gender in Little Women
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women remains one of the most enduring examinations of gender, identity, and societal expectation in nineteenth‑century America.
Live review: mark william lewis at The White Hotel
The A24 Music signee brings his brand of bleak-pop to Salford. It’s strange, beguiling, beautiful – and heavier than you might expect
Vietnam is still attempting to restructure its economy
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Exploring hidden marine species with Steve Vernon
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Politics
Interest in Education, Interest for the Rest of Your Life
Graduates have erupted in anger after Rachel Reeves froze the plan 2 repayment threshold at £29,385, sparking protests over fairness and generational inequity
Manchester’s Good Growth Fund: Is This What The City Needs?
GMCA has announced £1 billion in housing and workspace funding – but where is the funding going, and who will really benefit?
Chinese government interference in British universities
Is Chinese government interference in British universities something people should be concerned about?
Mixed reactions to Zack Polanski’s The Rest Is Politics Interview Raise Questions about Future Support
The appearance of the new Green Party leader on ‘The Rest is Politics’ podcast has fuelled debates online about his suitability for governance
Manchester’s Good Growth Fund: Is This What The City Needs?
GMCA has announced £1 billion in housing and workspace funding – but where is the funding going, and who will really benefit?
Chinese government interference in British universities
Is Chinese government interference in British universities something people should be concerned about?
Mixed reactions to Zack Polanski’s The Rest Is Politics Interview Raise Questions about Future Support
The appearance of the new Green Party leader on ‘The Rest is Politics’ podcast has fuelled debates online about his suitability for governance
How Formula One pit stops revolutionised surgery
Two doctors visited Formula One teams to observe their pit crews, and what they learned changed how surgery was performed at the Great Ormond Street Hospital
Be Part of Research: How clinical trials can change your life
Young people are severely underrepresented in health and care research trials: so, what can you do to change that?
The hunt for a cure: new hope for Huntington’s disease
New hope for Huntington’s patients emerge as it has been treated successfully for the first time
Can every geometric shape pass through itself?
After centuries of mathematical research into the well-known “Rupert” property, new shape has been recently discovered that cannot pass through itself
Was Freud right? The psychology behind “Daddy Issues”
Emerging research suggests that partner choice is shaped by an interplay of biological factors, early familiarity, and social influence, revealing that attraction is a complex process
16th February 2026
One month isn’t enough: Why eating disorder awareness month can’t be confined to February
Eating disorder awareness month ends on February 28th. The need for awareness doesn’t
Post-grad panic: What are final year students thinking?
As we reach the end of the year, we ask four final years about their upcoming post-graduate plans
Higher education is for everyone, despite Rachel Reeves’ best efforts
Changes to student loan repayments will force students to evaluate university as a personal financial investment, threatening to make university even more exclusive
Is 2026 the new 2016?: Nostalgic escapism in a digital age
Why are we so desperate to revive 2016? More importantly, what does this say about our reluctance to accept the present?
Marxism is as relevant as ever – a response to The Mancunion
As elites tighten their grip, economies stall, societies fracture, and imperial violence rages, what exactly makes Marxism so “out of place”?
Videos
Rusholme’s finest sandwich is the Kurdish shawarma at Al-Zain
This Curry Mile favourite serves shawarma and beautifully fresh salad in freshly baked bread, and its affordable food is some of Manchester’s best
25th February 2026
Review: HOME, Roots in the Sky
HOME Manchester proves itself once again to be a space where accessibility, ambition, and experimentation coexist, offering visitors an exhibition that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally resonant
It Requires Getting Lost: Castlefield Gallery hosts opening night
Castlefield Gallery hosts opening night for their latest exhibition, It Requires Getting Lost
A Smile with Bite : Reviewing Give us a smile, SWEETIE by Evita Ziemele
A review of Give is a smile, SWEETIE by Evita Ziemele, Black Redstarts current exhibition. Showing 31st October-29th November 2025.
Artist Acts Against the Fetishizing of Polynesian Culture: Darwin in Paradise Camp Review
The Whitworth’s new exhibit, Yuki Kihara’s Darwin in Paradise Camp, is a chance to fix the tint on the glasses we see the world with
