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19th Mar

'Prescribed' poetry panaceas helping to combat lockdown loneliness

As National Social Prescribing day was celebrated virtually for the first time due to lockdown restrictions, a Manchester-based wellbeing service is...

Members of public sat on a bench in city centre.

10th Mar

| By Fi Hammond

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Snapshot of a city: Manchester's city centre is beginning to return to some version of normal

Despite being in a national lockdown, the sights from Manchester City Centre would beg to differ. After spending a short while on a Thursday...

10th Feb

| By Joseph Hair

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Photographer's images of the city and nature aim to capture 'space beyond the city'

When I meet Simon Buckley I’m sat in my living room. In fact I have a sneaking suspicion he is sat in his too, although it is hard to tell from the...

3rd Feb

| By Tyrese King

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Man Met lecturer Monique Roffey wins Costa Book Award with The Mermaid of Black Conch

A senior lecturer at the at Manchester Metropolitan has won the £30,000 prize 2020 Costa Book Award. Monique Roffey, part of the Writing School...

brexit, beer imports, beer, German beers

29th Jan

| By Matthew Kay

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Red tape and higher prices: the effect of Brexit on Manchester beer imports

A Manchester-based beer wholesaler has told the Northern Quota that Brexit has pushed up beer prices and increased his working hours significantly....

26th Jan

| By Ellie McDermott

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GP practice manager speaks of 'positive' steps as docs begin to roll out Covid-19 vaccination to patients across Manchester

Staff at a Manchester GP's surgery which is rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine have spoken about the 'postive' effects mass vaccination brings. West...

21st Jan

| By Freddie Bruhin-Price

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A short history of the blues which won't make you feel blue

We are surrounded by blue. Blue is the colour of our seas and skies. When we fly in planes, when we go swimming in the ocean, we are shrouded in blue...

Bus going down Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield.

19th Jan

| By Emily Mcintyre

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Manchester students call for action over increase of sexual assaults and harassment in Fallowfield

"I often hold my keys like a knife in my hands and put my phone in my bra," says 20-year-old psychology student Efa Ashman. Efa is one of...

7th Jan

| By Freddie Bruhin-Price

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Ancient Egyptians associated it with the sun and Klimt gave it a Kiss: a short history of gold

Gold is as alluring today as it was thousands of years ago. Nothing shines quite like it. But how has its role and appeal changed through the ages?...