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Tell the Truth: XR Placard
Extinction Rebellion protestors block of Deansgate road to highlight climate emergency
30th Aug |
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Travel
Matt's top 10 places he'd love to visit - Matt signs off from NQ
29th Aug |
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Internet network
Matt's top 5 internet distractions - Matt signs off from NQ
29th Aug |
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Book
Matt's top 5 inspirational books - Matt signs off from NQ
28th Aug |
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Floppy Disk
Matt's top 10 video games of his childhood
28th Aug |
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Film
Matt's top 10 obscure films - Matt signs off from NQ
27th Aug |
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Record
Matt's top 10 most influential albums - Matt signs off from NQ
27th Aug |
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Matt Hartless
Editor Matt Hartless signs off after a year with the Northern Quota
27th Aug |
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Manchester Stations Ticket
Commuters left angry after another hike in rail prices is announced
14th Aug |
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Manchester Pride. Photo credit: Man Alive! on Wikimedia Commons
What's happening in Manchester this August?
8th Aug |
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Central Retail Park Manchester
Trees not cars - Campaign group try to petition city council to turn old retail park into green space rather than new parking lot
5th Aug |
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A NASA picture of a solar flare
Wasted clothing, overpopulation and sustainable farming - why is Earth Overshoot Day today?
29th Jul |
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Not A Cult Festival 2019
Music festivals save 37m litres of water meaning people live more sustainably claims study
25th Jul |
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Manchester from Kersal Moor in 1857, by William Wylde
Record breaking weather: Could today be Manchester's hottest ever?
25th Jul |
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Bolshi at the Eagle Inn
Greater Manchester to protect and develop its music scene - but will it be enough?
22nd Jul |
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Taxi protest
Tax to lower dangerous emissions - How will Manchester play fair on clean air?
17th Jul |
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Cricket World Cup
England win Cricket World Cup for the first time after match widely described as the sport's best ever game
15th Jul |
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Qantas flight
Missed flights, food poisoning and bad weather: Things to try and avoid on holiday
11th Jul |
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USA Score against France (C) Getty Images
Live updates: Women's World Cup semi final - England v USA
2nd Jul |
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England score against Cameroon (C) Getty Images
Live updates: Women's World Cup quarter final - England v Norway
27th Jun |
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Graphic novels conference poster
International graphic novels conference returns to MMU for the third time for its 20th anniversary
27th Jun |
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Burglary graphic
Police are searching for abseiling thieves after £40k worth of jewellery stolen
26th Jun |
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England celebrate scoring against Japan (C) Getty Images
Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Cameroon
23rd Jun |
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Manchester Day Poster
Manchester Day Parade - Live Updates
23rd Jun |
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England v Argentina (c) Getty Images
Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Japan
19th Jun |
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Common cold virus
Make sure you stand six feet away - some interesting facts about the common cold
19th Jun |
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Cricket World Cup sign
The Cricket World Cup comes to Manchester - England play Afghanistan at Old Trafford
18th Jun |
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Rain stock photo
Why people listen to it to relax, where is it seen most often and what is its smell called - everything you need to know about rain!
17th Jun |
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England celebrate scoring against Scotland. (C) Getty Images
Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Argentina
14th Jun |
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Science children
University of Manchester inspire nearly 60,000 children to get involved with science
14th Jun |
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England lifting the SheBelieves Cup
Live updates: Women's World Cup - England v Scotland
9th Jun |
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START builder's lunches pizza
Mental Health charity in Salford are handing out free pizza to get construction workers talking about mental health
7th Jun |
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MMU Art School Degree Show
School of Art degree show opens 12 day run at MMU
7th Jun |
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Parklife Festival. Photo courtesy of Parklife Festival
Parklife expected to attract 80,000 revellers to Heaton Park this weekend
6th Jun |
Entertainment
Private housing in Moss Side. Photo courtesy of Alex Pepperhill on Flickr
New tenancy protection laws came in on June 1st but will they make a meaningful difference to tenants?
5th Jun |
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Eid illustration
What's happening in the city as Manchester celebrates Eid this week?
4th Jun |
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EU protest March - photo courtesy of ilovetheeu on Wikimedia Commons
Live updates from anti-Trump protest in Manchester
3rd Jun |
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Gina Dowding Green MEP
"We'll go into it as if we're there for the five years" - Newly elected Green MEP Gina Dowding talks environmentalism, the EU Parliament and Brexit
31st May |
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Cricket Match
2019 Cricket World Cup: Everything you need to know
30th May |
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Northern Rail train at Alderley Edge
Northern Rail could lose their contract after Manchester Mayor calls for service to be terminated
30th May |
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Dr Ben Bowman
'I think it's likely we'll still be in Europe for some time yet'
24th May |
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Last year's Envirolution festival. Photo courtesy of Envirolution
Envirolution: Manchester's first official plastic-free festival and entry is free as well!
23rd May |
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Candles in Manchester Cathedral
Two years on: Manchester remembers the victims of the Arena Attack
22nd May |
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Tully Kearney conference
First festival of sports journalism held at MMU
22nd May |
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Man City, Premier League, FA Cup, the treble, football
MMU Festival of Sports Journalism to be held in Geoffrey Manton tomorrow morning
21st May |
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EU parliament composition. Photo courtesy of Glentamara on Wikimedia Commons
Everything you need to know about the 2019 European elections
21st May |
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Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones. Photo courtesy of HBO
A spoiler-filled review for the Game of Thrones series finale
21st May |
Entertainment
Jon and Varys in Game of Thrones
A spoiler-filled review of Game of Thrones season 8 episode 5
14th May |
Entertainment
Aguero equalises for City
Man City retain Premier League title after 4-1 victory at Brighton
13th May |
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Jackie Kay
Connecting Lagos and the Scottish Highlands with Manchester in the middle: Jackie Kay's Red Dust Road comes to HOME this September
9th May |
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Gigg Lane, Bury
End of the Football League season: How have the Manchester teams done?
7th May |
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Targaryen fleet in Game of Thrones
A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 4
7th May |
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Polling station
Local elections live!
3rd May |
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Brienne of Tarth
A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones season 8 episode 3
30th Apr |
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Polling station
Local elections 2019: everything you need to know
29th Apr |
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Manchester Day Parade
10 out of 10 is announced as the theme for this year's Manchester Day
29th Apr |
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St George Cross
A dragonslayer who never visited England: Why do we celebrate St George's Day?
23rd Apr |
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Painted Easter eggs
Chocolate eggs, hot cross buns and on a different date each year: Where does Easter come from?
21st Apr |
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The cross is a symbol of Christianity
The start of Easter, a bank holiday and an important day in the Christian faith: What is Good Friday?
19th Apr |
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Knife and chopping board
Deputy Mayor says funding to prevent knife crime is 'barely a sticking plaster'
18th Apr |
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Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen
A spoiler-filled review for Game of Thrones - Season 8 Episode 1
16th Apr |
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Generic office workplace
University of Manchester report finds the majority of ethnic minority workers have experienced racism in the workplace
15th Apr |
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A form of shrimp
Origins of Europe's climate discovered by UoM scientist in shrimp shells
12th Apr |
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Armed police officer in Manchester
Why you will see more armed police at summer events in the city this year
11th Apr |
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UK and EU Flags
Deals, backstops and flexstentions: What on earth is happening with Brexit?
10th Apr |
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Fletcher Moss Park
Greater Manchester Walking Festival returns for its fifth year this May
9th Apr |
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Banner for the 96
Hillsborough disaster: Greater Manchester Mayor speaks of 'frustration' after jury fails to reach verdict on manslaughter charge
4th Apr |
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Tobacco and cigarettes
Oldham man sentenced after nearly £3,000 worth of counterfeit tobacco found at his business
3rd Apr |
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Professor Brian Cox
Fallowfield Open Observatory and Laboratory to be opened by Professor Brian Cox this morning
1st Apr |
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Land's End, Cornwall
15 places abroad easier to get to from Manchester to have a weekend break than Cornwall
29th Mar |
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær
United hire Solskjær as permanent manager following impressive results in start to the job
28th Mar |
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Empty Supermarket shelves
Manchester loan company reprimanded for 'scaremongering' ad talking up Brexit food shortage fears
27th Mar |
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Scene from Us
Review: Jordan Peele's Us is an unsettling and crazy psychological horror
25th Mar |
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Gamers Unite Poster
Ubisoft to make appearance as Manchester's leading gaming event prepares for its 2019 launch party
21st Mar |
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Kingdom at HOME
¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American festival launches at HOME
21st Mar |
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Spring flowers in snow
Today is the first day of spring 2019: but just what is the vernal equinox?
20th Mar |
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Paul Johnson leaving hospital
Man who fled hospital with drip still attached is jailed for drug offences
19th Mar |
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Student Climate Protest 2019
Students block city centre trams to protest climate change in second school strike in a month
15th Mar |
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Manchester Irish Festival
Wearing green and lazy stereotyping: Everything you need to know about St Patrick's Day
14th Mar |
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Smoking a cigarette
Fire and Rescue Service call on public to help cut down on smoking related fires
13th Mar |
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UK and EU Flags
Brexit Vote Again: Live updates!
12th Mar |
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The offending police car
Police car given parking ticket while officers were making an arrest
8th Mar |
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Knife and chopping board
Greater Manchester Police to use stop and search to combat knife crime
6th Mar |
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Chuka Umunna speaks in parliament
Labour Party defectors: who are the gang of seven?
19th Feb |
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Our Future Our Choice battle bus
Campaigners for a second Brexit referendum take battle bus around universities to win support of young people
12th Feb |
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Trafford fire from above
Residents evacuated after large blaze at commercial premises in Old Trafford
8th Feb |
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Scene from Glass
Review: Glass was very nearly a great film, but in the third act the illusion shatters
5th Feb |
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Sir Graham Brady
EU withdrawal amendments: How did your MP vote?
30th Jan |
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Corbyn v May
Brexit votes: Live updates
29th Jan |
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MDMA in powder form
Dangerous pills are in circulation in Greater Manchester being sold as MDMA
22nd Jan |
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Trevi fountain
What has been happening this week apart from Brexit?
18th Jan |
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Afzal Khan
Theresa May's Brexit deal: Which way did your MP vote?
15th Jan |
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British and EU Flags
Brexit meaningful vote live updates
15th Jan |
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HS2 route into Piccadilly
12 Days of Manchester: 12 is the length in kilometres of the proposed HS2 tunnel
5th Jan |
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New Order performed at last year's MIF
12 Days of Manchester: 11 is a good number of rooms for an art exhibition
4th Jan |
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Constantine court, which has now been demolished
12 Days of Manchester: 10 is the first address I had in Manchester
3rd Jan |
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Tram at Deansgate
12 Days of Manchester: Nine is the number of Metrolink stops in the City Zone
2nd Jan |
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New year's day fireworks 2019
Happy New Year! What NQ is looking forward to in 2019
1st Jan |
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Manchester Arena
12 Days of Manchester: Eight was the age of the youngest victim of the Arena attack
1st Jan |
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NYE fireworks. Credit: Jason M.C., Han
Northern Quota's quiz of 2018: How well can you remember the past year?
31st Dec |
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Casey Birks and Matt Hartless of the Maverick 7
12 Days of Manchester: Seven is the number of mavericks required to form a band
31st Dec |
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Football in 1996
12 days of Manchester: Six is the number of towns that have a football league team
30th Dec |
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Bars on Barlow Moor Road
12 Days of Manchester: Four is the average cost in pounds of a pint in Manchester city centre
28th Dec |
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PUSH Festival Logo
12 Days of Manchester: Three is the number of different types of events at PUSH festival
27th Dec |
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The offending road in Manchester
12 Days of Manchester: Two is the number of houses with the address 443 Manchester Road
26th Dec |
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Northern Quota Christmas logo
Merry Christmas from the Northern Quota - a guide to the festive period
25th Dec |
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One Day Like This
12 Days of Manchester: One is the number of days like this a year that will see Elbow right
25th Dec |
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Clint Eastwood in the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Film Advent Calendar: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly started life as an anti-western but is now considered one of the greatest
24th Dec |
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Joan Plowright and Bernard Hill in Drowning by Numbers
Film Advent Calendar: Abstract surrealism deliberately deconstructs the story in Drowning By Numbers
23rd Dec |
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Guy Pearce in Memento
Film Advent Calendar: Memento is a psychological thriller that finds the perfect way to tell its story
22nd Dec |
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Film Advent Calendar: 2001 a Space Odyssey is an adventure that invites the audience to answer its questions
21st Dec |
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A Clockwork Orange
Film Advent Calendar: A Clockwork Orange's paranoid social commentary had the opposite effect to what was desired
20th Dec |
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Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
Film Advent Calendar: The intricate sci-fi unverse of Blade Runner
19th Dec |
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Jonathan Pryce in Brazil
Film Advent Calendar: The hilarious dystopian satire of Brazil
18th Dec |
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Balrog and Gandalf
Film Advent Calendar: How Lord of the Rings paved the way for sagas
17th Dec |
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The cast of Only Lovers Left Alive
Film Advent Calendar: Incredible music and acting chemistry makes Only Lovers Left Alive the perfect romantic drama
16th Dec |
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Nicole Kidman in the Others
Film Advent Calendar: Less is more when achieving scares in the Others
15th Dec |
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Scene from Cloud Atlas
Film Advent Calendar: The story told through different timelines and intertwining philosophies in Cloud Atlas
14th Dec |
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Battersea power station in Children of Men
Film Advent Calendar: Focusing the camera on the background highlights the paranoia in Children of Men
13th Dec |
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Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in Se7en
Film Advent Calendar: Se7en wraps a mystery up so people can barely comprehend
12th Dec |
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Houses of parliament
Today there will be a vote on the motion of no confidence, so who will be our Prime Minister?
12th Dec |
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Brendan Gleeson in the Guard
Film Advent Calendar: The Guard heightens the crime genre by setting it in apathetic rural Ireland
11th Dec |
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Scene from Stalker
Film Advent Calendar: Stalker ponders the mundanity of our existence despite the magic in its world
10th Dec |
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John Hurt in Alien
Film Advent Calendar: Alien is the perfect example of how to create suspense in horror
9th Dec |
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Bar scene in Inglourious Basterds
Film Advent Calendar: Inglourious Basterds takes history and puts it through a blender to create its own universe
8th Dec |
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Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
Film Advent Calendar: Schindler's List takes an unapologetically bleak look at the history of the Holocaust
7th Dec |
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Doug Jones in Pan's Labyrinth: Credit: Telecinco
Film Advent Calendar: The disobedient fantasy world of Pan's Labyrinth is exquisitely described through its imagery
6th Dec |
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Scene from Waltz With Bashir
Film Advent Calendar: Waltz With Bashir uses amnesia to drive its plot in a dramatisation of PTSD
5th Dec |
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Scene from In Bruges
Film Advent Calendar: In Bruges blends humanity and dark comedy seamlessly
4th Dec |
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A Town Called Panic. Credit: Hammer & Tongs
Film Advent Calendar: A Town Called Panic is the ideal compromise between family film and madcap adventure
3rd Dec |
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Ziyi and Yun-Fat in Crouching Tiger. Credit: Sony Pictures
Film Advent Calendar: Fast paced action develops character in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2nd Dec |
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Revolori and Ronan in Grand Budapest Hotel. Credit: 20th Century Fox
Film Advent Calendar: The absurdist whimsy of the Grand Budapest Hotel
1st Dec |
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Buster Scruggs, Credit: Annapurna Pictures
Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a fantastic reinvention of the Western genre
27th Nov |
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Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody
Review: Is this the real life? Queen biopic plays fast and loose with the facts
15th Nov |
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Muse press pic
Review: Eighth Muse studio album Simulation Theory is a record of two halves
13th Nov |
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Simone Bitmate and Rachel Finnegan in Peterloo
Review: Mike Leigh Peterloo film marking 200th anniversary of massacre lacks direction
4th Nov |
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Shoebox distribution in Romania, courtesy of Samaritan's Purse
Operation Christmas Child calling for donations to help make Christmas a special time for children
1st Nov |
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Still from Videoman
Review: Videoman - Out of time with not much to define it
30th Oct |
Entertainment
Protestors in London
Mancunians join 700k protestors in London on march for second EU referendum
22nd Oct |
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Amsterdam canal by night
Picturesque canals, expensive beer: A short guide to Amsterdam
18th Oct |
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Is Manchester Airport haunted?
Prepare to take fright: Is Manchester Airport haunted?
10th Oct |
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Belarus v San Marino in the UEFA Nations League
Your guide to this weekend's UEFA Nations League fixtures
9th Oct |
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Adam Driver and John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman
Review: BlacKkKlansman is a film that everyone needs to see
5th Oct |
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Dr James Niven
James Niven: the doctor who saved Manchester from worst effects of Spanish flu pandemic
4th Oct |
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Old Trafford Stadium
United's worst start to a season for nearly 30 years
1st Oct |
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Foundations Festival logo
Students urged to get involved with Foundations Festival 2018
1st Oct |
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Loneliness Art Sculpture
Young people are the loneliest age group, new study finds
1st Oct |
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Old Trafford Stadium
League Cup third round: A long-suffering Derby fan talks about his team's prospects against the Red Devils
25th Sep |
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Dirty Ice Cream Freezers
Takeaway closed after infestation of rats and mice found in Oldham's Dessert Bar
24th Sep |
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Tree of Hope
Trees of Hope - remembering the Manchester Arena Attack a year on
22nd May |
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'Dear Boss' letter
Manchester researcher proves Jack the Ripper letters were written by the same person
6th Feb |
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Dr Beate Peter
The psychology of raving - why trance is making a comeback
6th Feb |
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