Life

It’s sometime in October and I’m standing in front of Manchester Central Library, watching a white middle-aged man flick racial slurs over a barrier at a young man in a suit.

Risograph printers were originally produced in Japan in the 1980s and provided a cheap and effective way of mass printing, now they’re used in DIY zine culture and by artists.

“50 years from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on county (cricket) grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers, and – as George Orwell said – old maids bicycling to Holy Communion through the morning mist,” said former British Prime Minister John major in 1993. Interestingly, this was his vision of Britain in Europe. However, does his view of English county grounds reflecting the British character still resonate nearly 30 years on?

This January transfer window, a future star by the name of Ivica Strok has signed for Celtic for just £5million from NK Zagreb with a little twist in the tale… he isn’t a real person.

If you’ve been on social media at all over the past month (and if you haven’t, what’s your secret?) you’ll no doubt be well-acquainted with the popular #veganuary trend.

While Manchester in winter offers plenty to do in the way of entertainment, there’s not much to be said for the amount of sunshine we see this time of year.

University of Manchester students have slammed MPs’ vote against the Erasmus programme negotiation.

We’ve found five luxurious Airbnb stays that might just entice you to spend this Valentine’s in Manchester.

Did you know the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website offers advice on how to survive a radiation spill, bio-terrorism and even a zombie attack? Read on for your unofficial guide to the end of the world.

Veganuary may be popular but this year there’s a new food-fad in town: Organuary. It’s a movement with the aim of reducing waste and rediscovering a long-lost component of our diets, offal.

Sisters Gisela Feldman and Sonja Sternberg were teenagers when they fled Nazi Germany on the SS St.Louis destined for Cuba, but were denied entry and forced back to Europe. Now aged 96 and 93, they share their story which led them to the UK, what it means to be recognised in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List, and why they have dedicated their lives to educate others about the Holocaust.