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Food And DrinkNorthern Greats: Home Sweet Home
After four years as the best little cake shop in the Northern Quarter, the time has come for Home Sweet Home to expand its empire with a new venture in the Great Northern Warehouse Read more »| 09 Oct 2015 -
TechZoltan Istvan interview: Transhumanism Next?
Zoltan Istvan is running for the President of the United States, and he wants us all to live forever, but at what cost? We speak to the leader of the Transhumanist Party about his vision for the future Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
Food And Drink
The Smithfield Tavern: Return of The Pub
Manchester microbrewers Blackjack talk to us about their new Northern Quarter taphouse, and what makes a proper pub Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
IntersectionsMy Golden Snatch: an Ode to Talentless Vaginas
A visit to a vaginal variety show in Thailand leads one writer to contemplate her own labial extracurriculars Read more »| 08 Oct 2015 -
Food And DrinkNorthwest Food News – October 2015
Calendars at the ready phagomaniacs; we’ve got all the dates you need for a joyous, food-filled October. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
FashionLondon Fashion Week S/S 2016
Shirley Manson and a fascination with Asia: spotting the themes at London Fashion Week's S/S 2016 shows. Read more »| 07 Oct 2015
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Food And Drink
Scottish Food News - October 2015
October's food calendar features coffee, cocktails, a fate-tempting outdoor food festival and a host of food-themed film screenings Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Tech
SOMA
"In SOMA we have put a lot of effort into making sure that every story bit you find in the game feels real. We have tried our utmost to make sure t... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Tech
Blood Bowl II
Blood Bowl has been around in one form or another for quite some time now with the original tabletop game being released back in 1987. It has gone through va... Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Tech
Dundee developers tee up Glitchspace for 2016
With educational videogames becoming increasingly more sophisticated, we take an early look at programming puzzler Glitchspace, an upcoming title from indie studio Space Budgie Read more »| 07 Oct 2015 -
Tech
Tearaway Unfolded
Nintendo – and designer Shigeru Miyamoto in particular – are famous for the symbiosis between hardware and software in some its most groundb... Read more »| 02 Oct 2015 -
Tech
Super Mario Maker
It has become increasingly apparent over the last few months that the Wii U is in dire need of some new games to keep players engaged with their flagging con... Read more »| 02 Oct 2015 -
Intersections
How Not to Behave at a Queer Clubnight
Advice for cishet attendees of queer clubnights, courtesy of three people from the industry itself. Read more »| 01 Oct 2015 -
Tech
MOOC: A university qualification in 24 hours?
MOOCs have been through a dramatic cycle of media hype and criticism over the past few years. Are they bolstering or diminishing the internet's gateway to education? Read more »| 25 Sep 2015 -
Tech
else Heart.Break()
It’s difficult to say exactly what genre else Heart.Break() falls into, containing as it does elements of text-based adventure games, RPGs and even a l... Read more »| 25 Sep 2015