{"id":13013,"date":"2025-07-04T14:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?page_id=13013"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:35:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:35:52","slug":"issue-27","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 28"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Image: \u00a9 Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries
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Editorial<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke Buffini, ‘Damilola’<\/a><\/p>\n

Joe Bedford, ‘Mating Habits’<\/a><\/p>\n

Lillith Pollock, ‘On Wanting’<\/a><\/p>\n

Lavanya Arora, 3 poems<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas Storey, ‘Windwatt’<\/a><\/p>\n

Gary Duncan, ‘Incident at the Castle’<\/a><\/p>\n

Paul Connolly, 3 poems<\/a><\/p>\n

J. R. Carpenter, 2 poems<\/a><\/p>\n

Vashti Katz, ‘The Curse’<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinmay Sharma, ‘Stuck in the Middle’<\/a><\/p>\n

Daragh Hoey, 3 poems<\/a><\/p>\n

Rachael Davey, 2 poems<\/a><\/p>\n

Eloise Poole, ‘And the Radio Plays’<\/a><\/p>\n

Leigh Cuen, ‘Comfort Me with Violins’<\/a><\/p>\n

Laura Seymour, 3 poems<\/a><\/p>\n

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