Last week, Leeds University Union played host to an innovative event: Leeds Creatives. The events saw creative people from in and around Leeds come to give speeches about the great work they’re doing to improve […]
Flavoursome Fare at Comptoir Libanais
In amongst the Christmassy chaos of the Trinity Centre, new Lebanese restaurant Comptoir Libanais offers a welcome glimpse of heavenly summer with its colourful souk-like interiors and delicious exotic food. The new Lebanese canteen is […]
An interview with Mira Fadwa Fadel
Mira Fadwa Fadel; computer scientist, innovator, educator, journalist, translator, and founder of Mira Intelligent Read. Based on Otley Road, Mira Publishing is a non-for-profit independent publisher of fiction and non-fiction. Meeting Mira in her office, […]
Melting Hearts in Leeds this Winter
Ah Christmas, the most romantic time of the year! Nights may be getting colder but that doesn’t mean romance has to. I want to share with you what I think are some wonderful date ideas […]
Kirkstall Abbey Market Showcases Best Local Business
Last Saturday marked the final appearance of the Kirkstall Abbey Deli Market of 2016, which takes place within the ruins of the 864-year-old abbey toward the end of each month. Kirkstall Abbey is a go-to […]
Review: Gilmore Girls: Changing Seasons
The first time I heard about the Gilmore Girls revival all I could think was…jump back. Like every Gilmore Girls fan who had bitten the forbidden fruit of loving a discontinued TV-show, I wasn’t remotely […]
Review: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
In his debut novel, Sleeping Giants, Sylvain Neuvel brings a fresh and global perspective to the well-worn science fiction trope of giant alien robots. When Rose Franklin is eleven, she falls into a hole while […]
The Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival
It seems the Vegan stereotype has been outgrown. I was initially surprised by the length of the entry queue to the Great Yorkshire Vegan Festival, although it quickly became clear why the hoards were gathering. […]
The Orwells @ Wardrobe, 29/11/16
Taking a band as gloriously feral as The Orwells and letting them loose in a venue as small as The Wardrobe is just asking for fireworks. With support from London animals Dead Pretties and a […]
Dude, that’s so (not) punk!
Green Day’s recent success in producing an album that wasn’t complete tosspot (it was alright, some good tracks on it), appears to have gone to their heads slightly. Thinking they were again at the forefront […]
Review: SMS Cabaret – Certainly a glitzy performance
Stage Musicals Society’s latest production of Cabaret certainly delivers the high kicks expected of SMS. However the surface spectacle could not distract from the hollowness at the heart of this production. Cabaret follows a young […]
The Front Bottoms @ Leeds Beckett, 26/11/2016
With the sound of Apologies, I Have None warming up the crowd as I walked in, it was evident The Front Bottoms had chosen energetic support acts with a complimentary post-punk vibe to match their […]