Layla is a third year literature and philosophy student at Monash University in sunny Australia who made the big move to Leeds uni for the end of 2015. When she’s not buried in books, drinking […]
Postcards from Abroad: Reykjavik, Iceland
Imogen is an English literature student spending her third year studying in Iceland. She prefers drawing to writing these days but needs to blog about Iceland because it’s so interesting. She misses Leeds but doesn’t […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: D is for Dermatillomania
The word Dermatillomania derives from the Latin language; Derma meaning ‘skin’, tillo meaning ‘to pull’, and mania meaning ‘madness’ or, well, ‘mania’. Also known as Compulsive Skin Picking Disorder, this disorder comes under the Body […]
Preview : Youth Club Sounds Launch Party
Thursday 5th 10pm, Distrikt Bar, 7 Duncan St, LS1 6DQ This Thursday, the Leeds air will be smoke filled, checked with needlessly expensive pyrotechnics and scored by cacophony of simulated weapon fire. Firework night, while […]
Periscope Hearts Not Counting Calories Vegetables
Why would you want to? To project a faux picture of oneself this means you can say – “Hey, appearance at how many followers I have! And hearts! I am so well-liked! I am well-known. […]
Cellino Set to Sell Majority Share of Leeds United to Fans
NEWS emerged on Friday Massimo Cellino’s desire to sell his majority share in Leeds United to a fan-based shareholder group: Leeds Fans United. The news first broke from the twitter account of the fan group, which […]
LSR Under Fire after “Slutty” Halloween Costume Poll
Leeds Student Radio have come under fire after posting a controversial poll on their Twitter account, asking whether girls should dress slutty for Halloween. The topic was being discussed as part of the Saturday Breakfast […]
Preview: Lysistrata – 3rd and 4th November
The university theatre community has returned with a bang for this semester’s season of student productions, and from Tuesday 3rd – Wednesday 4th November, Open Theatre will return with a new adaptation of Lysistrata. Based […]
Review: iZombie
With Halloween upon us, there is nothing better to get yourself into the spooky spirit than watching something scary. Having seen so many supernatural sci-fi TV shows, I didn’t expect much from iZombie, thinking that […]
Feminism is Not Done: A Response to Emily Hill in The Spectator
It is the mentality of individuals like Emily Hill that has stunted societal growth since Day Dot. Despite Hill’s insistence, we aren’t ranting and raving over nothing. Caitlin Moran, who Hill appears to take personal […]
Is The House of Lords Proving Its Worth?
The House of Lords has voted to delay the tax credit cuts proposed by the government and make moves to protect people set to lose out from them. In a vote on Monday night peers […]
“Menstrual Hygiene Is Not A Privilege, It’s A Right.”
When 305 MPs voted to reject the Finance Bill amendment which would have brought about a negotiation between David Cameron and the EU over taxing VAT on tampons, you had to question if any of […]