Held annually, BBC 1Xtra Live has become the radio station’s flagship event in which Britain’s newest and best urban music is given centre stage. Now in its eighth year, the honour fell upon the City of […]
Review: Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers
If you think updating a 6th Century Japanese art form for modern European audiences would be a difficult task, you would be right. Taiko drumming has played a key role in traditional Japanese music for […]
Review: JOHN – A visual spectacle
After much critical success, DV8’s latest production, JOHN arrived at the West Yorkshire Playhouse – the last stop in the UK before taking the dance theatre piece to Poland. JOHN was conceived using stimulus consolidated […]
Preview: TANTZ @ Belgrave Music Hall 29/10
Home grown Leeds based Klezmer band TANTZ are launching their debut album ‘Voytek The Bear’ here in Leeds this Thursday. They studied at Leeds College of Music, and TANTZ was formed in 2012, fittingly after […]
Woman Crush Wednesday: Kris Hallenga
You’ve graduated University, great! What do you do? Well most go find a job, or continue their studies. Some will even explore the world and make the most of being young. Ah – to be […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: D is for ‘Don’t Call Me Mental!’ LUU Mind Matters Mental Health Conference 2015
What are you doing on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th November? I’ll tell you now. You’re going to attend the Leeds Mental Health Conference which is taking place in our very own Student Union. As […]
Is Prime Minister’s Questions still relevant in British Politics?
Yes: […]
Fashion Fortnightly: The News Round-up
Just as we thought things were slowing down post fashion month, the fashion world kicked back with a vengeance. The Balmain x H&M collection has been the talk of the town and we cannot help […]
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension – Found footage horror’s last gasp?
Paranormal Activity has become the touchstone for the found footage movie genre that originated in The Blair Witch Project in 1999. It’s prompted several sequels as well as spurring on a host of other films […]
An Open Letter to George Lawlor: Why We Need Consent Classes
I started reading ‘Why I don’t need consent lessons’, published this week by the Warwick Tab, in the hope that it was sarcastically titled clickbait. Disappointingly, it was just as the title suggested, the most […]
Is Oscar Pistorius Still the Champion of Paralympic Sport?
Oscar Pistorius has changed the face of Paralympic sport, reaching a level of celebrity usually deemed unattainable for disabled athletes. His devastating descent has been extensively documented by the press with his trial broadcast on […]
What Is the Pope Apologising For?
It may seem as though Pope Francis continued his pseudo-liberal crusade earlier last week, when he issued an apology for recent ‘scandals’ in the Catholic church at his weekly audience in St. Peters Square. For […]