DESPITE battling admirably, Leeds University’s women’s badminton doubles teams ultimately failed to bridge the gap to two well-drilled Loughborough pairings, and racked up losses despite stoic displays on Wednesday. The Leicestershire University left with the […]
Review: Is Britain Racist?
‘Now, I’m not racist, but…’ is a phrase we’ve all heard and, more often than not, it’s followed by a spot of light racism. ‘I’ve got black friends’ is also a fan favourite. Many Brits […]
Blake Remixed: Poetry with a Hip-hop twist
As an outlet for emerging and new work, the Furnace Festival programme at West Yorkshire Playhouse provides artists access to develop new ideas and performance work. Blake Remixed is a show that certainly adheres to […]
Superfuntheatrereview
Mouths Of Lions are a young theatre collective hailing from Camden, and on Thursday 8th October they performed their first show outside of London in the university’s own Workshop Theatre, which was a pretty big […]
Diversity in Video Games – On The Right Track
Just as in other forms of media, race has frequently been a controversial topic in video games, attracting criticism for faults ranging from racial stereotyping to casts consisting solely of white characters. However, while […]
Ballet Black: where are all the black ballet dancers?
At a time of growing diversity in other arts sectors such as musical theatre and contemporary dance, classical ballet seems to have stood still. Stunted by tradition, habit and the expectations of a niche audience, […]
Review: Finding Fela – Enthralling viewing for the uninitiated
The significance and diversity accorded to Black History Month this year in Leeds has been truly refreshing. With artists such as Akala and the poet Wole Soyinka already blazing the trail to diversify dialogues on […]
The Right to Bear Arms: A Devastating Addiction
The grave situation the United States faces is far more than a macho obsession with weapons. It goes beyond an obsession for personal safety. America faces a population with a tragic addiction to the feelings […]
Clay @ Brudenell Social Club 8/10
Thursday proved to be a huge night for Leeds’ bands, Lone Guns and Clay, as they were able to play gigs at one of the most legendary venues their hometown has to offer. After impressing […]
Woman Crush Wednesday
Murasaki Shikibu, or Lady Murasaki to you and I, is not, as I originally thought, a branch of the mushroom family tree. She was in fact one of the world’s earliest novelists on record, and […]
Chris Brown was right to be denied entry to Australia
I’m not the biggest fan of Chris Brown, musically or otherwise, and so when the news came that he had been denied a visa and banned from entering Australia, it didn’t really change my life […]
The Volkswagon Emission Scandal
Over the past week it’s emerged that Volkswagon have been ‘cheating’ in their emission tests by making their cars appear far less polluting than they are. Volkswagon clearly see a different meaning to cheating than […]