A 3-0 defeat at home to a tough Blackburn side came as no real surprise to Leeds United fans at the end of another dismal week in the Yorkshire club’s season. Prior to Saturday’s […]
Interview – Butler & Bontan
Leeds students know better than anyone that West Yorkshire is a fantastic area to be a house music fan. It has been a hotbed for club music since the late 80s, and is as strong […]
Interview ‘The 56’ director, Matt Stevens-Woodhead
Image: Joseph Priestley As Bradford City prepares to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of a fire that killed 56 people, a young theatre company based in Yorkshire is re-telling the tragedy through the eyes of those who […]
Short Movie by Laura Marling
Laura Marling moved to Los Angeles in 2013, shortly after the release of Once I Was An Eagle. During her time in America, she began work on new material only to scrap it – along with […]
‘The 56’ is respectful and compelling
Image: Joseph Priestley 11th May 1985 is a date that will be deeply engraved in West Yorkshire history, for all the wrong reasons. It was supposed to be a day of celebration for Bradford City […]
Messy, multi-party politics: The Leaders’ Debate 2015
Finally, the long-awaited leaders debate has materialised. The first challenge for our new multi-party democracy was to promote a critical and engaging discussion with a seven-way debate. This proved, as many might have predicted, a […]
Deeper by The Soft Moon
In this latest album from The Soft Moon, we see the man in the moon, Luis Vasquez, opening himself up emotionally for all to see. Deeper is the result of intense self-reflection and emotional exploration […]
Coalition: Political Drama or Satirical Comedy?
Coalition Review Channel 4’s Coalition was, of course, entertaining in its own right, presenting the head scratching and tragically funny last days of the 2010 formation of our coalition government. Although entertaining, the programme failed […]
The Air Conditioned Nightmare by Doldrums
In her 2010 RBMA Lecture, gender-equality activist DJ Sprinkles spoke about her interest in the rarity of electronic music in America in the 70s and 80s. Artists such as Devo and Gary Numan, huge influences on her […]
Uni to rival Beckett in student rankings
The University will take on rival Leeds Beckett to be in with a chance of winning Best International University this year. Leeds has been rated among the best institutions for City Life, and is also […]
Police investigate ‘vagina’ graffiti
Police are appealing for information following a spate of distinctive graffiti drawings on campus which some students have suggested represents a vagina. Several drawings have been spotted in locations including the Edward Boyle library and […]
Travel Man: Barcelona in 48 hours
One could be forgiven for thinking the new series Travel Man presented by IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade would be an informative and interesting, if not at times amusing, commentary on some of Europe’s most popular city destinations. […]