Great Britain were extremely successful at the European Indoor Championships in Prague two weeks ago, bringing back home nine medals. With the World Championships taking place in Beijing this summer, the pressure was on for […]
Marvel finally got its hands on Spider-Man – so what will they do with him?
The Spider-Man franchise was never going to lie dormant for long. Arguably cinema’s most profitable superhero (the Marvel franchise took until The Avengers, its seventh film, to top the box office takings of three Spider-Man […]
Stop cutting our girls
Female genital mutilation (FGM) has been brought into the media spotlight more in recent years. BBC3 featured a programme for Comic Relief to raise awareness about FGM, Stop Cutting Our Girls. Sometimes trivalised to ‘female […]
Leeds Triathlon Centre take the top spots at BUCS Biathlon
A group of 38 athletes from Leeds Triathlon Centre travelled down to Oxford University on Saturday 14th to race in the BUCS Biathlon event. The event consists of a 1600m run followed by a 200m […]
A Fairer LUU: Campus votes ‘yes’
Students have voted to give more coverage to The Gryphon’s editorial candidates after a campus referendum this week. A majority 1,232 ‘yes’ votes means that students running to become Editor-in-Chief will be entitled to equal […]
Preview – DJ Yoda
The master of scratch, Duncan Beiny aka DJ Yoda, will be gracing Belgrave Music Hall on 3rd May, bringing with him a set that will undoubtedly be brimming with an uncanny blend of nostalgic remixes and hip […]
Preview – Rinse pres. Jacques Greene
Leeds will see a return of the Canadian house maestro as Rinse host an all-night dance with Jacques Greene at Wire on Saturday 18 April. The infamous London radio station’s booking follows a number of […]
Laugh Riot is Coming to Leeds
Gina Yashere has travelled the world with her comedy and now she is back in Britain with her new show Laugh Riot, which will be in Leeds’ City Varieties Music Hall on 26th March. She […]
University unveil Richard Mayne memorial bench
Yesterday saw the unveiling of a bench, opposite the Union building, in memory of Leeds maths and finance undergraduate, Richard Mayne, who lost his life in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight, MH17. The memorial […]
Review – Phil Week’s Free Party
I want to talk about the song ‘It’s The Inside That Counts’ by Phil Weeks. I first heard it in Jackmaster’s most recent XLR8R mix, when it blew my socks off – and I haven’t […]
A Chorus Line – hold on to your sparkly golden hats, the West End is coming to Leeds
The Stage Musical society hold a concrete reputation for being one of the best performance societies around, and they certainly maintained that incredible reputation in their latest production of A Chorus Line. Director Sophie Roberts […]
Interview – Getting to Know On Rotation
Like the rotary movement that their name suggests, On Rotation’s approach to putting on a night is revolutionary. But it is revolution through simplicity. “The premise behind On Rotation is being able to have a […]