Starting next week, Leeds will be getting its own taste of the fringe with the Little Leeds Fringe Festival, which will be running all week from Monday 23rd to Saturday 28th February. Since it began […]
Everybody needs good neighbours
Over summer, our neighbours opposite baked us a lovely loaf of bread and brought it over in a wicker basket with a little pot of jam and butter. It was so kind and thoughtful and […]
Fracking frack the frack off, you frackers
David Cameron has got a fight on his hands. It is no secret that he avidly supports fracking in the UK and has even said he will risk party politics to make sure fracking happens. […]
Politics in pink: is Labour’s pink van really a cause for concern?
In the run up to the General Election, a ‘magenta’ bus, manned by female Labour MPs, is currently touring the country and engaging with women on female-orientated political issues such as childcare, the gender pay-gap […]
The rise of Spain’s final hope
Something is lurking in Spain. The situation in Europe’s fifth largest economy has been bleak ever since its property bubble burst in 2008, causing a sharp contraction in Spain’s markets and a financial crisis that […]
Feature – Levon Vincent: A Scientist in the Field of Ass-Shakery
The last ten years have seen Levon Vincent become one of the most revered names in electronic music. A self-professed ‘scientist working in the field of ass-shakery’, Vincent’s theoretical music training and intelligent […]
LRFS Special
Next Thursday the Leeds RAG Fashion Show promises to take us on a whirlwind journey of high fashion as it considers fashion through the looking glass. From Hansel and Gretel inspired scenes to the Magician’s […]
In The Middle with MXI
Blessed by an abundance of talent in the local area, In The Middle has set its sights on uncovering some of the finest unsigned and small-label artists in Yorkshire and beyond, in a showcase of […]
‘I wasn’t confined to the ground, you look, and feel, like you are flying.’
Although it’s hardly the most common form of exercise, pole-dancing has been on the rise in the UK, and has been spreading through the student population of Leeds. Hannah Ryder tells all about her preferred […]
WOMEN’S FENCING: Leeds make opponents Keele over
Leeds proved too strong for Keele in the women’s fencing at The Edge on Wednesday. The Gryphons went into the game very confident of victory, having put the Staffordshire outfit to the sword in their […]
Weekly Chart
1. Leroy & The Drivers – Rainy Night in Georgia Label: Tramp Germany Melancholic, effortless-sounding jazz- funk which immediately invokes images of rain and streetlights at night. Backed with an equally tight, straight funk track. __________________________________________________________________ […]
Campus Watch – 20/02/15
Robert Gordon Uni ban lectures using masks to train mental health nurses Aberdeen based Robert Gordon University has banned the use of silicone masks to help train student nurses in the treatment of mental health […]