After a narrow defeat to Loughborough in the season opener, Leeds went down once again as Durham took a 14-4 victory at the Edge on Tuesday night. The visitors had finished second in the Premier […]
Gryphons grab dramatic late victory
Leeds Netball 1’s put in an extraordinary effort to beat Northumbria 1’s 28-27 in a pulsating match on Wednesday. After falling just two goals short of Loughborough in their first game of the season, Leeds […]
TV | The Knick is slick, and gloriously gory
Think Call The Midwife with cocaine, suicide, racism, blood – lots of blood – and just a touch of moral ambiguity. Okay, so Call The Midwife might not be the most apt comparison to The […]
Film | Foxcatcher Preview – delving into the heart of darkness
Foxcatcher starts and ends with a fight. It is Channing Tatum – he of G.I Joe and Magic Mike fame – that opens and closes the latest film from Moneyball director Bennett Miller. Not Steve […]
Review: Subdub @ The West Indian Centre
Saturday 18th October saw the return of SubDub to Leeds’ West Indian Centre. As one of Leeds longest-running events providing the best of Reggae, Dub and Roots, SubDub and Exodus are uncontested in their field […]
Weezer Album Review ‘Everything Will Be Alright in the End’
Weezer’s last attempts at cementing themselves on the alternative rock ladder were met with mixed reviews, and rightly so. Their collaboration with Lil’ Wayne on 2009’s Raditude clearly wasn’t helping the cause. Fortunately, producer Ric […]
Beckett get Varsity revenge
The University of Leeds Mens Football 2’s succumbed to a narrow defeat in a game against arch-rivals Leeds Beckett which could really have gone either way. Having defeated their opponents 3-1 in the Varsity fixture […]
Leeds take the spoils with the foil
Leeds put down a marker for the rest of the season as they maintained their 100% record in the mens fencing this season, beating Manchester Uni 131-111 on Wednesday. They faced off against Manchester 2’s […]
Kindness ‘Otherness’ Album Review
Kindness’s new album Otherness is pure angsty funk. If the sentimental track titles are anything to go by, he has clearly had a lot on his mind; ‘Why Don’t You Love Me’, ‘Who Do You […]
Books | ‘The Establishment’ enlightens readers to the injustices of modern society
In his new book The Establishment: And how they get away with it, Owen Jones attempts to introduce a debate that is ‘long overdue – a debate not just about who rules us, but about […]
Leeds’ Icons – Hyde Park Picture House captures perfectly the early days of cinematic entertainment
As the twenty-eighth Leeds International Film Festival draws closer, it’s time to focus the spotlight on this little cinematic gem located at the heart of Hyde Park. Opened on 7th November 1914, the Hyde Park […]
England edge past Samoa but real tests lie ahead
After the horror surrounding the Super League Grand Final, rugby league fans will be hoping that the next showpiece event will get people talking about rugby league once more, and hopefully help the public move […]