From the shaven hair to the twerking, everyone is always talking about Miley Cyrus. Her new image is a far cry from her Hannah Montana days, but are her new ‘rebellious’ ways a good or […]
Theatre | Brand New Ancients – fierce and electric spoken word
Image: Kate Tempest Kate Tempest’s spoken word epic takes its audience on an intense journey, exploring the influence that love, hatred and regret play in creating modern day heroes, villains and victims. Intricately designed lighting […]
Books | Sex and the Citadel – Reconsidering attitudes towards sexuality in the Arab world
The Middle East is present in media outlets everyday yet, in the West, sexuality in Arab culture is still only tentatively discussed. The difficult subject matter is made accessible to all readers as Shereen El […]
Food | Regional Recipes – Russian Holodets
Russian food, much like Russia itself, is varied and diverse. But the majority is big and filling, to satisfy the appetites of those living in harsh weather conditions. How else could you survive -30°C winters? […]
Film | Stalingrad – all 3D and no depth
Video: Art Pictures Studio Stalingrad is not only the first Imax 3D film to ever have been released from Russia, but also the first domestic film in decades to beat Hollywood to becoming Russia’s top-grossing […]
News | Crime on the rise in Hyde Park
The number of crimes committed on vehicles has risen by 36 per cent in the past semester in Hyde Park and Woodhouse. There were 93 crimes on vehicles in the four months to December 2013, […]
News | No Yolk battling the Eggheads
A team of seven students performed eggcellently during filming for an episode of the BBC’s quiz show Eggheads last week. The ‘Haute Quizine’ team facing the brain scrambling eggsperience consisted of Max Bruges, Nick Gandy, […]
News | Alcohol to blame for hospitalized students
Student admittances to A&E for alcohol-related emergencies almost doubled over the course of last year, an LS Freedom of Information request has uncovered. Between the April to June (Q2) and July and August (Q3) 2013, […]
Comment | Union must sever G4S ties
G4S is a company that feeds off the misery of the disempowered for the benefit of the strong. One of the biggest private security firms in the world, G4S has grown to be the premier […]
Music | Paper Aeroplanes live
Paper Aeroplanes Belgrave Music Hall 4/5 For soft, indie-acoustic numbers, there is a dangerously fine line between a truly captivating performance and a truly dreary one. Fortunately, last week’s performance at Belgrave by Paper Aeroplanes […]
Clubs | Weekly Chart
Photo: AQNB Escar – ‘With You’ [Origami Sound’ Deep, engrossing techno, well suited to nocturnal headphone listening. Owiny Sigoma – ‘Yukimwi’ (Bludd Relations RMX) [Brownswood] Hazy, sun-drenched rework of the thumping afrobeat original. […]
Books | Cheat's guide to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Everyone loves a good bonnet, but if you’re weary of Wuthering Heights or feeling jaded by Jane Eyre, here’s an alternative from the ‘other’ Brontë: Anne. Who? Gilbert Markham:A young single farmer whose epistolary narrative provides […]