Ghost Town, York Theatre Royal’s latest offering by resident theatre company Pilot Theatre, takes a poignant look at mental illness through the lens of younger audiences. It’s award-winning playwright, Jessica Fisher, talks to LSi about […]
Clubs | Feature – Flux, a 3 year retrospective
This Wednesday, Leeds will see a collaboration of two music leaders that are celebrated staples in the Leeds underground scene for the student masses: the coming together of Flux and Mint Club. Flux, one of […]
Features | Waterworld – Who should rule flooded Britain?
Although the Scottish independence referendum is not scheduled until September of this year, the South of England seems to have stolen a march on our friends to the north and chosen to secede from the […]
Science | 800,000 year old footprints found near Norwich
The town of Happisburgh, 15 miles from Norwich, now boasts the oldest evidence of human existence ever found outside Africa. A total of 50 footprints found on a beach exposed for only hours whilst the […]
Sport | A new Dibaba emerges to steal the show in Birmingham
There were many encouraging performances from British athletes at the Sainsbury’s Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham. The event was treated by many of those competing as a chance to ramp up their preparations for the World Indoor […]
Science | ‘Thinking’ guts influence thoughts
Termed the ‘second brain’, our bodies have a completely separate nervous system, which carries 500 million neurons and stretches to nine meters, from oesophagus to anus. Historically thought to be for controlling digestion, the enteric […]
TV | Britain's Great War – BBC's tribute to WWI centenary season
It’s very difficult to write a book or make a documentary series that gives a general description of a major war. World War One and Two have been documented to the extent that it is difficult to come up with […]
Clubs | Feature – Clubbing in other cities
Photo: Manchester EN While the options for going out in Leeds are plentiful, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t make a visit to one of our neighbouring cities to taste the delights of their nightlife […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week- Bridesmaids, Sunshine & Freaky Friday
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview and seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
News | Campus watch
Nottingham University Bad-mouthing Prof Sociolinguistics lecturer, Anthony Fisher issued an apology after publicly ridiculing his students. The lecturer described one of his female students as ‘an idiot’ and quoted a phrase from her essay on […]
Sport | Tough ties await for British sides as Champions League returns
The Champions League returns this week and has thrown up some mouthwatering ties in the first round of the knockout stage. Manchester City are set to experience the knockout rounds for the first time as […]
Sport | FA Cup – City take wind out of Mourinho's sails
The fifth round of the FA Cup came around again this weekend and the interesting matchups once again failed to disappoint, bringing some intriguing quarter final prospects. The standout match of the round on Saturday came with […]