Several Russell Group Universities have been accused of screening former student’s data in order to identify those more likely to donate money as part of a recent fundraising initiative. Although profiling individuals for fundraising purposes […]
Budget Breakdown: What’s in it For Us?
This week saw Chancellor Philip Hammond’s hotly-anticipated budget announcements, in a speech including uncomfortable jokes about cough sweets and Top Gear. The main focus of the budget revolved around housing, duties and transport. For example, white […]
West Brom were right to sack Tony Pulis: Opinion Piece
“Actually wanted us to lose the last few games, so it would speed up his departure, never thought I’d see the day when I wanted my own team to lose, that’s the extent of how […]
Tony Harrison at 80: A Celebration of One of Leeds’ Most Accomplished Poets
Earlier this month, local poet Tony Harrison visited the university as part of the celebration of his life and works to mark his eightieth birthday. Harrison is considered one of the greatest poets writing in […]
Grammys 2018: The year white men stand back
Year after year, the Grammys epitomise the whitewashed music industry, particularly within the Album of the Year category. In 2015, Mumford & Sons took Best Album over Frank Ocean’s seminal Channel Orange; A year later, Taylor Swift’s […]
Flux Presents 30 Years of Sub Club – Preview
It would not surprise me if Santa Claus himself was the man behind Flux. Such is the nature of their especially fantastic Christmas parties that have seen Denis Sulta, Deetron and Levon Vincent shaped gifts […]
All Under One Roof Raving – Jamie XX takes over WHP
On the 11th of November, Jamie xx blessed the people of Manchester with an all-day rave at The Warehouse Project. There was an air of mystery surrounding the event, in that the line- up wasn’t […]
Good Riddance to the RA Polls
After eleven years, tastemaking electronic music magazine Resident Advisor (RA) have decided to scrap their end-of-year polls, which rank (underground) artists (both DJs and live acts) based on the number of votes they receive from […]
Review: Shock Soc’s Robot Fighting League
Last week Sports Editor, Elliot van Barthold, went down to Shock Soc’s Robot Fighting League to witness barbarism the likes Leeds University Union had never witnessed before. The turn of the millennium was a truly […]
Utopia by Björk
Björk sits boldly on the cover of Utopia, an empress of the blissful world she creates within it. Her ninth album is a brave attempt to express the perfection of being in love, and through […]
Sweet Baboo @ Brudenell Social Club, 23/11
In the words of fellow welsh musician and friend Cate le Bon, “Sweet Baboo a.ka. Stephen Black a.k.a the most androgynous woman since Moe Tucker”, kicked off his tour in Leeds following the release of […]
Ho99o9 to play Brudenell Social Club, 12/12
2017 has been a busy year for Ho99o9 (pronounced “Horror”). Having started off the year supporting The Dillinger Escape Plan on their final UK tour, they released United States of Horror in May and returned […]