The Union is expected to see hundreds of students descend on the building tomorrow for the Bacchanalia Winter Festival, celebrating LUU’s 75th anniversary. Two of the biggest societies, RAG and Snowriders, have joined forces to […]
News | Knox and Sollecito guilty of Leeds student murder
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty on Thursday after a fresh hearing in Florence, Italy for the murder of Leeds University student Meredith Kercher. Miss Kercher was stabbed to death in the flat she shared […]
TV | The Musketeers – Swords, guns, men clad in leather and more cleavage than your average BBC drama
Swords, guns, men clad in leather and more cleavage in half an hour than your average BBC drama. The Musketeers had all the potential to be exciting and sexy. However, with stilted scripts, unconvincing performances […]
Blogs | Ladies Who Brunch
Winter in Berlin arrived not with a bang but a whimper. From the balmy January temperatures of five degrees to minus twelve in the space of a week, finally my snow boots got an outing […]
Sport | Deadline day – expect the unexpected
As Arsenal and Liverpool have started the season well, and Chelsea and City have continued to grow since the new year, LS Sport predicts an onslaught of players coming into the bottom half of the […]
Music | Brudenell welcomes Cate Le Bon's psychedelic groove
Cate Le Bon Brudenell Social Club, Leeds Sunday 16th February 2014 Hailing from rural Carmarthenshire in West Wales, Cate brings catchy, punchy tunes with a 60s vibe to our favourite Leeds venue. Cate recorded her […]
Blogs | Alternative Memory Techniques
In preparation for my final year at university I listened to a podcast from Derren Brown (Memory; Tricks of the Mind) to try and improve my fairly average memory. One of the tricks he teaches […]
Food | Not just a pretty plate – Apple Strudel
This apple strudel recipe serves as a welcome break from the post-Christmas detox. This is an easy yet impressive pudding and can be prepared in the morning ready to shove in the oven later on. […]
Clubs | Competition – Open for Dillinja, Breakage and more on the Valve Soundsystem
On Saturday March 1 Dillinja is bringing his legendary Valve Soundsystem back to the Union, featuring himself, Breakage, N-Type and K-Aze. It promises to be the kind of bass heavy, drum ‘n’ bass focused night […]
Fashion | If money weren't an issue we'd be buying…
Mario Testino for Mate t-shirt, £77.50 from NET-A-PORTER.com Let’s be realistic. As much as the fashion pages of Vogue and Elle are able to entice us with their refined clothing silhouettes and riveting detail, nothing […]
Film | The Rocket touches down
Photo: Eureka Entertainment During the Laotian Civil War more than 2 million tons of bombs were dropped on Laos, by both US and Laotian air forces, 30 percent of which failed to explode immediately. […]
Science | How do didgeridoos produce their distinctive sound?
This term sees the beginning of ‘Science Shorts’, a series in which science questions will be answered in approximately 100 words. The first one, all in aid of Australia day, looks at how didgeridoos produce […]