Residents of Woodhouse were engulfed in darkness on Tuesday night after a power outage struck the area for hours. The blackout started at approximately 7pm in the evening, with power finally restored at 4am on […]
News | New accommodation in the works
New halls of residence are set to be built, despite an overall drop in student numbers and a surplus of thousands of homes. Development company Downing has already bought the land from Leeds Met and […]
Fashion | Minted vs Skinted
This week it’s war of the patents. Holly Richards
Books | Marriage Material – A fascinating and witty insight into racial politics
For his debut novel, Marriage Material, Sathnam Sanghera has chosen an unusual looking glass through which to analyse the world: a newsagent’s. Inconspicuous though it may sound, the fictional Bains stores provides a fascinating insight […]
TV | Borgen – A cross between The Killing and The Thick of It
Standing somewhere between The Killing and The Thick Of It, Borgen looks into the inner workings of the Danish political sphere, building a bit of a cult following as it charts the squabbles between the […]
Food | The benefits of eating food of the British seasons
You can assume that the average person is able to differentiate one season from the next, but how many of us actually change our diet as we flow through them? Depending on which season we […]
Theatre | 1984 – Great production, but only for book readers
photo: West Yorkshire Playhouse Big Brother. Room 101. The images and concepts established by George Orwell in his dystopian novel, 1984, have entered popular culture and become so incorporated into our everyday lives that it’s […]
Clubs | Review – Set One Twenty presents Kyle Hall
Photo: Dave Piekoz In the shadow of Mint Warehouse’s more advertised and expensive ‘Cocoon’ night, Mint Club hosting Kyle Hall was a night not to be missed. This distraction did have its’ advantages: on entering […]
Leeds International Film Festival | Highlights Roundup
photo: Cold Eyes, Zip Cinema Cold Eyes (2013) An adaptation of Nai-Hoi Yau’s Hong Kong crime thriller Eye in the Sky, South Korean directors Ui-seok Jo and Byung-seo Kim portray the chaos and collusions of […]
Sport | American Football – Celtics sink to Sharks
This Sunday saw the Celtics travel to Hull, playing against the defending league champions on their home ground. Having received the opening kickoff, the Celtics offence were first to take the field, and after making a short […]
Comment | A new start for the Catholic Church?
Apparently there are plenty of reasons to rave about Pope Francis. As an avid news reader and self-proclaimed internet aficionado, it has been hard to avoid the man over the past few months. As a left-leaning atheist […]
Fashion | Menswear – Channel your Superhero
Whether it was Clarke Kent or Peter Parker, we all had a childhood fantasy of becoming a superhero and flying to the aid of a damsel in distress. You’ll be glad to know that this […]