When George Orwell crafted the term ‘Room 101’, little did he realise that it would become the most used term for the most irritating pet peeves in British history. Incensed by the masses, LSi investigates […]
Features | Top tips for student living in winter
Winter is looming and there’s only so much that dodgy central heating can do to keep our spirits up. Here are LSi’s top tips for staying warm and chirpy during the cold, dark winter months. […]
Features | Sturge urges students to take back Wednesday afternoons
LS talks to Greg Sturge about why he feels Leeds students are being denied the chance to outshine other graduates in the jobs market and why we need Wednesdays free. It is a long-upheld […]
Features | Remembrance Day: the forgotten victims of conflicts
As Remembrance Day approaches, Victoria Hesketh talks to a victim of the World War Two Blitz and remembers those victims who did not fight in the war. This Remembrance Day many will be thinking […]
Comment | In praise of the 'chuggers'
High streets up and down the country are populated with what are pejoratively called “chuggers” (charitable muggers) who ask you to give money for a good cause whilst getting paid a wage. The extremely negative […]
Film | Jeanne Dielman: A portrait of a very lonely woman diligently peeling potatoes in near silence
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles shows the audience three days in the crushingly empty life of the titular character, a widowed single mother in 1970s Brussels who supports her son through sex work. […]
Sport | Society in focus – Gymnastics
This week we focus on Leeds University’s Gymnastics Society, as they walk us through their average week, how they are performing and the state of British gymnastics post-Olympics. The society specialise in Artistic Gymnastics and, […]
LIFF | Wakolda leaves us thrilled and chilled
4 stars Set in 1960 Patagonia, at the start of Israel’s manhunt of Nazi war criminals, this is a powerful film based on true events. An Argentinian family meets a mysterious German doctor on their […]
Film | Short Term 12 – the effects of having a little faith
photo: Animal Kingdom Grace (Brie Larson) works in a half-way house for troubled teens attempting a deserved break from the harsh realities of their lives. She is their friend, counsellor, confidant. She is on the […]
Blogs | Bibis Italianissimo
You’ve probably seen Bibis Italianissimo if you’ve spent any time at Cockpit of an evening or driven from the south into the city centre; it’s the place you’re wishing you could go to instead, as […]
TV | Beauty School Cop Outs – MTV's latest dose of trashy TV
I am always amazed at how resourceful the likes of MTV are at making trashy TV. Filling in the gap created by Geordie Shore (which has already had at least 3 seasons this year) is […]
Music | Lily Allen has returned!
Vowing never to sing another note again, Lily Allen left her sterling musical career behind in 2009. However, it seems as though she’s had a change of heart as today she took to the Twittersphere […]