Best Coast – Fade Away EP (4/5) Don’t let the length of this record fool you; Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno easily cram enough energy and enticing musicality into just 7 tracks. ‘Fade Away’ is […]
Features | Brand calls for revolution but will we answer?
Following Russell Brand’s Newsnight interview urging for revolution, LS explores what revolution really means for students. Last week, in a fascinating Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman, comedian- cum-revolutionary Russell Brand made significant waves when […]
Science | Comment – Is synthetic biology playing God?
Synthetic biology is the power of creating artificial life. The application of engineering tools and design principals allows passionate scientists to construct novel biological systems, enhance existing organisms and direct subsequent cellular processes. Think of […]
Features | Why women are more than sex objects
LS investigates the role music videos and online promotions play in promoting the sexualisation of women and rape culture. Miley Cyrus has attracted recent criticism for allowing the use of overtly sexual music videos […]
Features | There's more to Sierra Leone than diamonds
Jessica Ing talks about her summer working in Sierra Leone, urging other students to take the opportunity to travel and volunteer abroad. After having almost been initiated into a secret society, being swept away […]
Science | False widow, false alarm?
With Halloween just past, it’s apt for there to be a scare story about a genus of venomous spider that has started to make its presence felt. The bite of the false widow or steatoda […]
Science | Comment – Should the NHS fund alternative medicine?
Firstly, I want to point out what I mean by alternative medicine. The definition of it is: any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine but is not based on […]
Features | Joshua Radcliffe: "I couldn't pass up the potential chance of living every kid's dream and going to space!"
We interview Joshua Ratcliffe, a final year Leeds Uni student who is into the final round of Lynx’s competition to go to space. After getting through the previous round in London, he and three other […]
Science | Money can’t grow on trees, but gold can…
As the saying goes, ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’. Student living would be much easier if it did. However, a recent study published in Nature Communications suggests that the opposite of this idiom might actually […]
Music | Interview – You Me At Six
From their humble beginnings and the release of their debut album Take Off Your Colours back in 2007, to surprising everyone (including themselves) with a headline show at Wembley late last year, British rockers You […]
Comment | Russell Brand for prime minister?
Russell Brand is sexist, obnoxious and annoying. But he might just be right about why we are so politically apathetic. The ideas which gushed forth during that interview with Paxman on Newsnight last week, assumedly from the […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Portico Quartet, London Grammar & Jungle
Portico Quartet – Brudenell Social Club (5/5) There is an almost tangible buzz of anticipation in the Brudenell Social Club as Portico Quartet arrive onstage. With three albums now under their belts and […]