Leeds is set to become the first city to trial trolleybuses, following an application from Leeds City Council. Trolleybuses, a combination of trams and buses, run on rubber tyres but are powered […]
News | Uni tackling student shortage
The University is trying to prevent another shortfall of students by recruiting more candidates who have made Leeds their first choice. Last year 500 places went unfilled due to the shortage of […]
News | Leeds Met to change name
Leeds Met is currently seeking permission to change its name from to Leeds Beckett University. If the board of governors is successful the change will cost the uni £250,000. According to Vice Chancellor […]
What's On: Family Tree
In a world of Parks and Recreation, Twenty Twelve, and the ever-changing beast that is Alan Partridge (please, please look up Mid-Morning Matters before you buy your ticket for Alpha Papa, you’ll thank me), Christopher […]
Film | Films of the year so far.
Here follows a small selection of films by the Arts team which have stood out to us so far this year. Beyond the Hills Dominic: After scanning through my list of films I’ve seen […]
Film | Freeview Flicks of the Week (12-19/08)
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | The Heat
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy star in this comedy thriller as a mismatched police pairing who must overcome their differences in order to catch a local drugs baron. The Heat puts a much-needed twist on […]
Film | The Wolverine – Clawing Back the Fans?
After the disappoint of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Hugh Jackman’s ferocious mutant is back with a film that both the fans and character deserves. Production of The Wolverine did not start well, with then director Darren […]
Film | Only God Forgives
Catapulted to international recognition from his first home grown project Pusher (1996) and the critical appraisal of Drive (2011), Nicolas Winding Refn’s Only God Forgives pays tribute to his ongoing fascination with violence marked by an increasingly stylized palette. Julian (cue […]
Film | Frances Ha
It’s easy to become a little bored and sceptical of the many independent films that deal with characters experiencing their quarter-life crisis (see, for example, Ghost World and Lost In Translation). And although they are […]
Art | Indifferent Matter: From Object To Sculpture
Indifferent Matter: From Object To Sculpture is the summer offering at the Henry Moore Institute, exploring how the knowledge surrounding an object, the way it’s displayed and the cultural and historical values attributed to it […]
Film | The Bling Ring
From their trailers alone, The Bling Ring as well as Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers look more like Miley Cyrus music videos than they do feature films. No doubt the sight of Emma Watson doing a […]