“I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade…it is unprecedented in the history of cinema.” That is Werner Herzog, speaking as he signed on to be […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 5
Episode 5 I didn’t enjoy this week’s episode. Up until now it had been fun to rant and bitch about the contestants who I deemed to be evil, safe in the knowledge that their souls […]
A Feminist’s Guide to Summer
Leeds has experienced a mass student exodus, we all survived moving weekend, exam results are in and the sun has actually come out long enough to make me purchase a pair of shorts: I can no longer deny that summer is officially […]
Oh, I do like to live beside the seaside
As you may have guessed by my writing in this publication, during term time I live in the sunny city of Leeds. However, my home town is a popular seaside resort on the East Coast; […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 4
Episode 4 So the big reveal of this week’s episode of BINTM is that Angel is really very annoying. Not only does she have a very irritating, airy giggle, but she also doesn’t do her […]
The Eating Out Scout: La Besi
Awkwardly situated on the far edge of campus, behind the well-established Library Pub, I have zoomed past La Besi without a second glance countless times whilst on a mad campus dash. It was only in […]
Top Ten Moving Week Moments
1. Packing up your room at the end of a university year is the best way to awaken the eco-warrior in even the most reluctant of us as we pile up leaflet after leaflet after […]
Music: Y Not Festival Preview
Fear not if you’re suffering from the glasto-blues, Derbyshire’s very own smaller-scale version is returning to the rolling hills. Y Not will run from Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th August this summer and is set […]
Murray’s Moment at Wacky Wimbledon
Stephen Topping The final that many predicted in the gentlemen’s singles of Wimbledon is well and truly on the cards – but the sequence of events preceding it has certainly been interesting. A nightmare draw […]
Graduation: A guide
Ohmagawd the most important day of your university career. That £9,000 bit of paper is going to be handed over to you, you have to shake hands with important people, and wear a stupid robe. […]
Graduation Dining: The Blackhouse Grill
With graduation day fast approaching, Leeds Student has scouted out the best places in the city to celebrate the end of your university career. This week, Victoria Gray reviews The Blackhouse Grill.
What’s On: The White Queen
The decision to translate Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen from print to screen cannot have been one taken lightly by head writer Emma Frost. Gregory’s novels are much loved by historians and readers alike, despite […]