‘Lad culture’ is epitomised by websites such as ‘UniLAD and ‘the Lad Bible’ through offensive and misogynistic photos and jokes, and has been linked to the amount of harassment and assault experienced by students. The […]
RADICAL: LS speaks to ex-Islamist Maajid Nawaz
Co-founder of the Quilliam Foundation, an organisation that challenges extremism, sharp-suited Maajid Nawaz is now worlds away from the torture facilities of Mubarak’s Egypt, where he found himself incarcerated in 2002 for his work with […]
‘Learning To Be Funny’ – Students and Comedy
With the Tealights just having dropped the curtain on their second show, and student-led comedy nights cropping up across campus and beyond, Charlotte Duffield questions the significance of university in helping young, budding comedians propel […]
The Eating Out Scout: NY Burger Kitchen
Think stereotypical American food done averagely and you have it here, food in baskets, gingham check paper, fried everything, burgers and beer. NY Burger Kitchen at the end of Call Lane is Leeds’ new burger […]
Travel | Cheap ways to get away…
What better way to celebrate end of exams than a break which doesn’t break the bank… If you are thinking about gallivanting away to some exotic, or not so exotic, location this summer, then why […]
Thorium: War and peace in the Atomic Age
‘Atomic’ is an ominous phrase and has precluded a paranoid age. North Korean nuclear weaponry is threated to point America’s way. Iran’s ‘peaceful’ production is hinged under an unstable theocracy. The events of Chernobyl and […]
Library tensions
We have our desired seats in the library. Perhaps in the corner, a Herculean desk, a stairway to heaven equidistant from the water cooler and photocopier, 2 symmetrical sockets longing to be plugged in and […]
“Lies, damn lies and statistics”: How to pick apart science headlines
The writer Mark Twain once wrote: “there are just three types of lies: ‘lies, damn lies, and statistics“. I couldn’t have put it better myself. For a number of reasons, rubbish appears in our newspapers; […]
Nothing but a bad memory
Ridding yourself of hurtful or embarrassing memories may seem ideal. Equally, finding a way of legally enhancing your memory skills would be desirable when having to recall information in those end of year exams. Recent […]
Street Style: Campus Cuties
Riddled with revision, deadlines and looming exams, some are successfully managing to balance style with stress.
The Interview: Caitlin Moran: “And that’s why I’m running for Prime Minister”
Mod-feminist Caitlin Moran speaks exclusively to Lucy Holden about previously unrevealed self-harm, a new sit-com, and why she doesn’t want to do interviews anymore – all at a hundred miles an hour. Caitlin Moran […]
TV: Anna & Katy
Channel 4 owes my housemates an apology. More than once have they been disturbed by a terrifying and prolonged cackling coming from my room. This is usually followed by a form of coughing fit trailing […]