The Bradford International Film Festival returns on the 11th April, and until it ends on the 19th it will be showcasing the best of both Bradford’s history in film and the wider world of cinema. […]
A Closer Look At…Toulouse Lautrec
Perhaps best known for his posters advertising the Moulin Rouge, artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec captured and immortalised the faded elegance of belle époque Paris. Heavily saturated with colour, his paintings have a hazy quality, as […]
A Closer Look At… Pedro Almodóvar
If you want to educate yourself in Spanish cinema, there’s really only one name you need to know: Pedro Almodóvar. What marks him out from other directors of his age and experience is his unrelenting […]
How do you like your eggs in the morning?
In the absence of sweet, elusive chocolate eggs hiding from the clutches awaiting, drooling children why not celebrate the wonders that the ordinary egg can also provide. For some healthy indulgence, test out one of […]
The Interview: Soren Malling
‘I’d be locked up if I didn’t have the opportunity to play the roles I’d like’ Ben Meagher meets Denmark’s star actor, Søren Malling, in Copenhagen for coffee and a discussion of clay pigeon shooting, Scandinavian drama […]
TV Comment: House Of Cards
With dialogue as sharp as their suits and as polished as the offices in the Senate, House of Cards is likely to be the smartest drama you’ll see this year. Adapted from Michael Dobb’s books […]
Music: Album Review: Suede – Bloodsports
After such a long time out of the game, most returning artists would opt for caution and conservatism on a comeback album on the reasonably safe assumption that their time had been and gone, and […]
Art | An Arrangement in White
Charlotte Duffield heads down to XO on Kirkgate to explore the subtleties concealed in the colour white. It was a bleakly grey and blustery afternoon when I visited the new temporary XO gallery, in Leeds’s […]
Theatre | The Improvathon
Riley Smith Hall, March 14 Theatre Group’s 2013 charity Improvathon ran from 12 noon on Thursday the 14th of March until the same time on the following day, raising money for prostate cancer. The […]
Theatre | ‘FAME’ preview
April 14, 15, 16 Devonshire Hall Drama Society presents FAME, the internationally bestselling musical featured for many years on both Broadway and The West End. FAME traces the steps of a group of students going […]
Leeds Rhinos Edge Out Wigan
15.03.13 Leeds Rhinos 18-14 Wigan Warriors Leeds against Wigan is usually a physical encounter and this encounter on Friday night at Headingley was no different. The Rhinos needed a response after their poor loss to […]
BAE banned by twenty vote majority
A motion to ban controversial manufacturer BAE Systems from campus has been passed, following a narrow referendum vote announced on Friday. The motion demands that the company is forbidden from attending careers fairs on campus, […]