13.3.13 Leeds University 1st XI 2-2 Leeds Met 1st XI Leeds Univeristy Men’s Football 1st XI conceded a late goal to draw their Varsity fixture with Leeds Met 2-2. Despite being the better team throughout, […]
Theatre | Refugee Boy
5/5 Stars Unsurprisingly the cast of Refugee Boy took their bows this Wednesday to thunderous applause. With their raw, forceful, yet incredibly human performances, Alem (Fisayo Akinade) and his supporting actors completely blew us away. […]
Gryphons relegate sorry Met
13.3.13 Leeds University 25-16 Leeds Met The Leeds University Men’s Rugby 2nds defeated rivals Leeds Met 25-16 on a snowy afternoon at Weetwood. This convincing Varsity victory was also enough to relegate the Gryphons’ […]
Theatre | A Play in a Day
5/5 Stars As one might expect, staging a play with only 12 hours of rehearsal time is no mean feat. However, I have to say Theatre Group managed it with such incredible style, they may […]
Theatre | Pornography
3/5 Stars LUU Theatre Group takes another big dive into the deep end with their most recent production. Pornography is the work of winning English Playwright Simon Stephens, who like Sarah Kane, is part of […]
Peace prevails in Kenya’s watershed elections
On Saturday Uhuru Kenyatta was finally declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election, defeating his main rival, Raila Odinga and avoiding a run-off by the narrowest of margins – just 50.07%. In many ways this year’s […]
Marchant on together
Adam Wood Boxing Varsity 2013 The annual Leeds Boxing Varsity, contested between Leeds University and Leeds Met, never fails to provide a night of fantastic boxing from both sides, with 2013 being no exception. Held […]
Opera | The BBC Philharmonic and Leeds Chorus play ‘The Creation’
The BBC Philharmonic came across from Salford and teamed up with the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus for a three-part recital of Haydn’s Creation. The work comprises Haydn’s oratorio of the Book of Genesis, narrated by tenor, […]
Theatre | Do You Expect Me To Talk?
Do You Expect Me to Talk? begins by questioning our societal obsession with the verb ‘should’, setting up some intriguing thoughts and light-humour before moving onto much darker questions. Presented to us by both Leeds […]
A Job in Killing
BAE Systems, the second largest arms producer in the world, is rarely far from the public eye. Despite being found guilty for numerous counts of corruption and fraud and a track record for selling arms […]
Rhinos humbled by Giants
Leeds Rhinos 8-32 Huddersfield Jack Fairs Headingley Carnegie On a cold and drizzly Friday night at Headingley, Leeds Rhinos were given a real lesson in managing the conditions by Paul Anderson’s Huddersfield side. A […]
Gallery: The Leadership Race Results, 2013
Last night, your six new Union Executive Officers and Leeds Student Editor were elected. The results were as follows: Leeds Student Editor – Rehema Figueiredo Equality & Diversity – Emma Friend (3781 votes) Community […]