Students are spending a night sleeping outside the Union to raise awareness of homeless asylum seekers. The sponsored ‘sleep out’, organised by Amnesty International and Student Action for Refugees (STAR) are raising money for Positive […]
Film | Jiro Dreams of Sushi
4/5 stars Work hard. Master your craft. Be passionate about what you do. One could watch David Gelb’s Jiro Dreams of Sushi and take from it nothing but these generic platitudes, repeated at various intervals […]
Film | The Oscars Round-up
On Sunday the 25th of February, the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood was a who’s who of 2012 in film. With Seth McFarlane on hosting duties it was certain he would be looking to offend and […]
Headingley Literary Festival 2013
March sees the literary masses descend upon Headingley for a month long celebration of all things bookish. Sean Hayes caught up with committee member Sally Bavage to talk about what we can look forward to […]
Film | Mama
3/5 stars Film snobs: do you tend to put foreign-made films on a pedestal, perhaps overlooking this trite plot device or that stock character in order to preserve that silly axiom that non-Hollywood films should […]
Student seeks compensation from Council
A student has submitted a claim to the Council after breaking his leg in an uncovered manhole. Second year Product Design student, George Warner, fractured his fibia falling down a manhole on Ebberston Terrace […]
Birmingham Banter
Birmingham. It is the place I called home for eighteen-years, and recently it was criticised by a fellow writer.Insulting our pies, low blow. It is a misunderstood place, I find. I might look at Birmingham […]
Birmingham Backlash, Take Two
Would people actually notice if Birmingham merely ceased to exist? I’d say its 1,000,000 residents would! Last week, Stephen Rainbird decided that one of the most richly diverse cities in our country could easily be […]
Señor Party Time
Last month, complete with Spongebob Squarepants in arms- TV characters have a longer shelf life in Spain- my friends and I ventured to our strangest soiree so far- a house party for someone who did […]
Mantel vs Middy
The ‘Hilary Mantel attacks Kate Middleton’ story which broke recently has proved a huge distraction from the two, incomplete essays currently open in tabs on my laptop. It was always going to happen though; a […]
LS Interviews Qari Asim
Max Bruges speaks to Hyde Park Imam Qari Asim, who was awarded an MBE last year for community engagement efforts in the wake of the 7/7 bombings that were carried out by Hyde Park locals. […]
Music: This Week’s Singles 25/02/13
Miles Kane – ‘Give Up’ Label: Sony Music 8/10 Miles’ first offering from his forthcoming album sees the Modfather’s successor release his most raucous and ballsy anthem yet. “Come on and give up control” […]