The lead singer of one of Leeds’ most famous musical exports Kaiser Chiefs took to twitter to express his anger over the announcement that Bruce Springsteen will also be performing at the new […]
Preview: Beat Bar presents Pangaea & Moxie
Beat Bar Presents… Pangaea, Moxie Saturday 23rd February £8 Beat Bar have been on a roll lately, securing bookings from a variety of exciting artists from all sorts of different sounds and scenes, every week, […]
The Interview: British Paralympian Swimmer Giles Long
Over a pint and a study of pub taxidermy, Giles Long tells LS Sport’s Lucy Holden about world records, rock bottom and making a splash at the Paralympics. I’m lost in King’s Cross and have […]
Classic Of The Week: The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
It wasn’t the best title. In the bleak days of World War One, the last thing the public needed was a book entitled The Saddest Story. Ford’s publisher urged a more tactful approach, to […]
TV: Borgen
As yet another Scandinavian drama hits our television screens Jennie Pritchard asks why they just always seem to get it right? Borgen has to have one of the most boring-sounding plot-lines ever thought up. […]
TV: The Undateables
With the second series in full swing, Eleanor Healing and Josh Taylor ask whether this controversial show is really just a form of social mockery? YES Searching for love can be a treacherous […]
Books: New Review: How To Be Danish by Patrick Kingsley
By all accounts, Patrick Kingsley is an impressive man. At the mere age of 23 he became one of the youngest journalists at The Guardian and he continues to write features and report from […]
Books: New Review: The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue Townsend
With the recent thirtieth anniversary of the Adrian Mole series, all eyes are on Sue Townsend’s new novel, and her opening chapter immediately sets up a series of comic possibilities. Eva Beaver’s gifted […]
Books: New Review: Havisham by Ronald Frame
Writing a prologue for Great Expectations is ambitious to say the least, but delving into the mysterious past of one of the most famous literary characters of all time is something that not many […]
Books: New Review: Y by Majorie Celona
Marjorie Celona’s Y is the heart-wrenching journey of Shannon, a Canadian girl abandoned at birth. Shannon tells the story of her life as an unwanted child in a rough part of Canada flooded with drugs, […]
Is block voting undemocratic?
With the leadership race upon us, it’s time to start thinking about who your votes will go to. Certain societies have been known to influence who their members collectively vote for. Debate asks, is block […]
Books: Top Five books you’ve never read
The Needle In The Blood by Sarah Bower Brimming with sex and violence, The Needle In The Blood is set during the Norman conquest of England and is cleverly imagined through the minor, often-overlooked figures […]