The Library is to donate an entire week’s worth of fines to Raising And Giving (RAG), as part of the annual RAG Week fundraising celebration. £14,000-worth of library fines have been added to RAG’s Community […]
Art | Cutting into Colour
3/5 Stars Confined to a wheelchair and restricted by further disabilities, Henri Matisse was forced to abandon painting towards the end of his life. A true artist, he did not let this prevent him from […]
Instagram and Lomography: The Reel Deal?
Current fads see us reaching for our smartphones to capture the moment with a Lo-fi filter. Marysia Korzeniowska considers whether our passion for quick fixes is eroding the traditional art of photography. What camera do […]
Pints reduced to £2 in union bars
Union Affairs officer Anthony Haddley has finally succeeded in his election promise to bring the £2 pint to Union bars. The new pricing came into effect earlier this week, with Mr Haddley tweeting a picture […]
Opera | Otello
4/5 Stars Tastefully set in a more contemporary era of naval warfare, the set and costumes suggesting Second World War, Opera North’s staging of Verdi’s Otello was in many ways a traditional playing of one […]
Theatre | The Good and the True
4/5 Stars Coinciding with National Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January, Svandovo Divadlo and New End Theatre Beyond bring historical, memoir-based play ‘The Good and The True’ to the Carriageworks, Leeds. Originally created and performed […]
Art | Leeds City Digital Portrait
Leeds City has just had its digital portrait taken, courtesy of Artist Brendan Dawes. Dawes’ work engages very much with space, shape and the relationships between people and objects, making him an ideal candidate to […]
Ex-Exec Sewards loses by-election
Former Communications & Internal Affairs (C.I.A.) Officer Mark Sewards has failed in his first attempt at local politics. He was defeated in a town council by-election in Leeds. Sewards, a Law graduate, was the Labour […]
End of the road for the 95 bus
Students have expressed their disappointment over the news that the 95 ‘Bod Party Bus’ is to stop running. A spokesman for the operator said “the closure of Bodington Hall means we no longer need to […]
Cabinet meeting in Leeds
Amidst his busy schedule, including a trip to Algeria, Prime Minister David Cameron found time to visit Leeds this week. The whole cabinet, including George Osborne, Danny Alexander and Phillip Hammond, were visiting the city […]
LS1 Interviews: foodie and former war writer, Bruce Palling
Currently a prolific food and wine blogger and a columnist for the Wall St Journal, Bruce Palling doesn’t think it is a contradiction that he started his career writing about wars and conflicts. A failed […]
Three hours in a row
A rowing vice-captain has managed to row 50 kilometres inside the Union. Mike Lawson completed the non-stop row in 3 hours and 43 minutes, eating and drinking without halting his strokes. Lawson, a Geological Sciences […]