30.11.12 The Vice Chancellor has slammed government policy as “completely mad”, after Leeds was forced to begin the year with 500 unfilled places. Intake for 2012 had been estimated at 5,000 students, but Vice Chancellor […]
Halls Haute Cuisine
The knives are out for what could be the most hotly contested inter-collegiate competition yet: Come Dine With Me, the Leeds Edition. Budding student hosts and hostesses from across the city are being called to […]
Let the sausage see the roll
30.11.12 As the winter nights draw in, hundreds of Leeds Uni students have been left longing for that special someone to snuggle up to in a cosy corner of Old Bar. Leeds RAG’s latest charity […]
Film | End of Watch
3/5 stars End of Watch, is acclaimed screenwriter David Ayer’s newest cop drama, and his first foray into directing. Disappointingly, it fails to live up to its Academy award winning predecessor, Training Day. We are […]
A Closer Look At… J.R.R. Tolkein
Some concepts and ideas become so widely regarded and synonymous within the culture that it seems impossible to imagine where they came from or, indeed, anybody actually dreaming them up. They simply seem to exist, […]
Film | Top Five Alternative Christmas Films
5. Rocky IV Directed by Sylvester Stallone Starring Sylvester Stallone and Talia Shire Stallone’s plucky pugilist is set to do battle with Dolph “I will break you” Lundgren’s cartoonishly intimidating Russian on Christmas Day. Cue […]
Comedy | Andrew Lawrence: Is Coming to Get You
3/5 stars Having previously seen Andrew Lawrence performing live at the Clapham Grand for the filming of ‘Stand up for the Week’, I was keen to see him again in an intimate setting. He has […]
Film | The Film Debate: The Hobbit
December 14 will see the release of perhaps the decade’s most hotly anticipated picture. Being such a beloved childhood book, we asked whether or not it will live up to its esteemed reputation… Sean Hayes tells […]
Film | Alternative Films of the Year
As the calendar year draws to a close, Dominic O’Key takes an alternative look at this year’s best films Before I begin this list I must admit a handful of things: I have not yet […]
Film | Silver Linings Playbook
3/5 stars Silver Linings Playbook pitches itself as a comedy drama, but in all honesty, it feels more like a misguided rom-com trying to make light of issues that deserve to be treated with a […]
Tweeters Beware
It‘s widely accepted that a journalist must accept moral responsibility for what they write. Granted, the repercussions of publishing a slating review of a, for example, new brand of mascara are not as great as, […]
Cameron's EU Misunderstanding
The outcome of the EU budget negotiations follows the pattern of the last couple of years’ EU politics; no consensus, lack of solidarity and prosperity. David Cameron claims that the current plan for EU budget […]