23.11.12 Revellers were left shaken after being evacuated from a bar on Call Lane last weekend. Cocktail drinkers were forced to leave the bar in the early hours of Sunday morning after the police were […]
Noisy students aggravate locals
23.11.12 One in every eight noise complaints the Council has received in the last year concerned student areas. Information obtained by the Yorkshire Evening Post through the Freedom of Information Act cited loud music as […]
LSTV’s marathon fundraiser for Children in Need
23.11.12 Leeds Student TV has raised nearly £2,000 last week for Children In Need. Last Friday, LSTV carried out a seven hour broadcast in the Union foyer, including live acts every hour and an array […]
Unicycle hero praised online
23.11.12 A mysterious figure has attracted campus-wide appreciation of late. You may have glimpsed a flash of his flaxen ringlets as he cuts his way through the campus crowds. If so, you will have noticed […]
Bring Your Own Blanket
23.11.12 The Union’s long awaited ‘Nap Space’ is being trialled from November 26 – 30 in Extras. With 300 clubs and societies based in its walls and hundreds of people passing through every day, the […]
Cat s**t cray
23.11.12 Cat owners beware – a Leeds University study has revealed that a parasite found in cat poo could directly alter the chemistry of the human brain. The research, led by Dr Glenn McConkey of […]
Film | Amour
5/5 stars Michael Haneke does not want you to enjoy his films. In fact, he would prefer it if there were moments in his work that disturbed you so greatly they forced you to shut […]
You might be forgiven for assuming that the Leeds Film Festival only offered the best in English language cinema
Audiences might be forgiven for assuming that the Leeds Film Festival only offered the best in English language cinema, what with anticipated big-name hits such as Argo and Seven Psychopaths taking centre stage in the […]
Film | The Master
5/5 stars The Master is Paul Thomas Anderson’s sixth feature film. Supposedly taking inspiration from Scientology founder Ron L. Hubbard, Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) returns from the Second World War and is at a loss […]
Comedy | Hifi's Saturday Comedy Sessions
4/5 stars The night started with compère Dave Twentyman, who warmed up the crowd with his lively, cheeky style and worked hard to get us involved. “Any birthday’s in tonight?” he asked, before launching into […]
A Closer Look At… Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett’s stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows’ is featuring as the West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Christmas production, opening later this month. Bennett’s reworking of the family favourite originally ran in 1991, […]
The Never Ending Struggle
The residents of Gaza are not innocent,’ it was recently claimed by the Jerusalem Post, ‘for they elected Hamas… they chose this freely, and must live with the consequences.’ The consequences of democratically electing a […]