James Greenhalgh speaks to Green Party Leader and former Guardian Weekly editor about her ideas on legalising cannabis, feminism in Britain today and the living wage. Most people know your party for advocating action against […]
Students condemn BAE on campus
The University is facing increased pressure this week over its relationship with BAE Systems. An online petition and a Better University idea are both demanding all ties with the controversial weapons manufacturer are cut. Following […]
Spotted
If you’re as hooked to social media as I am, you may have seen the rapid emergence of Twitter accounts and Facebook pages with which students can submit anonymous comments about attractive people they’ve seen […]
Birmingham Blues
Would people actually notice if Birmingham merely ceased to exist? If one day, everything from Birmingham disappeared, and its populace was dispersed into other, less irrelevant population centres, would there be any tangible effect felt […]
Celebrity Obsession
Has Spencer got a new haircut? Who’s Harry Styles going out with? Did you see the tweet about Justin Bieber’s auntie’s postman?…Who cares? Students seem more consumed by social media and celebrity culture than ever […]
Desmos: Engineered for Success
22.02.13 The Mechanical Engineering Charity 5-a-side Football Tournament took place last Saturday at Weetwood with great success. The tournament was one of the largest of its kind to take place at the University of Leeds […]
Get a slice of RAG’s cash
Societies are being given a chance to get a slice of RAG’s Community fund this week. Profits from efforts like naked calendars and collection tins in Essentials are put into the fund, which can be […]
Music: Album Review: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
Well it was about time. Nearly five years have elapsed since Cave’s last full-band outing, 2008’s superb Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!, and with a title as grand-sounding as Push The Sky Away fans might expect a gloriously noisy return […]
Music: Album Review: Widowspeak – Almanac
Having avidly admired the BBC’s ‘Escape to the Country’ for many years, I had high expectations of the musical equivalent Brooklyn duo Widowspeak pursued with the rural recording of their second album ‘Almanac’. Robert Earl […]
Music: Miracles of Modern Science – MEEMS EP
Miracles of Modern Science is the Brooklyn-based quintet which since 2005 has been making indie-pop with a twist: they use baroque-style instrumentation; the results sounding something like Tokyo Police Club backed with strings and mandolin. […]
Music: Album Review: Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob
For those with a vested interest in the bland and banal, I present a new album to limply poke your beige taste buds, namely Tegan and Sara’s release “Heartthrob”. As a twin myself I feel […]
Music: Live Review: Villagers @ The Wardrobe
Conor O’Brien’s Villagers might not strike many people as the most riveting live prospect out there, but after tonight’s performance many will look at the band in a new light. Right from the beginning they […]