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 […]
Film | Zero Dark Thirty
3/5 stars It was only a matter of time before somebody somewhere decided to immortalize the killing of Osama Bin Laden and here it is: Zero Dark Thirty. Ballsy CIA agent Maya follows a […]
Film | Take This Waltz
3/5 stars No good film can be made without reason. Yes, there are films we might enjoy, but come out the other end having learned nothing. Take This Waltz is such a film. As much […]
East Asian Society Film Festival
Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games was a spectacle for the world to behold. The government choreographed a wondrous synchronized performance that showed people harmoniously beating the drums of victory. In the backstreets of the […]
Comedy | Pigeon Hole
4/5 stars The words ‘crash and burn’ come to mind when I think of free stand-up combined with pissed students. Visions of rolling tumbleweeds fill the brain. Luckily, Pigeon Hole Comedy proves me wrong. Brudenell […]