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 […]
Ireland's Time to Change
There are some news stories that are so horrific no amount of flowery rhetoric can add to a writer’s argument, the bare details alone suffice. On Sunday 21st October Savita Halappanavar, seventeen weeks pregnant with her […]
Indian spin too much for England
England were at the receiving end of another trial by spin on the subcontinent as their aspirations of claiming a prized series victory in India were dealt a powerful blow after a loss in the […]
Dirty Leeds, Filthy Rich!
LS Sport’s Kyle Hulme, an avid Leeds United fan through thick but mainly thin, takes us through his account of the Leeds United takeover. On the 23rd of May this year, a rumour […]