Saturday started off like any other day, enjoying a flat white in Laynes Espresso while feeling ambivalent towards the fact that I had to return to work when suddenly I received a tweet from my […]
2012: SPOTY the difference
WARNING: Satirical Content, all points made are intended to be light-hearted and slightly amusing. However the point about Chelsea is deadly serious. Award season has come upon us, X Factor, Strictly and now athletics […]
Sportswomen in a league of their own
Earlier this week U.S. downhill skier Lindsey Vonn was denied the chance to race against men in Lake Louise on November 24. Vonn has consistently clocked times on the slope that would allow […]
Money, money, money… in a student's world
According to a recent study conducted by the website Vouchercodes.co.uk, the average student will have used up their first term’s loan within six weeks – at Leeds, that’s by 20th November. However, one in six […]
"During the tour my regiment lost seven men"
As Remembrance Day approaches, Leeds Student considers what life in the army is like for young people. We spoke to an ex-soldier who has served in Afghanistan and a student involved in the Officer Training […]
Theatre | The Unquiet Dead
3/5 stars November 1 The Carriageworks somestories.co.uk Post Halloween night, I headed down to the Carriageworks Theatre to see the spooky one man show, The Unquiet Dead. At first, I was sceptical. Previous one-man performances […]
Theatre | Romeo and Juliet
4/5 stars November 1 stage@leeds Leeds University Union Theatre Group The renowned tale of star-crossed lovers is cleverly updated and made relevant for a modern audience, with our current economic climate central to the […]
Theatre | An Interview with Urban Sprawl
Lucy Meredith speaks to Kelechi Anucha about Urban Sprawl, Yorkshire’s only homeless theatre company Tell me a bit about Urban Sprawl. Basically we are Yorkshire’s only homeless theatre company, we work with people who have had issues […]
A Closer Look At…Montpellier Cinemed
From 26th October to the 3rd November, the south of France saw the return of Cinemed, the Mediterranean film festival held every year in France’s 8th largest city, Montpellier. The film festival, now in its […]
A Week of Woes
I am increasingly perturbed by the new love between the guy from downstairs and a girl from my flat. As I write this, they sit in a lovers’ embrace in front of me. Touching. Smiling. […]
Commemoration
Recently David Cameron announced that the Government would provide a £5 million budget to the education system to give all secondary school children a chance to visit Flanders and experience the history of the World […]
Dance | Beautiful Burnout
5/5 Stars Having seen Beautiful Burnout in 2010 when the production won the Edinburgh Fringe First Award, it was difficult to see how this performance two years on could live up to the memory […]