LS Sport takes a satirical look at the week’s events… Jack Wilkinson It was on October 22 that young football hooligan Aaron Cawley, 21, pleaded guilty to the assault of Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland. […]
Interview with Tim Key
Comic performance poet Tim Key talks with Sevya Boning-Brigshaw about joking at the back of class and worming his way into Footlights without ever going to Cambridge After spending a reasonable portion of afternoon […]
Theatre | The Reservation
4/5 stars Until 8 November The Wrens Hotel I was unsure what to expect when I entered The Wrens hotel and checked in for my own individual performance of The Reservation. I was greeted by […]
Bell Époque: Steve Bell at Ilkley Literature Festival
Before he became the Guardian‘s resident editorial cartoonist, Steve Bell was a teacher – a move he calls “one of the worst decisions of [his] life”. He was, in his own words, “bloody useless”, and […]
Injustice: Clive Stafford Smith at Ilkley Literature Festival
When I was on my way to a talk by the human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith OBE, my head conjured up the image of a suited Mark Darcy-style figure. However, this was soon quashed […]
Trick or treat? Crime at Halloween
It’s that time of year again: students are out, en masse, dressed up for another fun night of Halloween debauchery; every corner you turn you’re greeted by another pumpkin or scantily-clad nurse, or run over […]
The Scare Factor
Halloween has increasingly become less and less about the scare-factor and more about
trying to look hot. However, here at LS2 we believe in the tradition of frightening costumes
and went along to the fancy dress shop ‘Best Kept Secret’ to take a look at what weird and
wacky outfits they had to offer.
Leeds Student interviews Nick Griffin: COMMENT
Why we decided to publish our interview with Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP Many will disagree with Leeds Student for publishing this interview. However, the principle behind our decision to print this is the […]
Consolation
If you are the Halloween equivalent of Scrooge, and if when that fateful evening rolls around you cringe and jerk at the sound of a knock (or a ring if you’re lucky), while presumably watching […]
Halloween Dream
Halloween is truly amazing. Just like Christmas if you’re not a Christian, it’s one of the few days in the year that we get to celebrate about almost nothing whatsoever. Thanks to our rich and […]
Costume Drama
As someone who rarely goes a day without surreptitiously slipping a Mean Girls quote into conversation, I have to admit I’m Team Cady when it comes to Halloween costumes. I’m not about to launch into […]
Organisation is the key
This week I was dismayed to find that the cost of replacing my lost keys (lost in Oceana, the shame) would amount to a whopping £60. I worried for a while, then decided that of […]