Photo: Dancehall USA Jungle Jam has rightfully earned its place as one of the biggest parties in Leeds, and whether it’s your kind of thing or not, there’s no denying they’re good at what they […]
Comment | Are women their own worst enemies?
In an interview with Shortlist, Lily Allen declared: “everyone is equal. Why is there even a conversation about feminism?” Thus setting off a false ‘scandal.’ It seems clear to me that the framing of Lily […]
Art | Alfred Drury – Victorian sculpture on campus
Image: Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery Tucked away in the Stanley and Audrey Burton gallery is a small yet extensive exhibition of Alfred Drury’s life works. An influential architectural sculptor of the Victorian and Edwardian […]
Ballet | Cleopatra – enjoyable, but not quite feminist enough
Image: Bill Cooper Northern Ballet have revived their 2011 production of Cleopatra for what their Artistic Director, David Nixon, calls ‘a fresh look’. Cleopatra sees the second collaboration by David Nixon and composer Claud-Michel Schonberg […]
Film | Bullet – not worth the effort it takes to watch
Image: Giant Ape Media If you want to spend an hour and a quarter watching insultingly unrealistic characters spouting corny one-liners in improbable scenarios, then watch Bullet. Among mostly terrible acting, confusing and nauseating editing […]
Theatre | Of Mice and Men – the American masterpiece comes to the WYP
Image: West Yorkshire Playhouse With a jarringly off-key wail, Heather Christian ushered in the Mark Rosenblatt era at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, on a night when the American dream flickered and then died an undignified […]
Art | The Jimi Hendrix Experience – suitably psychedelic photographs
Image: Gered Mankowitz In 1967, in the heady throes of rock and roll, photographer Gered Mankowitz took pictures of Jimi Hendrix. Captured just three years before the musician’s untimely death, the photographs represent the vibrancy […]
Film | The Grand Budapest Hotel – a more melancholy Wes Anderson
Image: Fox Searchlight Pictures It is a criticism oft levelled against Wes Anderson that his films lack substance, forfeiting deeper meaning for stylistic choices and ultimately all blending into one. His films are not ‘revolutionary’, […]
Features | Five reasons graduation isn't that bad
Graduation is a mere four months away. As the days and nights roll by in a haze of study sessions, coffee breaks and hangovers, July comes like a mirage emerging from the Gobi desert. Fear […]
Comment | Too quick to judge Woody Allen
In an open letter to the New York Times, Dylan Farrow recently spoke openly and harrowingly about her alleged sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Woody Allen. Farrow believes that the continued celebration […]
Comment | Tony Benn dies – now our generation must carry the gauntlet
Tony Benn’s personal impact has been enormous. My parents first met at a talk he gave at the University of London Union. As children, my sisters and I were taken to see him speak on […]
Comedy | Friday Night with Jonathan Tealights – love is in the air
Image: Leeds Tealights 4/5 Stars It’s always worrying for performers, especially comedians, to follow a warm up act as sharp and funny as Goodbear – a comedy duo who managed to command an entire audience […]