Topshop is a brand boasting the great ability to help the rise of up and coming London designers. With the success of their J.W Anderson collection still making our thirst for pattern reel, they’ve done […]
Comment | Immigrants and their contributions
Earlier this week, UCL published a comprehensive study on the effects of immigrants from the eight countries that joined the EU in 2004. It found that every year since their arrival, they have made a […]
Science | Research Round-Up part 1
Current research at the University of Leeds proves crucial… There is far more going on at the university than we, as students, get the chance to perceive on a daily basis. Outside the lecture theatres […]
Science | The economic power that is your nostrils
Whilst we humans like to think of ourselves at the top of the biological tree, we are in fact rather feeble animals when it comes to our senses. In comparison to most other beasts our […]
Fashion | Campus style for the boys
Photography: Laura Heitzman
Film | Philomena
photo: Pathé 4/5 Stars There really is no role that Judi Dench can’t pull off with a dignified air of subtle brilliance. In her latest movie, Robert Frears’ Philomena, she plays an Irish woman trying […]
Fashion | Micro Trend – Statement Sweaters
Jumpers are holding centre stage this season in the form of statement sweatshirts. Finally – a wearable catwalk trend. If there is anything essential to our winter layering in the North, it’s definitely sweaters. Designers […]
Fashion | Editor's Pick
“Love a good pair of boots, especially this new oxblood marble tone they have going on!” Topshop, £75 Emma Clark, Style Editor
Comment | Airbrushing Austen
The compulsion to airbrush images of women is now so entrenched in our media that even those born before the invention of the camera aren’t exempt from manipulation. This week the Bank of England were […]
Science | Why language needs a twerk
Perhaps some of you have missed the recent media storm around American pop sensation Miley Cyrus. To enlighten you, the recent VMA awards provided this young starlet with an opportunity to showcase the world’s latest […]
Science | World Science News part 1
Science that has made the news around the world… Genes linked to increased eating disorder risk Scientists from the University of Iowa and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have isolated two gene mutations […]
LIFF | My Sweet Pepper Land reimagines the Western
3 stars My Sweet Pepper Land is very much a traditional western, except that it is set in modern-day Kurdistan, post-Saddam Hussein’s fall, using AK-47 instead of pistols. Baran is a tough former resistance fighter […]