On Friday November 29, the Radio One DJ and club music champion will be coming to Leeds, bringing the ongoing dance music roadshow that is Annie Mac Presents to the O2 Academy. This is off […]
Fashion | Brand Alert – Open Lifestyle
Open Lifestyle has been open for over a year, offering everything from quality apparel to home ware and grooming for the dapper gentleman. The co-owner of the store, Daniel, stated, “Our key demographic is really […]
Music | Bonfire playlist
Tracks to reflect the high spirits of everyone watching the fireworks, this playlist is perfect for any bonfire soirée. Burning Heart – James Blunt The third track from his brand new album Moon Landing; the […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Bastille, Clean Bandit & Daughter
Bastille – The O2 (4/5) The phenomenal demand posed on Bastille’s 2013 autumn tour has guaranteed us a sell-out show. The O2 is crammed with a keen, female-dominated arrangement in the front and a seemingly […]
Film | Ender's Game – not exactly out of this world
Adapted from Orson Scott Card’s successful 1985 sci-fi novel of the same name, Ender’s Game is a film that makes a decent attempt at sticking true to its origins. The film is set in the […]
Art | Polychromies – Surface, Light and Colour
2/3 Stars As the Leeds Art Gallery states: “sculpture has often been considered in opposition to painting”. This is the motivation behind new exhibition Polychromies, which showcases a diverse collection of artists’ works in both […]
Fashion | Micro Trends – Totes
This autumn, totes have swept across the catwalks as well as the high street, dominating and completing most wintry looks. In a range of sizes and textures, these charming wrist buddies have been seen on […]
Science | Comment – Is synthetic biology playing God?
Synthetic biology is the power of creating artificial life. The application of engineering tools and design principals allows passionate scientists to construct novel biological systems, enhance existing organisms and direct subsequent cellular processes. Think of […]
Science | False widow, false alarm?
With Halloween just past, it’s apt for there to be a scare story about a genus of venomous spider that has started to make its presence felt. The bite of the false widow or steatoda […]
Science | Comment – Should the NHS fund alternative medicine?
Firstly, I want to point out what I mean by alternative medicine. The definition of it is: any practice that is put forward as having the healing effects of medicine but is not based on […]
Science | Money can’t grow on trees, but gold can…
As the saying goes, ‘money doesn’t grow on trees’. Student living would be much easier if it did. However, a recent study published in Nature Communications suggests that the opposite of this idiom might actually […]
Comment | Russell Brand for prime minister?
Russell Brand is sexist, obnoxious and annoying. But he might just be right about why we are so politically apathetic. The ideas which gushed forth during that interview with Paxman on Newsnight last week, assumedly from the […]