Exams are looming, but are you aware of your VAK calling? Do you revise using the sensual whispering of facts in your ear, or acting out arguments in roleplay? This acronym (not to be confused […]
Can you ‘learn’ how to get a photographic memory?
Ever wondered why some people are ‘just better’ at exams? Those lucky few who appear to do little to no revision, and then walk away with 80+%, much to the envy of the rest of […]
Revision Myths
The anxiety, the stress, the turning nocturnal in an attempt to cram in as much revision as possible; students need no reminding that the exam period is fast approaching. So with 2 weeks until the […]
A Walk in the Park
3/5/13 Matthew Evans Race Walking Race walking may not have the prestige or the participation levels that other athletics events enjoy, however the University of Leeds can now boast that it houses the national champion […]
How are Yorkshire shaping up so far?
3/5/13 David Grant Yorkshire Cricket Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s season has already hit full speed with their first four day competitive game taking place in April. The Vikings, as Yorkshire will now be known in […]
Tv: The Village
The BBC’s latest drama The Village delivers a touching story of Bert (Bill Jones), a young boy struggling with the hardships of life in a small village during the outbreak of the First World War. […]
Books: Rook by Jane Rusbridge
Rook is set in the enchanting coastal village of Bosham in Sussex, and Rusbridge paints the scene with rich descriptions of the sprawling shoreline and surrounding scenery. It opens with Nora’s sudden return home to […]
Books: Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall by William Ellsworth-Jones
Banksy is not a graffiti artist. To call him a graffiti artist is naïve and ignorant way to think about street art, and is, quite frankly, painfully uncool. Of course I, like almost everyone else […]
Books: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
1960’s rural England provides the backdrop to the opening of Kate Morton’s novel The Secret Keeper, within which we are introduced to Laurel, a sixteen year-old enjoying the type of idyllic, meltingly hot and peaceful […]
A Closer Look At… Roger Ebert
It might sound like damning with faint praise to say that Roger Ebert (1942-2013) was the world’s most beloved film critic. Critics are not generally regarded with affection, viewed as cynical killjoys who relish the […]
Comedy | Milk the Laughs
Milk the Laughs made their spring debut with a bumper crop of comedy from some familiar faces and some nice shiny new ones. Tealights alumni were dotted amongst a line up that boasted Daniel Simonsen […]
“So are you a People Person?” – An Interview with Lucy Porter
Jennifer Smith speaks with Lucy Porter, ahead of her gig at The Library Pub Lucy Porter’s latest one-woman show, People Person, will appeal to a university audience as it draws upon both her academic background […]