‘I’d be locked up if I didn’t have the opportunity to play the roles I’d like’ Ben Meagher meets Denmark’s star actor, Søren Malling, in Copenhagen for coffee and a discussion of clay pigeon shooting, Scandinavian drama […]
TV Comment: House Of Cards
With dialogue as sharp as their suits and as polished as the offices in the Senate, House of Cards is likely to be the smartest drama you’ll see this year. Adapted from Michael Dobb’s books […]
Music: Album Review: Suede – Bloodsports
After such a long time out of the game, most returning artists would opt for caution and conservatism on a comeback album on the reasonably safe assumption that their time had been and gone, and […]
Art | An Arrangement in White
Charlotte Duffield heads down to XO on Kirkgate to explore the subtleties concealed in the colour white. It was a bleakly grey and blustery afternoon when I visited the new temporary XO gallery, in Leeds’s […]
Theatre | The Improvathon
Riley Smith Hall, March 14 Theatre Group’s 2013 charity Improvathon ran from 12 noon on Thursday the 14th of March until the same time on the following day, raising money for prostate cancer. The […]
Theatre | ‘FAME’ preview
April 14, 15, 16 Devonshire Hall Drama Society presents FAME, the internationally bestselling musical featured for many years on both Broadway and The West End. FAME traces the steps of a group of students going […]
Leeds Rhinos Edge Out Wigan
15.03.13 Leeds Rhinos 18-14 Wigan Warriors Leeds against Wigan is usually a physical encounter and this encounter on Friday night at Headingley was no different. The Rhinos needed a response after their poor loss to […]
BAE banned by twenty vote majority
A motion to ban controversial manufacturer BAE Systems from campus has been passed, following a narrow referendum vote announced on Friday. The motion demands that the company is forbidden from attending careers fairs on campus, […]
Uni Suffer Varsity Heartbreak
13.3.13 Leeds University 1st XI 2-2 Leeds Met 1st XI Leeds Univeristy Men’s Football 1st XI conceded a late goal to draw their Varsity fixture with Leeds Met 2-2. Despite being the better team throughout, […]
Theatre | Refugee Boy
5/5 Stars Unsurprisingly the cast of Refugee Boy took their bows this Wednesday to thunderous applause. With their raw, forceful, yet incredibly human performances, Alem (Fisayo Akinade) and his supporting actors completely blew us away. […]
Gryphons relegate sorry Met
13.3.13 Leeds University 25-16 Leeds Met The Leeds University Men’s Rugby 2nds defeated rivals Leeds Met 25-16 on a snowy afternoon at Weetwood. This convincing Varsity victory was also enough to relegate the Gryphons’ […]
Theatre | A Play in a Day
5/5 Stars As one might expect, staging a play with only 12 hours of rehearsal time is no mean feat. However, I have to say Theatre Group managed it with such incredible style, they may […]