3/5 Stars LUU Theatre Group takes another big dive into the deep end with their most recent production. Pornography is the work of winning English Playwright Simon Stephens, who like Sarah Kane, is part of […]
Peace prevails in Kenya’s watershed elections
On Saturday Uhuru Kenyatta was finally declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election, defeating his main rival, Raila Odinga and avoiding a run-off by the narrowest of margins – just 50.07%. In many ways this year’s […]
Marchant on together
Adam Wood Boxing Varsity 2013 The annual Leeds Boxing Varsity, contested between Leeds University and Leeds Met, never fails to provide a night of fantastic boxing from both sides, with 2013 being no exception. Held […]
Opera | The BBC Philharmonic and Leeds Chorus play ‘The Creation’
The BBC Philharmonic came across from Salford and teamed up with the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus for a three-part recital of Haydn’s Creation. The work comprises Haydn’s oratorio of the Book of Genesis, narrated by tenor, […]
Theatre | Do You Expect Me To Talk?
Do You Expect Me to Talk? begins by questioning our societal obsession with the verb ‘should’, setting up some intriguing thoughts and light-humour before moving onto much darker questions. Presented to us by both Leeds […]
A Job in Killing
BAE Systems, the second largest arms producer in the world, is rarely far from the public eye. Despite being found guilty for numerous counts of corruption and fraud and a track record for selling arms […]
Rhinos humbled by Giants
Leeds Rhinos 8-32 Huddersfield Jack Fairs Headingley Carnegie On a cold and drizzly Friday night at Headingley, Leeds Rhinos were given a real lesson in managing the conditions by Paul Anderson’s Huddersfield side. A […]
Gallery: The Leadership Race Results, 2013
Last night, your six new Union Executive Officers and Leeds Student Editor were elected. The results were as follows: Leeds Student Editor – Rehema Figueiredo Equality & Diversity – Emma Friend (3781 votes) Community […]
Sustainable Leadership Race?
Leeds University prides itself in its engagement for the Leadership Race, but are we engaged or just visually harassed by extensive realms of paper encouraging us to vote in a popularity contest? Ironically, this year’s […]
Netball round-up
Lucinda Swayne Netball Leeds 3rds vs Newcastle 3rds Going into the match, we were all looking forward to a tough encounter with Newcastle knowing they were just above us in the league. Following a long […]
Sleepless nights and many strikes in Sheffield
BUCs 2013 Ten-Pin Bowling Richard Turner It was early on a cold Saturday morning in Sheffield… and thankfully the LUUTBC Men’s team was in the warm, bowling in the annual BUCS Student Championships. This year, […]
Celtics Prey on Predators
Richard Choksey American Football – Leeds Celtics v Edinburgh Predators The Celtics began the last stage of their quest for silverware on Sunday. The playoffs had arrived and with them the chance to prove […]