20 years ago this September, the concept of the ‘twenty-something’ and a little-known actress called Jennifer Aniston stumbled out of a Greenwich Village street and into our lives. It’s been two decades since Friends first graced […]
Books | The Black Box – Far cry from a typical crime novel
There’s often something of a stigma attached to the detective genre, especially in regards to those series in which a new story is pumped out nearly every year, and in its 20th year and 18th […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – From Heath Ledger to Zombies
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview and seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
TV | Babylon – Danny Boyle's latest TV outing
Written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (the partners behind the satirical masterpieces Peep Show and Four Lions) it would be hard to imagine Babylon as a failing new drama. The same goes for the […]
Books | Cheat's guide to the Millennium Trilogy
Valentine’s rejection left you feeling bitter? What better way to vent your rising hatred of Milk Trays and rose bouquets than by indulging in a hyper-violent Scandinavia saga? Here’s an essential primer to Stieg Larsson’s trilogy Who? Lisbeth […]
Film | The Monuments Men – Weak wartime comedy drama
Image: Colombia Pictures The Monuments Men is an American war film, telling the true story of a group of art loving European and American men sent into battle to retrieve works of art from the […]
Art | MEXICO Member's Show – The artists say farewell to Wharf Street
Image: m-e-x-i-c-o Times are changing for the directors of Mexico, who this week held their last ever show in the Wharf Street gallery. The mood of the room, however, was not one of teary goodbyes. […]
Art | The Tetley – Brewery turned art gallery
Image: The Tetley The former Tetley Brewery headquarters re-opened its doors as a new contemporary art space last November. The idea was to create a gallery that would sit somewhere between Leeds’s underground and grassroots […]
Film | The Lego Movie – This film is for you, whatever your age
Image: Warner Bros. No words can fully describe how excited I was for this film. Not only is it a Lego movie, it was created by the same guys who made Cloudy with a Chance […]
Books | People in the photo – A page turner full of secrets
Say what you will, Hélène Gestern writes a good page-turner. Narrated in the epistolary form (and translated form the original French), the novel follows the correspondence between the two characters of Hélène and Stéphane, as […]
Comedy | Alun Cochrane @ The Library – the end of a brilliant tour
The prestigious House of Fun comedy Club signalled an end to their 10 year residency at the Library Pub with yet another stand out show, with the likes of Alun Cochrane and Andre Vincent brought […]
Film | Banff Mountain Film Festival – Stunning sports, stunning shots
The Banff Mountain Film Festival came to Leeds on Wednesday and Thursday last week, touring the UK for the fifth consecutive year. You might well ask what a “mountain film festival” is. The main festival […]