The Woman Rebel is the first graphic novel that LSi has ever reviewed and a suitable one too, as the life of its subject, Margaret Sanger, was similarly unprecedented. As the first campaigner for readily […]
TV | The Day of the Doctor – 50 years of Doctor Who
Life can be only understood by looking backwards; but it can only be lived forwards. In that lies the central conceit of The Day of the Doctor. Beneath its Saturday night tea time family viewing […]
Books | Cheat's guide to Fathers and Sons – A modern lesson in Russian Nihilism
Christmas is coming, and with it the usual familial inquisition of ‘what do you actually do at University?’ Fend them off with some high brow literature. This week: Russian Nihilism with Ivan Turgenev. Who? Yevgeney Bazarov: […]
Interview | Josie Long on sport, filmmaking and Russell Brand
photo: Leo Garbutt I meet Josie Long upstairs in the Hyde Park Picture House, crammed into a little office next to the projection room. She’s as exuberant as expected, even if it is the last […]
Film | The Counsellor – Cormac McCarthy's original screenplay is not the next No Country for Old Men
image: 20th Century Fox It isn’t hard to see why Cormac McCarthy’s first foray into feature film screenwriting garnered such a strong production team. Directed by Ridley Scott, the likes of Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, […]
Comedy | Tealights – the brand new line-up strut their stuff at the Library Pub
4/5 Stars I was surprised upon entering the upper floor of The Library pub to find the hall packed to bursting, which promised an intimidating reception for a group of lads performing together for only […]
TV | Hebburn – Proof that BBC comedy has been tainted by 'Sachsgate'
Hebburn returns to our screens for a second series, but despite some occasional funny gags, it’s hard not to notice the effects of comedic scandals, notably Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand’s ‘Sachsgate’, in influencing a […]
Theatre | Paper Birds – Leeds graduates explore what it means to be a woman
photo: Paper Birds Leeds University graduates, The Paper Birds, celebrate their tenth anniversary as a theatre company by exploring the passage of time in the lives of different women, in their production of On the […]
Photography | Eve Arnold Retrospective – Behind the scenes with Marilyn Monroe
photo: Eve Arnold We think we know all there is to Marilyn Monroe. But Eve Arnold’s photos shows glimpses of the actress that it would not have been possible to see without her. Arnold’s photography […]
TV | I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here A.K.A The Joey Essex Show
The nation’s favourite duo Ant and Dec are back on our screens hosting the new series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here. The 13thseries demonstrates the usual structure of washed-up celebrities being thrown […]
TV | Breathless – Just another take on Mad Men?
As the six part ITV drama Breathless drew to a close two weeks ago LSi looks back at the Sixties period show that took our breath away. But is it just another take on Mad Men? From […]
Film | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Slaying the competition
photo: Lionsgate Entertainment 4/5 Stars It says an awful lot when a film franchise can peddle exactly the same story twice and somehow render it better the second time around. Admittedly The Hunger Games: Catching […]