So many books to read before you die, so little time and actual motivation. Fear not, LSi brings you a short cut to expanding your literary knowledge, this time looking at Great Expectations by the […]
Comedy | HiFi Sessions – Great Atmosphere
Image: Hifi Club Hifi’s regular Comedy Sessions are perfect for that relaxed Saturday atmosphere; with different acts every week you’re treated to something new in a cosy and chilled setting. We were seated on stools […]
Books | Ilkley Literature Festival – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on fruit
The British celebrity chef famous for championing the cause for ‘real food’ steps up to centre stage at Ilkley Literature Festival to address the hugely marginalised issue of fruit. “Here’s the dilemma. Fruit is naturally […]
Photography | Peter Beard – An Opulent Ouvre
Born in 1938, Peter Beard has that rare quality of someone who, according to Owen Edwards, has lived throughout three centuries. Having ‘roots in the 19th century… with insatiable curiosity and assumed privilege of such […]
Film | The Witches – digitally remastered
‘The Witches’, released for the first time in 1966, is the story of Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) as she struggles to deal with haunting memories from her past. The film has recently been digitally restored, and […]
Film | No/Gloss Film Festival – engaging with film
5/5 Stars The desolate spaces of Canal Mills was taken over this past weekend by No/Gloss Film Festival for the second edition of Leeds’ own DIY film festival. The vast, bare warehouse of the 19th […]
Art | Nocturne at Leeds City Gallery – creatures of the night
4/5 Stars The Leeds City Art Gallery cites James Attlee’s ‘Nocturne’ (2011) as the inspiration behind the exhibition, from the section in which he states that ‘it is scarcely more than a century since the […]
Interview | Tom Stade – like Mel Gibson, but without the racism
Tom’s just woken up. With a thick crackle coating a voice like treacle, he giggles incessantly: “We’ve missed our car appointment. My wife had to bring her truck in at 11”. You would be forgiven for thinking his wife is […]
TV | Boxset Essentials – Sex and the City
Best for when you are feeling bad about your own love life… Before I had ever viewed a single episode of Sex and the City, I had a preconceived idea of what it was all about; four […]
Film | Baggage Claim – Just Typical
Comedy Director: David E Talbert Writer: David E Talbert 3/5 Stars Typical. I thought I’d hate it. Not because I was over it. I never will be. Pop-corn, your besties and a high altitude search […]
Art |The Beauty of Nothing at the White Cloth Gallery – Atmospheric
2/5 Stars The exhibition is a small atmospheric thing. It hangs on walls surrounding a miss-matched collection of comfortable armchairs and sofas; the kind of space perfect for coffee and contemplation(conversation?). The bright images are […]
TV | Homeland
It’s become a bit of an accepted view amongst most critics that Homeland has lost its edge. The first season’s excellence is universally acknowledged but many criticise the second season for shedding the veil of […]