Tom Stoddart has been there to photograph some of the most pivotal moments in the recent history of the world. He saw, amongst other things, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the unrelenting famine in […]
Blogs | Build Your Own World
Last week (http://www.leedsstudent.org/2013/09/29/blogs-playing-your-own-story/), I delivered a spiel about the extent to which games can enable people to play their very own story. The thing about such narratives is that the player is of course, the […]
Blogs | University, Long-distance Relationships and the Inevitable Break-ups
The background: You’re either lying to yourself or remarkably stupid if you believe that moving to university isn’t going to affect your relationships. Moving away forces you to spend less time with those closest to […]
Blogs | Five Reasons Why Parents Are The Best Students
1/ We will never be late to a lecture because we have ‘overslept’. ‘Oversleeping’ is an alien concept. A lie in is something we have only heard about in fiction. We seem to have a […]
Food | Gingerbread Lad – Pulled pork feast
Chances are you’ve probably eaten at REDS, which seems to have become Leeds’ go-to place for an American feast. Problem is it’s often so busy you could probably make your own version in the time […]
Food | Fresh Slice – Mint Chocolate Matchmaker Brownies
Who can say no to a new brownie recipe? Though these brownies come with a refreshing mint twist, rest assured, fudgy, chocolate indulgence remains. If you leave these in the kitchen, all you will be […]
Food | Gastronaut – The Cosmic Cow Cafe & Cabaret
Cosmic Cow Café is an odd beast, in an odd habitat. Tucked away off the Kirkstall Road, hemmed in by the rusted façades of four decades of industrial decline, the Full Circle bar/restaurant that hosts […]
Lifestyle | GIAG with Freestyle Dance
When considering the various dance societies that the Union has to offer, I was intrigued by the idea of Freestyle Dance. The name conjures up the image of spontaneous, unrehearsed dancing; people feeling the music […]
Food | Gingerbread Lad – Home cooked comfort food
We’re getting deeper into the first semester, the nights are getting darker and homesickness is probably kicking in a little. If mum and dad’s cooking is what you’re missing, bring it to Leeds. These simple, […]
Food | Peckish – Halloween Cake
This week, new baking column Peckish gets to grips with a cake recipe fit for Halloween. Ingredients for Carrot Cake 175g of light muscovado sugar 175ml of sunflower oil 3 eggs 140g grated zest of one […]
Blogs | The Fairest of the Seasons
Some things remain comfortingly consistent on the continent: the presence of pumpkin spice lattes in Starbucks the second leaves start falling off trees, the pointless academic bureaucracy whilst trying to complete the seemingly simple task […]
Blogs | Let Them Eat Cake
This week saw much loved BBC Two big-hitter Great British Bake Off come to a sugar coated, multi tiered end which saw potential candidate for loveliest woman on the planet, Frances Quinn, take the much […]