There is no recipe for eating disorder recovery. Recovery is, for a lot of reasons, the most ambiguous stage of an eating disorder. People will assume that normalcy has resumed, and maybe even doubt that […]
10 Small Things to Save Your Life
World Mental Health awareness day. It’s time to focus on you. You are the priority. However your morning, week, or month has gone, disregard it. Today is a day for you to focus on your […]
World Mental Health Day: You Are Not Alone
You’re just a worrier. You’re only sad. You just don’t have an appetite. They’re just harmless mood swings. Right? Maybe not. For too long people have been afraid of two little words: Mental Health. We […]
Making Hyde Park A Home
The past couple of weeks I’ve read some great articles about making halls homely and about adapting to Uni accommodation. What I haven’t seen much of however, is advice for second years who are, for […]
Oscar Micheaux: The World’s First Black Filmmaker
As you all know, this month is Black History Month. So I thought I would take this opportunity to explore the story of Oscar Micheaux, one of the first ever black filmmakers. As a huge […]
Oktoberfest
From the 11th-13th October 2018, Leeds is hosting its very own ‘Oktoberfest’ celebration at the South Bank Depot, in homage to the traditional folk festival originating in Munich. In Bavaria, the festival itself has a […]
Post Holiday Blues?
You’re back to uni, back at work, back to life at home. Despite having had a summer of action-packed backpacking or a relaxing a beach holiday, it’s easy to feel somewhat sad once you get […]
Black History Month – An Excuse for Whitewashing??
Every year October comes around and newspapers, academia and every other website starts declaring how important black history is and how diverse they are. Black history and diversity in academia are of course undeniably important […]
Polls, Pigment and Pitas
Black History Month belongs to every Other. The open dialogue shared alongside discussions of the struggles of Black peoples allows for the recognition of both past and present problems that we of the Black/ Mixed/Other/not-a-white-person […]
Dread, Beat and Dub: The Art of Linton Kwesi Johnson
Jodie Yates could write a book about Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Black British poet renowned for his pioneering form of dub-poetry. But you can check out the abridged version of his life in this week‘s […]
Agony Aunt: Struggling to Make Friends in First Year
HELP! I’ve just got here, and I’ve got no clue how to meet people! How do I make friends?? Let me start with saying this- believe it or not, we’ve ALL been there. When I […]
International Coffee Day
Have a latte on your mind? Never fear, international coffee day is today and it’s just what we’ve bean waiting for. On the 1st October coffee events take place, celebrating the journey of coffee. This […]