These tasty festive treats are made using simple and affordable ingredients. They are gluten free (to help avoid that Christmas bloat), and the only sweetener used is honey, which is much more nutrient-dense than refined […]
Baby it’s cold outside: Yuletide reads
Given that most of us spend the holidays swamped in revision and essay-writing, it’s hardly surprising that we tend to turn to festive blockbusters throughout the Christmas season rather than books. But this year, instead […]
Narcos: Money, murder & muchachos
Netflix have only gone and done it again. Following the success of Orange Is The New Black and House of Cards, they’ve managed to conjure up yet another addictive series. Narcos follows the Colombian cocaine […]
Christmas TV: Adverts of the advent
It’s officially that time of year when our screens are inundated with an abundance of Christmas adverts. Aware of our nation’s criteria for the ultimate Christmas commercial (reflective soundtrack, idyllic family living room scene, shots […]
Review: Canal Mills street food market
Because street food served on the street would just be too predictable, how does a warehouse sound instead? The Canal Mills night food street market is held on the last Friday of every month, and […]
Esports: The sport of the future?
We all know football. Whether you like it or loathe it, there’s more money in it than almost any other sport and it’s benefitted greatly from a history spanning centuries. Watching football matches on TV […]
The five days of Christmas (sandwiches)
Monday I go inside Tesco to the perennially busy Meal Deal aisle. Today, six students have huddled round a spilled Fanta and are pointing accusatory fingers at one another. I skirt round and peruse the […]
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Christmas is just around the corner, and whether you celebrate it or not you can feel its magic in the air. Millennium Square is lit up by fairy lights and you can enjoy the sound […]
The well-fed student: A cold-busting, skin-boosting recipe
It’s getting chilly here in Leeds, and the workload is getting out of hand. This warming curry is not only rich in vitamins to keep away colds and stress-induced breakouts, it’s also delicious, and cheap […]
Editor’s pick: December book releases
Tinder Nightmares Elan Gale 4th December Whether we like to admit it or not, most of us have had a fling with Tinder at some point during university life. Although it may not lead to […]
The return of Peep Show
The new and penultimate series of Peep Show has a whole new arsenal of personal confusions, ridiculous predicaments and the same dark humour around Mark’s conniving plans to steal back his past loves and Jeremy’s […]
Netflix new-in: Jessica Jones
I absolutely loved Netflix’s previous Marvel offering Daredevil, so it was with great anticipation that I waited for Netflix’s second Marvel series, Jessica Jones. When it was released I loaded up the episodes, snacks in […]