In recent years, Sunday evenings have become renowned as prime television real-estate for period dramas, with shows such as Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife providing the perfect end to the weekend in a wave […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Braveheart, Holes & The Artist
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we go running, try to stop a bomb on a train and discover the world of silent cinema. MONDAY – Fast Girls (Film4 19:15) […]
Food | Not just a pretty plate – Soup, Soup, Soup
Soup is definitely a student staple for us, and for so many good reasons. It’s healthy, cheap, freezes well, warms you up, and makes a really easy on-the-go lunch if you invest in a thermos. […]
TV | Star-Crossed – A desperate attempt at an extra-terrestrial Twilight
Congratulations go to the production team of Star-Crossed for their valiant attempts to sandwich not only every American high-school stereotype, but also every alien-invasion cliché into a mere forty-two minutes. It was a heroic task […]
Travel | Chile and Pablo Neruda – A poet in a world of his own
As South America’s spindliest country, Chile is side-saddled between a gloriously blue Pacific Ocean, and the neighboring Latino countries of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. However, aside from being the thinnest and longest country near the […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Toy Story, The Graduate & Terms of Endearment
Our weekly LSi best freeview flicks picks are here! This week we hang out with a bunch of toys, try to escape from a burning building and get seduced by Mrs. Robinson. MONDAY – The Towering […]
TV | New Worlds – A history that lacks the drama
New Worlds is the long-awaited sequel to the 2008 drama The Devil’s Whore, in which Andrea Riseborough and John Simm appeared as a 17th-century pair whose beliefs drew them right to the epicentre of the […]
Travel | Italian interrail inspiration – a Leeds student's guide
With only three months to go until the glorious student summer begins, starting to plan travel arrangements is an entirely necessary form of procrastination. A popular idea is InterRailing around Europe, essentially buying a one […]
Travel | A Leeds student traveller's guide to Spanish road-tripping
Summer Travel Article – Road Trip Things can seem bleak in Leeds. Cold mornings, constant rain showers and the looming prospect of deadline week don’t really entice you to get out of bed in the […]
TV/Film | The Johnny Worricker Spy Series – Sequel and Triquel
Turks and Caicos and Salting the Battlefield made up the second and third parts of David Hare’s trilogy about an ex-MI5 agent respectively. In Turks and Caicos, Bill Nighy reprised his role of Johnny Worricker in the […]
Food | Peckish – Parma Ham wrapped camembert pie
Spring is here but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late for some filling home cooked comfort food, like this rather decadent Parma Ham wrapped camembert pie with cranberry and apple chutney. Ingredients Pie […]
TV | Game of Thrones, Two Swords – A thrilling sign of things to come
Warning: contains spoilers for seasons 1-3, and for season 4, episode 1 of Game of Thrones. Two Swords begins with a cracking bit of symbolism as Tywin Lannister melts down the Starks’ ancestral blade and throws […]