Russian food, much like Russia itself, is varied and diverse. But the majority is big and filling, to satisfy the appetites of those living in harsh weather conditions. How else could you survive -30°C winters? […]
Books | Cheat's guide to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Everyone loves a good bonnet, but if you’re weary of Wuthering Heights or feeling jaded by Jane Eyre, here’s an alternative from the ‘other’ Brontë: Anne. Who? Gilbert Markham:A young single farmer whose epistolary narrative provides […]
Food | Gastronaut – Around the world with Cosmo
A “premium all you can eat buffet” inherently seems to be some kind of oxymoron. Most students in Leeds will be familiar with the Red Hot World Buffet or Spice Quarter and know there is […]
Interview | Lars Mikkelsen – The man behind Sherlock's Charles Magnussen
With Britain’s surge of interest in subtitled Nordic Noir dramas such as Borgen and The Killing on BBC4, it was only a matter of time before familiar Scandinavian faces started crossing the North Sea, injecting […]
Food | The Gingerbread Lad – Alternative breakfast menu
We all know we should eat breakfast, but sometimes it’s too much hassle/just boring. Swap the rock hard toast and soggy cereal for these four exciting dishes which will make you look forward to the […]
Video Games | Star Citizen – The beauty of crowd funding
Crowd-funding has revolutionised the way that new products make it to market. Rather than relying solely on huge corporate backing, product developers have now got an effective way of securing funding straight from the customers […]
TV | The Smoke – Full of the same emergency services clichés?
It immediately occurs to the viewer, as they sit down to watch Sky1’s new series The Smoke, that there are surprisingly few firefighting based dramas around on television compared to their emergency service cousins. This […]
Books | The Last Days of Detroit – All is not lost in the land of Motor City
Detroit is a city that has always had its problems, as this book from Mark Binelli notes. Even during the years when Henry Ford turned Detroit into an industrial mega-giant, racial segregation caused major ruckus […]
Food | The alternative guide to Shrove Tuesday
Picture the scene: it’s March the fourth and you’ve invited all your mates round for an evening of stuffing your faces with underdone Yorkshire pudding mix, doused in whatever you can scavenge from the back […]
TV |Freeview Flicks of the week – Schindler's List, Billy Elliot and Milk
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview, and seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
TV | Troy – Does he stand out against the other magician heavyweights?
Magic shows have seen a resurgence recently, spearheaded by names like Derren Brown and Dynamo. Troy is the latest magician to try and take advantage of this popularity, with a show on E4. Does he […]
Books | The Railway Man
As a society we have been overexposed to scenes of brutality and desensitised by television. However, the ease of Eric Lomax’s narration makes the untold horrors of the Burma-Siam railway and the conditions and torture […]