Written by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong (the partners behind the satirical masterpieces Peep Show and Four Lions) it would be hard to imagine Babylon as a failing new drama. The same goes for the […]
Lifestyle | A round up of LUU Farmer's Market
The prospect of traipsing into university on a Monday morning can be miserable; with a line up of long lectures, never ending seminars and a few tedious tutorials, it’s hard to believe there may be […]
Books | Cheat's guide to the Millennium Trilogy
Valentine’s rejection left you feeling bitter? What better way to vent your rising hatred of Milk Trays and rose bouquets than by indulging in a hyper-violent Scandinavia saga? Here’s an essential primer to Stieg Larsson’s trilogy Who? Lisbeth […]
Food | Gastronaut – Cross Keys
If you worm your way through the city centre, under the train station, over the canal and into the edges of Holbeck, you may find yourself thinking you’ve strayed too far from the path. The […]
Books | People in the photo – A page turner full of secrets
Say what you will, Hélène Gestern writes a good page-turner. Narrated in the epistolary form (and translated form the original French), the novel follows the correspondence between the two characters of Hélène and Stéphane, as […]
Travel | Frog out of water – Ski Trip
Our foreign correspondent hits the slopes French-style, and finds it’s not exactly what she expected. After enduring months of trying my best to be française and feeling more British than ever, I decided a ski […]
Books | The Hive – Mean girls for the middle aged
If you thought the cliques and schoolyard politics portrayed in teen comedy Mean Girls were confined to the realm of high school drama queens, think again. Gill Hornby’s debut novel, based, like Mean Girls, on […]
TV | Salamander – We've had Borgen and The Killing, now Belgium gives us their best shot
Salamander is the new 12 part Belgian political conspiracy thriller taking the Saturday night BBC4 spot of crime fighting and justice. With the recent popularity of the Scandinavian dramas The Killing, The Bridge and Borgen, […]
Books | Stephen Hawking – My Brief History
“Physics was always the most boring subject at school because it was so easy and obvious. Chemistry was much more fun because unexpected things, such as explosions, kept happening. But physics and astronomy offered the […]
Food | Peckish – Caramelised Red Onion, Rosemary and Goats Cheese Tart
With Spring almost here, what better way to celebrate than to abandon the heavy, filling meals that take hours to make and cook up a refreshing Caramelised Red Onion, Rosemary and Goats Cheese Tart. Ingredients For […]
TV | Britain's Great War – BBC's tribute to WWI centenary season
It’s very difficult to write a book or make a documentary series that gives a general description of a major war. World War One and Two have been documented to the extent that it is difficult to come up with […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week- Bridesmaids, Sunshine & Freaky Friday
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 […]