Singer Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn, who make up electronic pop duo Sylvan Esso, don’t look like pop superstars. Clad in simple skinny jeans and black t-shirts, Amelia’s reading ‘No Nukes!’, the duo didn’t […]
Violet Chachki makes ‘herstory’ by becoming RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni to star in an international lingerie campaign
Violet Chachki, the winner of the 7th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, has become the first star from the show to front an international lingerie range. The “Never The Girl Next Door” campaign in the […]
7 Decades of Elegance: Celebrating Dior’s 70th Anniversary
Dior marked its 70th anniversary in true style with an exclusive film by Vogue Paris. We wouldn’t have expected any less from our favourite French luxury brand. The short film expresses the strong ties that […]
The Kooks @ First Direct Arena, 23/11
With the First Direct Arena packed full of fans, The Kooks looked set to have a solid start to their 2017 arena tour. A mainstay in English indie rock, the band has a lengthy collection […]
IntheMiddle with H. Hawkline
Following the release of his fourth full length album, weird, wonderful and Welsh musician H. Hawkline, aka Huw Evans, is now on tour in support of Aldous Harding. I managed to speak to Huw just […]
Royal Blood rise to the Arena challenge, 17/11
The dynamic duo that are Royal Blood hit the First Direct Arena to play to a huge and enthusiastic crowd. Their latest album, How Did We Get So Dark?, has elevated them to arena- filling […]
Bad Sounds bring their party to Brudenell, 15/11
There was anything but bad sounds at Brudenell when this indie-funk band from Bath took over the Community Room on Wednesday night. Full of energy right from the start, if you weren’t there to dance […]
New Star Wars Triology- A Cynical Hollywood Cashgrab?
It was announced earlier this month that Rian Johnson, director of the upcoming eighth instalment to the Star Wars series, The Last Jedi, is set to direct a “brand new trilogy”, entirely separate from Episodes […]
The Arts Netflix Weekend Watchlist: Volume 18
On this week’s watchlist I’m giving you an 80’s themed selection to fill that humungous Stranger Things shaped hole. Friday – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Genre: Comedy A film about a slick high schooler […]
Da Vinci Painting Sells for $450m
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi is now the most expensive painting ever after being sold for $450m at Christie’s last week. The painting, which depicts Jesus holding a glass orb in one hand and gesturing […]
Agony aunt: break ups
“I’m currently experiencing a break up whilst at university, and its hard being away from home. Do you have any advice for how to cope?” Break ups are extremely difficulty no matter the circumstance and […]
HighRise Celebrates Fifth Birthday
Highrise now forms such an elemental part of Leeds’ clubbing landscape that it is rather hard to believe it didn’t exist before November 2012. In the 5 years since, it has amassed a powerful reputation […]