Halloween’s spookiest club night production, the Living Dead Festival, descended on Leeds University Union on the 31st of October, ready to flip the Leeds student favourite of Fruity on its head, placing its own unique […]
Electrifying Joy Orbison Returns to Wire
Clubbing on Halloween weekend always seems to throw up a treat or two; the same weekend last year saw Red Bull Music Academy bring a monstrous line up headed by DJ Harvey to Canal Mills. […]
Louis Theroux: Talking to Annorexia
Did we actually just see the deadpan documentarian, Louis Theroux with a tear in his eye? Delving into two of London’s biggest eating disorder treatment facilities, Theroux takes a sensitive approach in providing us with […]
Big Family Values: More Kids Than Cash
Do you ever fight with your siblings over who gets to use the bathroom first in the morning? Have you ever asked for a new dress? Have you ever spent a day out with your […]
Restaurants to Take Your Parents To
So, the parents are visiting, and they’re undeniably concerned about your eating habits. Rather than shuffling them down to Crispy’s, or sticking with good old Pizza Express, why not jump on the chance to try […]
Hannah 2.0 to Hannah 1.0: Advice to My Younger Self
I have to start by saying that I am massive hypocrite, I love to give advice but I never take my own. Yet, I have to also say that I am not alone. Our whole […]
Netflix and the Serialised Television Phenomenon
Where TV series of old tended to stick more rigidly to a procedural format, telling their stories within self-contained episodes, we’ve begun to see more and more shows embrace serialised storytelling. Arts Editor, Mikhail Hanafi, […]
Junior Doctors: Blood, Sweat and Tears
BBC Three’s new documentary series, Junior Doctors: Blood, Sweat and Tears, was first broadcast on 25th October 2017. The series is set in New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, and follows the hospital’s newest recruits: the fresh-faced, […]
Under the Ocean with Blue Planet II
The first episode of the much-anticipated Blue Planet II hit our screens last Sunday, and if you thought David Attenborough had exhausted the power to thrill us with the natural world, think again. It’s been […]
Treat Your Shelf: The Secret History – Donna Tartt
It is a truth universally and notoriously acknowledged that, as students, we suffer from crippling debt which threatens to impede upon pursuits of enjoyment. However, The Secret History by Donna Tartt is definitely one of […]
Novel to Screen: Do Film Adaptations Devalue The Book?
With the instant gratification that films provide, the majority of consumers prefer to enjoy stories through the big screen. However, does the slow-burning fascination offered by books trump the sensation that films provide? Lifestyle and […]
Activities Galore! Getting Out and About in Leeds
The Climbing Lab Just around the corner from Oxygen Jump, the Lab is an indoor bouldering park, containing multiple climbing walls. With no ropes used on these walls, the idea may sound a little unnerving. […]