Carving pumpkins has been a tradition for centuries and originates from Irish folklore. However, for some it has become a challenge to design and create the perfect pumpkin. This can be a messy and complex […]
Pick Your Poison
Lifestyle and Culture Editors, Jade Verbick and Bella Davis, spent a lunchtime getting tipsy on Hotel Chocolat’s new collection of Halloween cocktail chocolates with a shot of liquor. The Gryphon’s Editor-in-Chief Reece Parker even got […]
Terrifying Tales
With Halloween upon us, it is time to embrace all that is ghoulish and gothic. Here are the perfect books to get you into the Halloween spirit. Dracula by Bram Stoker This literary classic follows […]
Living Dead Halloween Festival returns to LUU
Leeds University Union is preparing to be transformed into the most terrifying event space in the city this Halloween, with the Living Dead Halloween Festival descending on Lifton Place for one night only on the […]
In The Middle with Lina
Poppie Platt catches up with rising popstar Lina to talk supporting Little Mix, the eternal power of Avril Lavigne and childhood epiphanies where she just knew performing was her calling. Lina has continued to light-up […]
In The Middle with HMLTD
Having just been nominated by Q magazine as best new breakthrough act, selling out Scala in May, and their most recent single already hitting almost 123,000 plays on Spotify, it’s no wonder that HMLTD are […]
In The Middle with Will Joseph Cook
It’s been a successful year for genre bending Will Joseph Cook. Touring with Topman/NME and releasing a debut album, it’s been non-stop for the quirky musician. Arts Editor Tash Lyons caught up with him along […]
Subdub with Iration Steppas and Jah Youth Sound System – Preview
Friday 27th October will see Subdub’s inevitably triumphant return to its new home, Beaver Works. Both an institution in their own right, Subdub’s ever-increasing popularity pushed it to upsize from its former home at the […]
Ian Mckellen Stars in Chichester’s Formidable King Lear
Chichester Festival Theatre’s 283 person capacity Minerva Theatre, a stage-less studio theatre, seems a strange and slightly underwhelming location for the theatrical and onscreen powerhouse Sir Ian McKellen to perform. After graces the stages on […]
Rationale @ Brudenell Social Club
Imagine soulful tunes mixed with R&B and then add some funky dance moves and voila! You get Rationale. After seeing this raw talent perform as a support act for Bastille last year, I knew his […]
Gary Numan @ O2 Academy Brixton
The widespread influence of Gary Numan in modern music is perhaps best illustrated by the variety of genres played over the house sound system as throngs of fans fill the Brixton Academy on Saturday night; […]
Turner Prize 2017 set to be the most diverse yet
This year’s Turner Prize takes place at the Ferens Gallery in Hull – named the ‘City of Culture’ for 2017 – and is one of the most diverse Turner Prize shows yet. The recent removal […]