With new exchange students arriving in Leeds for the semester, Edmund gives us a satrical insight into what life would be like in Britain if we were taken over by Australians… Another semester, another wave […]
Countryside Trips to Cure Your City Claustrophobia
With exams finally out of the way and the end of January in sight, now is the perfect time to get a much needed change of scenery before Laidlaw pulls you back into its clutches. […]
Making a Murderer: Your questions answered
It was the Netflix season which had everyone gripped, and last week Making a Murderer attorneys were in Leeds to answer your burning questions… Even if you didn’t avidly follow every episode of Moira Demos […]
The Stage is Set! New Coffee Bar Opens
Charlie Green talked to brothers Matthew and Martyn Jakeman, the proprietors of the speciality coffee bar Stage Espresso & Brewbar which recently opened on Great George Street. Where did the idea for the venture come […]
For the Love of Books: an Interview with Valley Press
Born from a simple love of books, independent publishing company Valley Press now boasts over 100 titles. Alice spoke to its founder, Jamie McGarry, to find out how it all began, his top tips on […]
99 problems but a sit(uation comedy) ain’t one…
There have been countless lists ranking the UK’s creme de la creme of the sitcom world. But after The Radio Times ranked Mrs Brown’s Boys as the ‘Best Sitcom of the 21st Century’, Ellie Montgomery […]
Good Life: The Mad Hatter’s Mansion at Beaver Works 27/01
Good Life rolled into Beaver Works again with a promise of heavy tunes and bright decorations, courtesy of their ‘Mad Hatter’ theme. Despite the curious delay in releasing the line-up the event sold out rapidly, […]
Review: OperaSoc’s Don Giovanni – passion and precison
Filled with lust, greed, comedy and even the supernatural, it is with some admirable ambition that LUU’s OperaSoc take on Don Giovanni, one of the great Mozart operas. First staged in 1787, it tells the […]
A Modern Ruin? Open Letter to Frank Carter
Dear Frank Carter, What happened to you? I remember back in 2009 when your band Gallows released one of my favourite hardcore albums of all time, Grey Britain. I remember listening to it on repeat […]
Preview: Boxed In @ Belgrave Music Hall, 6/2/17
Electropop fourpiece Boxed In will be delivered to Belgrave this Monday 6th Feb, slap bang in the middle of their current tour. Fronted by producer and engineer Oli Bayston, Boxed In have been described as […]
East meets West fashion show at the Chinese New Year gala 2017 – a cultural display of 100 years of fashion
As part of the Chinese New Year celebrations that took place at the Leeds town hall on Friday night, designer Laura Henery’s ‘East meets West’ fashion show was a triumph in showcasing the evolution of […]
Trump vs. The Music Industry
The intertwined relationship between music and politics is one that’s always exacerbated in times of political change. From the prominence of John Lennon’s ‘Give Peace a Chance’ during America’s anti-war movement in the 70’s, through […]