This week marked International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women and their many achievements, and bring attention to the inequalities women all over the world still struggle with today. I’m sure on Tuesday you […]
Overlooking Leo: When you can’t be arsed reading 1,225 pages
“Greatest period drama in the last decade?” The overwhelmingly positive reviews of the BBC’s re-imagining of War and Peace have left me somewhat confused. To me, it seemed less an adaptation of the leviathan novel […]
Mental Health A-Z: Q is for Quantity
I’d always hated maths. I despised the boring simplicity of finding the one correct answer; using theory after theory to calculate the size of shapes I didn’t care about. The end of year 11 meant […]
Fresh Meat: Not fresh, just charred
The final run of Channel 4’s undergraduate comedy came lumbering out of the starting blocks onto our screens this Monday past. With stunted pacing, rehashed subplots and an overshooting of the same erratic cynicism that […]
Woman Crush Wednesday: Mhairi Black
Mhairi Black is soon-becoming a household name. She is not only a woman who is an MP- a title worthy of celebrating- but she is also the youngest MP since 1667, back when 13-year-old boys […]
TG Present: A Clockwork Orange
Theatre Group’s decision to take on such a dark, challenging play was a brave one; filled with tough scenes including both physical and sexual violence, the cast confronted these scenes with real maturity, allowing them […]
Who you gonna call?
When I was eight, I saw a dead fox carcass being dragged bloodied across the floor. “No more”, I thought, the precocious eight-year-old, “will I need to worry about seeing the worst thing in my […]
Postcards from Abroad: The 5 different stages of culture shock
Lucy is a History & French student (no, not just French History), spending her year studying at Paul Valery University in Montpellier. A self-proclaimed Brunch Queen, she enjoys music festivals, yoga and Hugh Grant films. […]
In The Middle introduces… TUSK
Emerging as one of Leeds’ brightest new bands, TUSK received the audience they deserved at an overflowing 360 Club. A vibrant four-piece, TUSK infused vibes of psychedelic rock with gritty, hard-hitting overtones to deliver an upbeat […]
Vogue 100: A History and Legacy Worth Knowing
Vogue UK – Britain’s most prestigious fashion magazine – is turning 100 this year. But how did this infamous publication develop into the Vogue we all know and love today? The first issue of British Vogue was released in […]
UML Gig Picks Of The Week
Women/Music/Technologies: Shelly Knotts/Joanne/Marlo Eggplant, 12th March 4pm-7pm, Hyde Park Book Club This event serves as a preview before the Yorkshire Sound Women Network’s presentation at the National Media Museum on March 17th. Featuring several performances which incorporate […]
Animals or Attenborough?
This year marks the 90th birthday of the Nation’s Granddad, David Attenborough, so it seems like the perfect time to reflect on all his fabulousness. Everybody loves a good nature documentary, but the real question […]