‘Joy’ is the embattled but uplifting tale of Joy Mangano and her Miracle Mop, arguably not the most glamorous device, but a game-changer for homemakers at the time; today, the woman is an entrepreneurial legend. […]
Top 20 Tracks of 2015
We’ve put together a list of 20 of our favourite songs from 2015. 20. Guy Garvey – Harder Edges Elbow frontman Guy Garvey released his first solo album, Courting the Squall, late this year. ‘Harder […]
Postcards from Abroad: Washington, USA
Bex Gray is a third year Politics and Parliamentary Studies student currently working in the United States. She is spending this semester in Washington DC, interning for Congressman Don Young, representative for All Alaska in […]
Freeview flicks of the week: Citizen Kane, 21 Jump Street and Amy
Sunday 3rd Citizen Kane BBC4 9pm Alright film buffs, no excuses now. If you haven’t already seen the father of all films, now is your chance. Even if you just watch this one to tick the […]
Object Lessons at The Henry Moore Institute
An ‘object lesson’ is a style of teaching popularised in British schools during the early nineteenth century. The idea is that students were presented with an object lesson box that acted as a sort of […]
New Year’s Resolutions: making the write move
I’m interested to know if anyone has kept a New Year’s resolution past Valentine’s Day – because I definitely haven’t. In fact I rarely keep one past the 4th January – my resolutions of working […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: J is for Juggling
Dubious title; I know. But bear with me. In short: life is a sort of juggling act, especially if you are a student. Living away from home becomes the rather difficult task of balancing work […]
End of an Era: Downton Abbey
I can’t imagine there are many TV programmes that would have three generations of my family eagerly anticipating Christmas day. Admittedly, it’s not one of my most shouted about guilty pleasures, because at what point […]
Standout Moments of 2015
2015 gave us moments that left us shocked, smiling and at times angry. Between individuals departing their posts, people going crazy over clothes and shows so spectacular we still haven’t picked up our jaw, we’re exhausted from all […]
Forecasting for 2016
In the past year, we’ve had more trends than we could keep up with. From the 90’s revival of chokers, bucket hats and fringing, sheer gowns, chic sportswear and trainers galore amongst man buns, contouring and […]
Review: The Rise and Fall of Mel Gibson – Café 164 (Munro House)
Mel Gibson, a man of many talents and perhaps even more troubles. Heroic lead on stage or crazed religious nut off it, here’s a person who certainly knows how to divide critical opinion through his […]
Maurice de Sausmarez (1915 – 1969) – Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
In celebrating the noteworthy artistic merit of Leeds, the centenary exhibition of Maurice de Sausmarez’s birth provides an insightful perspective into one of the university’s most fundamental and often overlooked artistic contributors. De Sausmarez was […]