You only have to look at any English Literature syllabus to see a canon dominated by white authorship. While no one is denying Dickens’ acerbic wit or the ethereal charm of the Romantics, our literary […]
TV | The Knick is slick, and gloriously gory
Think Call The Midwife with cocaine, suicide, racism, blood – lots of blood – and just a touch of moral ambiguity. Okay, so Call The Midwife might not be the most apt comparison to The […]
Film | Foxcatcher Preview – delving into the heart of darkness
Foxcatcher starts and ends with a fight. It is Channing Tatum – he of G.I Joe and Magic Mike fame – that opens and closes the latest film from Moneyball director Bennett Miller. Not Steve […]
Review: Subdub @ The West Indian Centre
Saturday 18th October saw the return of SubDub to Leeds’ West Indian Centre. As one of Leeds longest-running events providing the best of Reggae, Dub and Roots, SubDub and Exodus are uncontested in their field […]
Weezer Album Review ‘Everything Will Be Alright in the End’
Weezer’s last attempts at cementing themselves on the alternative rock ladder were met with mixed reviews, and rightly so. Their collaboration with Lil’ Wayne on 2009’s Raditude clearly wasn’t helping the cause. Fortunately, producer Ric […]
Kindness ‘Otherness’ Album Review
Kindness’s new album Otherness is pure angsty funk. If the sentimental track titles are anything to go by, he has clearly had a lot on his mind; ‘Why Don’t You Love Me’, ‘Who Do You […]
Books | ‘The Establishment’ enlightens readers to the injustices of modern society
In his new book The Establishment: And how they get away with it, Owen Jones attempts to introduce a debate that is ‘long overdue – a debate not just about who rules us, but about […]
Leeds’ Icons – Hyde Park Picture House captures perfectly the early days of cinematic entertainment
As the twenty-eighth Leeds International Film Festival draws closer, it’s time to focus the spotlight on this little cinematic gem located at the heart of Hyde Park. Opened on 7th November 1914, the Hyde Park […]
Food | A recipe from Nigeria: how to make Akara
Bean cakes, or ‘Akara’, are a Nigerian snack or breakfast food, and the perfect complement to your morning coffee. Ingredients 125g bean flour 250ml water 1 stock cube ¼ red onion 2 tbsps of salt 1 […]
EKKO Festival Review DAY 1
A bitterly cold Friday evening last week set the scene for the opening of Bergen’s very own EKKO fest, now in its 11th year. EKKO is held at Østre – “a house for sound-art and […]
Crocodiles @ Brudenell Social Club 08/10
The sight of a half empty Brudenell is enough to make the most swaggering of indie rockers quake in their Chelsea boots. Crocodiles, however, seem seasoned enough to take this in their stride but fail […]
Food | Belgrave Street Feast is still the edgiest way to cause a coronary
Belgrave Music Hall is certainly one of the best things to come to Leeds in the last year. With its eclectic live music selection, slightly overpriced yet insufferably trendy craft beers and a beer garden […]