When a book has a name like ‘A Song for the Dying’, it shouldn’t be hard to guess what it’s about: gruff detectives, gruesome murders and gallons of blood. In his new book for 2014, […]
Fashion | Cheap but Chic
Urban Outfitters Vintage O&O Tartan Button Skirt £15.00 The Wrap around styling and button fastening presents a vintage take on the classic school skirt. Despite the cliché, the classic reds and greens complement each other […]
Interview | Ekow Quartey – Spring Awakening Star
An exciting and contemporary version of Wedekind’s Spring Awakening is bursting onto stage at the West Yorkshire Playhouse next month. Provocative and unnerving, the play depicts the confusion and intensity of teenage life today. The […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – About a boy, a cannibal and a week with Marilyn Monroe
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview but sometimes the choice can be quite overwhelming, so here LSi has compiled a weekly list of the best films on TV. This week […]
Fashion | If money weren't an issue we'd be buying…
The Row, Cropped Sweater, £536.60 farfetch.com As those midterm deadlines loom, pyjamas can often appear a far more appealing option than any of the rigid spectacles showcased on the recent runways. However, high fashion doesn’t […]
Music | LUU Big Band with the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra
Following a successful excursion to Oxford to showcase their talents, it was the turn of Leeds University Big Band (LUUBB) to host an event for the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra (OUJO). In true Leeds style, […]
Music | Album review – Major Lazer
Major Lazer Apocalypse Soon 3/5 Apocalypse Soon carries on Diplo’s mantra of making his music “feel like a party”, and if the island-inflected and insanely fun Free The Universe was the main event, then one year later this […]
Dance | The Good Life – The whole cycle of life, in dance!
My only experience of dance previous to this show was watching Step Up repeatedly throughout my teenage years (mainly due to Channing Tatum’s involvement) and the one street dance lesson that ensued. I therefore felt […]
Clubs | Review – Jams presents Elijah & Skilliam, Royal T
With waves of smoke filling the air and swathes of gun fingers bopping to each and every tune, it was clear from the outset that this grime night belonged in the underground. With a residency […]
Blogs | How to Keep Male Students Looking and Feeling Great
How to keep male students looking and feeling great: Men have a problem at public urinals, fact. It’s a self-image thing, the cause of undue worry, stress and insecurity amongst large numbers of males. Such […]
Books | Longbourn – Austen would be proud, if not a little outdone
Joe Baker’s recently published Longbourn is a modern day rewriting of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the servants: quite right for a period currently besotted with the likes of the Crawleys. Baker’s novel can be […]
Music | Temples live
Temples The Cockpit 4/5 Where do you think of when someone mentions psychedelia? Spiritual (if drug-fuelled) journeys to India? 1960s LA in the summer? Certainly not the small midlands town of Kettering. Yet from this […]