You could be forgiven for having missed the first series of the BBC’s Last Tango in Halifax, not to be mistaken for the Marlon Brando film Last Tango in Paris, under any circumstances, students are […]
Food | Foreign Feeds in Leeds – How does foreign cuisine in Hyde Park stack up against the real thing?
Escape the student stereotype of baked beans on toast, and sample foreign cuisine in Hyde Park! As a nation we have grown accustomed to regularly eating food from elsewhere; Indian and Chinese takeaways are commonplace […]
Music | Ones to watch in 2014 – Real Lies
London trio Real Lies have uploaded just two tracks on soundcloud, yet they’ve already gained a healthy following with their house-inspired tunes, evoking the sight of watching the sun rise after a heavy party. Following a […]
Books | The Woman Rebel – A graphic novel on the impressive life of Margaret Sanger
The Woman Rebel is the first graphic novel that LSi has ever reviewed and a suitable one too, as the life of its subject, Margaret Sanger, was similarly unprecedented. As the first campaigner for readily […]
Food | The best Christmas meal choices Leeds has to offer
Kendell’s Bistro. Price per person: £24.50-29.50. Offering a very splurge-worthy Christmas experience, Kendell’s Bistro optimises the use of warming, Christmassy flavours mixed with other luxury ingredients. Starters include cognac flavoured duck liver pate or black […]
Music | The best of 2013
Forget your run of the mill end of the year lists. For the first and probably the last time ever, here at LSi we have decided to hand out the LSi Music Best of 2013 […]
TV | The Day of the Doctor – 50 years of Doctor Who
Life can be only understood by looking backwards; but it can only be lived forwards. In that lies the central conceit of The Day of the Doctor. Beneath its Saturday night tea time family viewing […]
Books | Cheat's guide to Fathers and Sons – A modern lesson in Russian Nihilism
Christmas is coming, and with it the usual familial inquisition of ‘what do you actually do at University?’ Fend them off with some high brow literature. This week: Russian Nihilism with Ivan Turgenev. Who? Yevgeney Bazarov: […]
Interview | Josie Long on sport, filmmaking and Russell Brand
photo: Leo Garbutt I meet Josie Long upstairs in the Hyde Park Picture House, crammed into a little office next to the projection room. She’s as exuberant as expected, even if it is the last […]
Food | Everyone likes Nandos, but now you can try it out DIY style
Everybody likes Nandos – it’s a fact. But be honest, isn’t it just overpriced chicken and chips? Whilst the chicken is excellent, the few lame sides only distract from the main goal: ingesting the maximum […]
Film | The Counsellor – Cormac McCarthy's original screenplay is not the next No Country for Old Men
image: 20th Century Fox It isn’t hard to see why Cormac McCarthy’s first foray into feature film screenwriting garnered such a strong production team. Directed by Ridley Scott, the likes of Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, […]
Music | Review – Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams – Swing Both Ways (2/5) I have no problem with karaoke. I’ve never done it myself, but I have seen Lost in Translation and looks like a wild old time. Who wouldn’t want […]