Vampire Weekend – First Direct Arena (4/5) As the current music scene leaves us aching for new bands to present an original and unpretentious sound, it is a relief to hear Vampire Weekend moving from […]
Music | Interview – Mallory Knox
Once upon a time Mallory Knox were just another band scuttling along the underbelly of the UK rock scene, touring relentlessly in an attempt to break through. Now the Cambridgeshire lot are riding the wave […]
Clubs | Review – Just A Little presents Daniele Baldelli
Photo: For Festival Just A Little have rightly earned a reputation for putting on different and exciting parties all over Leeds. Wire Magazine have said “it would not be a stretch to call him the […]
Books | Cheat's guide to Pride and Prejudice – LSi read it so you don't have to
Trying to land a date with that stunning Lit student from the floor below? Dazzle them with your feigned intellectualism, gleaned from LSi’s Cheat Guide. This week: bonnets galore with Jane Austen. Who? Elizabeth Bennet The […]
Food | Gastronaut – Sukhothai – The perfect escape from a cold Leeds evening
When my friend and I arrived at 7:30pm on a Saturday evening, Sukhothai was buzzing. A perfect escape from yet another wet and cold Leeds evening, the restaurant’s cosy interior transported us to a warmer […]
Lifestyle | Tips for a keeping warm this winter, just in time for the arrival of the arctic wind
Leeds has never been known for it’s good weather, and with the dark months of winter drawing fast upon us, things are about to get even colder. What’s more, by this point in the year […]
Fashion | Feeling Festive
Christmas is the time of year we’re probably most reluctant to experiment. A sequinned number, (in green or red if we’re feeling particularly festive), is always a safe bet. But why not buck the trend […]
Fashion | Minted vs Skinted
This week it’s war of the patents. Holly Richards
Books | Marriage Material – A fascinating and witty insight into racial politics
For his debut novel, Marriage Material, Sathnam Sanghera has chosen an unusual looking glass through which to analyse the world: a newsagent’s. Inconspicuous though it may sound, the fictional Bains stores provides a fascinating insight […]
TV | Borgen – A cross between The Killing and The Thick of It
Standing somewhere between The Killing and The Thick Of It, Borgen looks into the inner workings of the Danish political sphere, building a bit of a cult following as it charts the squabbles between the […]
Food | The benefits of eating food of the British seasons
You can assume that the average person is able to differentiate one season from the next, but how many of us actually change our diet as we flow through them? Depending on which season we […]
Theatre | 1984 – Great production, but only for book readers
photo: West Yorkshire Playhouse Big Brother. Room 101. The images and concepts established by George Orwell in his dystopian novel, 1984, have entered popular culture and become so incorporated into our everyday lives that it’s […]