Photo: Dave Piekoz In the shadow of Mint Warehouse’s more advertised and expensive ‘Cocoon’ night, Mint Club hosting Kyle Hall was a night not to be missed. This distraction did have its’ advantages: on entering […]
Leeds International Film Festival | Highlights Roundup
photo: Cold Eyes, Zip Cinema Cold Eyes (2013) An adaptation of Nai-Hoi Yau’s Hong Kong crime thriller Eye in the Sky, South Korean directors Ui-seok Jo and Byung-seo Kim portray the chaos and collusions of […]
Fashion | Menswear – Channel your Superhero
Whether it was Clarke Kent or Peter Parker, we all had a childhood fantasy of becoming a superhero and flying to the aid of a damsel in distress. You’ll be glad to know that this […]
Weekly Chart
Here’s a selection of this week’s cream of the crop. Your pre drinks will be a tad on the drab side without giving these a chance. Have a look at the tracks we’ve picked out […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Har Mar Superstar, Imagine Dragons & Turin Brakes
Har Mar Superstar – Brudenell Social Club (5/5) Har Mar Superstar, an R&B singer-songwriter and legend of Minnesota, is well known for his sexy and confident stage presence. Having released 5 albums over the course […]
Video Games | The Jane Austen games we've all been waiting for
It is a truth universally acknowledged that video games based on the works of Jane Austen are like buses – you wait forever for one and then two just turn up at once. Stride and Prejudice is […]
Books | A Possible Life – A very English affair
Anybody who had to suffer the embarrassment of analysing one of the numerous sex scenes in Birdsong at A-level may be forgiven for giving Sebastian Faulks and A Possible Life a wide berth. But to […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Alice in Chains & Big Deal
Alice in Chains – O2 Academy (4/5) At first, people wonder if they have wandered into the wrong venue. Having just witnessed the stange Swedish metal band Ghost, who fronted a sort skeleton-priest alongside guitar […]
Leeds International Film Festival | Editors' Highlights
image: Mifune Prodocutions Co. Ltd. Joanna’s Highlight Faythe Levine and Sam Macon’s documentary about sign painting may sound a little dull, but it is a testament to both their skill as documentary-makers and the […]
Blogs | Belgrave Music Hall
Isn’t it satisfying finding somewhere new before everyone you know does? Even I am a little late to the party with this one but luckily, I think I’ve made it through the door before the […]
Theatre | Titus Andronicus – Flawlessly horrific
photo: Theatre Group Titus Andronicus is an ambitious project. In an early attempt of Shakespeare’s to replicate the revenge tragedies popular at the time, the eponymous Roman general engages in bloody battle with Tamora Queen […]
Photography | Portrait Salon 13 – Salon des Refusés, or 'Exhibition of Rejects'
Salon des Refusés is French for ‘exhibition of rejects’ and has been a method of showing work since the 1830s. This particular Salon des Refusés showcases the works rejected by the judging panel for The […]