It’s our favourite gals from Trends with Benefits again and this time round they sure ain’t scissor shy showing us how to create a DIY leather gilet with three simple steps: Step 1: Mark where […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Future of the Left, Department M & Bears Den
Future of the Left – Belgrave Music Hall (4/5) Have you read any of the reviews of Future of the Left’s latest album? If you have, you will doubtless know that Future of the Left […]
Blogs | The Run Up To Christmas
I feel like it’s a bit taboo to criticize your own year abroad. It is essential that you’re having SO MUCH FUN!!! and MEETING SO MANY NEW PEOPLE!!!!! Or else the study abroad police will […]
Theatre | 4.48 Psychosis at The Workshop Theatre – a visceral insight into depression
Knowing that 4.48 Psychosis was the last play dramatist Sarah Kane wrote before committing suicide in 1999 makes watching this experimental take on clinical depression even more profound. The script dictates no specific characters, and […]
Food | Peckish – Chocolate Macaroons
The Great British Bake Off may be over but that doesn’t mean we can’t all still be ladies (or gentlemen) that lunch. LSi’s recipe for Chocolate Macaroons will ensure you’re left feeling just as elegant […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Parquet Courts, Travis & The Pigeon Detectives
Parquet Courts – Brudenell Social Club (4/5) This is a gig for feedback junkies. Dirty guitar tones fluctuate towards pig squeals at almost every opportunity in this alternative punk showcase at the Brudenell. Locals Menace […]
Fashion | Campus Style
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Music | Lou Reed (1942-2013) – 'Goodbye grumpy old uncle Joe'
Cult Hero, iconic rock musician and one of the most influential artists of his generation; Lou Reed made up in influence what he lacked in commercial success. If you’re a fan of punk, electronica or […]
Blogs | Adjusting Focus
Tom Stoddart has been there to photograph some of the most pivotal moments in the recent history of the world. He saw, amongst other things, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the unrelenting famine in […]
Blogs | Build Your Own World
Last week (http://www.leedsstudent.org/2013/09/29/blogs-playing-your-own-story/), I delivered a spiel about the extent to which games can enable people to play their very own story. The thing about such narratives is that the player is of course, the […]
Blogs | University, Long-distance Relationships and the Inevitable Break-ups
The background: You’re either lying to yourself or remarkably stupid if you believe that moving to university isn’t going to affect your relationships. Moving away forces you to spend less time with those closest to […]
Blogs | Five Reasons Why Parents Are The Best Students
1/ We will never be late to a lecture because we have ‘overslept’. ‘Oversleeping’ is an alien concept. A lie in is something we have only heard about in fiction. We seem to have a […]