I wish I could be in Summer Camp. Lack of musical ability and pessimism preventing me from being near ‘lovely’ enough aside, the reality is that I’d never (ever) be able to pull off that […]
Interview: Tim Booth (James)
Tim Booth – would-be actor, spiritualist, husband, father, though you probably know him (if at all) as that crazy dancing hippy who fronts the band James. You’ve heard of them, right? No..? They sing ‘Sit […]
Review: Live At Leeds 2013
This annual city-wide music festival gets more prestigious as time goes by. While attention is inevitably paid to the bigger and more established acts there’s always a chance that, if you play your cards right, […]
Tv: The Village
The BBC’s latest drama The Village delivers a touching story of Bert (Bill Jones), a young boy struggling with the hardships of life in a small village during the outbreak of the First World War. […]
Books: Rook by Jane Rusbridge
Rook is set in the enchanting coastal village of Bosham in Sussex, and Rusbridge paints the scene with rich descriptions of the sprawling shoreline and surrounding scenery. It opens with Nora’s sudden return home to […]
Books: Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall by William Ellsworth-Jones
Banksy is not a graffiti artist. To call him a graffiti artist is naïve and ignorant way to think about street art, and is, quite frankly, painfully uncool. Of course I, like almost everyone else […]
Books: The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
1960’s rural England provides the backdrop to the opening of Kate Morton’s novel The Secret Keeper, within which we are introduced to Laurel, a sixteen year-old enjoying the type of idyllic, meltingly hot and peaceful […]
Travel | Cheap ways to get away…
What better way to celebrate end of exams than a break which doesn’t break the bank… If you are thinking about gallivanting away to some exotic, or not so exotic, location this summer, then why […]
LS Fashion takes a tour of Trinity Leeds
Trinity- the major shopping centre that’s been brewing behind the back of M&S for years, set for its big unveil on March 21st!