Captivating, ethereal and transformative, Emilie Kahn’s Outro already feels like a ready-made movie soundtrack. Kahn, a harpist hailing from Montreal, gained some notoriety from her previous album, 10,000, released three years previously, in addition to her […]
LGBT+ Artists Everyone Should Know
In honour of LGBT+ history month, our writers spotlighted the queer artists whose stories shaped the past and are illuminating the present, as well as perhaps changing the landscape of the future for artists that […]
A Romance for the Ages: The LGBTQ+ Community in the Fashion Industry
Tasha Johnson looks at the impact LGBTQ+ people have had on our favourite designers, models and trends. The enormous influence the LGBTQ+ community has had in the world of fashion is no secret. In honour […]
Fashion: A ‘Safe Space’ for the LGBTQ+ Community?
The fashion industry has spawned some of the most iconic and infuential gaydesigners, but does it still have a problem with LGBTQ+ discrimination? Tasha Johnson investigates. Homosexuality and fashion have always somehow been seen as linked, with the ever-prevalent […]
LSR’s The Transmission Delights, 07.02.19
Exactly a year on from the last, Leeds Student Radio’s the Transmission returned to Brudenell Social Club the first Thursday of February. After three months of hard work, the team behind it all strung together […]
In the Middle with Skinny Lister
Energetic, eclectic and endlessly entertaining, British folk band Skinny Lister are as prolific as they are up for a laugh. With six members, including two vocalists, the band draws from a wide pool of influences, […]
Is The Boyband Dead?
It’s 2012. One Direction have just released their second album, Take Me Home. Everything is right in the world. You and your friends are practicing your dance moves for the Video Star you’re about to […]
Lizzo’s ‘Cuz I Love You’ is the only Valentine’s we wanted anyway
As Valentine’s Day loomed and the masses prepared to buy whatever chocolates were on offer in their local Sainos (for their beloved or, well, themselves) – Lizzo was gearing up to give us the grungy […]
Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’ is a Step to the Side
The past year has been a breakthrough year for Ariana Grande. That’s not to say that she wasn’t already a pop superstar; you’d be hard to find anyone who hadn’t at least heard of her […]
Editor’s Letter, Issue 8 – “Have you Voted in the Leadership Race yet?” and why LUU Democracy isn’t a Joke
‘Education’. ‘Community’. ‘Union Affairs’. ‘Equality and Diversity’. ‘Activities’. ‘Welfare’. Six words and phrases which, on their own, mean relatively little, but when combined, can mean only one thing: LeadLUU – the campus wide elections which […]
Agony Aunt: Help I’m Struggling to Maintain a Work/Life Balance in Second Semester!
With us just inhaling after our sigh of relief that January are exams over, it’s now the run up to the dreaded diss deadlines (I’m speaking to all the final years out there) and yet […]
Hyde Park Picture House to Get a Second Screen
The iconic 104 year old cinema has secured £2.3 million of funding from the National Lottery and Leeds City Council for a landmark redevelopment project. The grant will pay for an extensive refurbishment of the […]