Image Credit: BBC A year of firsts and lasts, and not one of bad luck for Britain’s sporting heroes, 2013 was a momentous year in British sport. Records were broken, immortals were born, and legends […]
Leeds: Capital of Culture 2023?
Undaunted by Brexit, an independent group has launched Leeds’ momentous bid for the European title. The Independent Steering Group has launched Leeds’ bid to become a European Capital of Culture by calling upon organisations and […]
Photojournal | Going home – A Christmas storm
I should have seen this coming. It’s Christmas Day and my family is persuading me to take the usual walk with them up to a large tree at the top of the hill near our […]
News | 2013 – A year in LS headlines
LS looks back at our front pages throughout the year, from January onwards. We started the year with two stories of controversial student activity online; investigations into “Sugar Daddy” dating websites and online essay providers: January […]
Sport | Opinion – Fantastic Farah deserves Sports Personality award
As we approach this year’s BBC Sports Personality Awards, it seems a formality that the main prize is Andy Murray’s for the taking after becoming the first male British winner at Wimbledon since Fred Perry […]
Music | The best of 2013
Forget your run of the mill end of the year lists. For the first and probably the last time ever, here at LSi we have decided to hand out the LSi Music Best of 2013 […]
Sport | Rugby League World Cup – England vs Australia Review
Australia claimed the first points of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup as they overcame a resolute England performance in Cardiff. Memories of a poor defeat to Italy in the last warm up match were […]
Film | Wadjda – A Remarkable Debut Feature
Wadjda is remarkable. It’s not only the first feature-length film to be made entirely in Saudi Arabia, where public cinemas are currently illegal; it’s also the first from a female director (Haifaa Al-Mansour). [responsive_vid] Wadjda […]
LUU Leadership Race 2013: The Results Live Blog
Update: The results are in – your exec and editors for 2013 are: Leeds Student – Rehema Figueiredo Equality & Diversity – Emma Friend Community – Frankie O’Byrne Welfare – Charlotte Warner Education – Alice Smart Activities – […]
Leadership Race 2013: Candidate Question Time
On Wednesday, the Union hosted the annual Candidates’ Question Time event. The debate, hosted by LSTV’s Andrew Seddon, provided a platform for students running in this year’s Leadership Race to express their views and answer […]
Meet the Leeds Student Editor Candidates
Hugo Greenhalgh ‘Think Big, Vote Huge’ Do you think you have as much experience and as much to offer as the other candidates? Definitely! I’ve been writing for three years and edited my own section […]
Style resolutions to stick to in 2013
Every year without fail we make New Year’s resolutions. Alice Tate says forget dieting and cleansing the soul, 2013 is the year to be chic.