When making the decision to prise oneself away from the safe familiarity of Leeds and into another country, you can be left with no shortage of things to mull over. The Study Abroad Office will […]
Give beauty bloggers a break!
It’s time to take beauty bloggers seriously! Emily discusses the stigma surrounding those who make a living from talking about make-up. It’s not as easy as it looks… As a beauty blogger, there’s a certain […]
Welfare at Leeds: tackling hate crime
How can you, as a student, stand up against hate speech on campus? Health and Wellbeing intern Martha gives you some advice on how to safely stand up for yourself and for your fellow students. […]
Acetate w/ Craig Richards and Pearson Sound at Wire 03/02
Acetate, alongside Back to Basics and Cosmic Slop, is one of the must-do pilgrimages any self-respecting student clubber must make in their time in Leeds. The night was established in 2011 by Hessle Audio’s Pearson […]
Folk Acid and Moral Ravers: The Rise and Fall of the Acid House Movement
Acid House rose to prominence in the 1960s to the 1980s from the clubs of Chicago, characterised by the ‘squelchy’ sounds of the emerging bass synthesiser, the ‘Roland TB-303 Bass Line’. By the late 1980s […]
An Interview with the man behind Bongo’s Bingo
2016 threw many unexpected things at us and one thing that no one saw coming was the resurgence of bingo. I, along with many others, thought the game was confined to the dingy bingo halls […]
Dusky bring live ‘Outer’ tour to Canal Mills this February
The house revival of the early 2010s gave rise to artists that created originality within the genre, and made it the oh-so-popular section of the music scene that it is today. London house duo Dusky […]