Leeds Student Radio have come under fire after posting a controversial poll on their Twitter account, asking whether girls should dress slutty for Halloween. The topic was being discussed as part of the Saturday Breakfast […]
Celebrating Halloween Culture
The air has grown colder, and Halloween is upon us once again. One of the oldest holidays in the modern calendar, dating back as far as the Pagan times, it has reached global popularity. Bring […]
A Round Up of Halloween Events in Leeds
As October draws to a close, arguably the biggest student night of the academic year looms over us in all of its ghostly, ghoulish and gruesome glory. Halloween, this year conveniently falling on a Saturday, […]
Halloweiner
When I first realised that I’d accidentally booked to go home for Halloween I was gutted. It’s my last year as a student in Leeds, and I’ve been fostering grand plans about magnificent house parties […]
Offensive Halloween costumes: not big, not clever
Imagine the most shocking thing you could dress up as, and then do it. That seems to be the mantra of some when Halloween rolls around each year. Halloween, originally themed around the ‘spooks and […]
Review: Nightmares at the Mill @ Canal Mills
When Canal Mills released their list of autumn and winter events back in summer this year, the students of Leeds were struck by a wave of excitement over the sure-to-be insane nights that were to […]
Our pick of the top scariest film villains
The Thing Top of the list is The Thing from John Carpenter’s 1982 film (not the cripplingly disappointing 2011 prequel, even if Tormund Giantsbane is in it). The use of gory, disgusting handmade prosthetics gives […]
Sneaky Experience could be an exciting and alternative way to spend Halloween
Kirkstall Abbey is set to team up with cinema installation specialists Sneaky Experience to present a trio of terrifying evenings over this Halloween weekend. The ruined Cistercian monastery will host The Exorcist, John Carpenter’s Halloween […]
Top Halloween Events in Leeds
Flux Halloween Special The Flux Halloween Special promises indeed to be something special as they welcome White Material’s Galcher Lustwerk. The Brooklyn-based producer and DJ is famed for his distinct deep vocals which make his […]
News | Thousands of students admitted to A&E
Over 1,500 students were admitted to A&E at Leeds General Infirmarylast semester, LS can reveal. Following an Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by this newspaper, it has been revealed that October was the peak […]
TV | LSi top TV picks to get you in the mood for Halloween
So you want to get into the Halloween spirit but you have your dissertation looming over your head. Procrastination is one thing, but you just can’t bring yourself to watch The Human Centipede: Full Sequence, […]
Food | Peckish – Halloween Cake
This week, new baking column Peckish gets to grips with a cake recipe fit for Halloween. Ingredients for Carrot Cake 175g of light muscovado sugar 175ml of sunflower oil 3 eggs 140g grated zest of one […]