On Saturday 14th November, Left Bank Church and the Brudenell Social Club hosted the small but perfectly formed High and Lonesome festival, spread out across the two venues over one day, and filled to the […]
The power of Adele
When Adele dropped the video for ‘Hello’, the first single from her upcoming album 25, it broke records. So many records. The video itself broke Vevo’s benchmark for most views in 24 hours, a title […]
Review: The Secret History
If there’s one thing I’m always looking for in something I read, it’s for the book to exude some kind of atmosphere with writing that conjures up palpable feelings with its setting and characters. Plot […]
70 Years of Neil Young
Neil Young is an elusive figure in music, one whose importance is often underestimated. Sometimes out on his own, sometimes harmonising with Crosby, Stills & Nash or with the hard-hitting noise of backing band Crazy […]
A Case of Joni Mitchell
On the eve of the 72nd birthday of the folk rock legend, we look back on some of her most influential moments. A few months ago it seemed likely that the world was going to […]
Debate: Humans Of Leeds – Still a relevant concept?
Humans Of…’ pages have started to develop a bad reputation. Even the almighty Humans of New York page is beginning to lose its appeal, with the founder Brandon Stanton being labelled as exploitative and a […]
Professor Green: Suicide and Me
Stephen Manderson, better known by his musical alias Professor Green, is crying on camera. He cuts an imposing figure, tattoos covering his arms and neck, dwarfing the family members he is seen on screen with. […]
Comment: The Breakfast Club – Still the seminal tribute to teen angst
The Breakfast Club currently sits at number 1 on Entertainment Weekly’s best High School movies as the absolute benchmark of teenage life caught on film. It’s now over 30 years since its release, but walk […]
Crimson Peak: Bleak Times At The Box Office
Audiences of Crimson Peak are more than likely to see the film for one of two reasons. Either they know that the film features a scantily clad Tom Hiddleston at a least one point, and […]
Suffragette: Oscar-bait or fitting homage to incredible women?
Xa Rodger and Heather Nash discuss the depiction of the women’s rights movement in Sarah Gavron’s latest film… On 4th June 1913 Emily Wilding Davison stepped in front of King George V’s horse at Derby […]
Superfuntheatrereview
Mouths Of Lions are a young theatre collective hailing from Camden, and on Thursday 8th October they performed their first show outside of London in the university’s own Workshop Theatre, which was a pretty big […]
Review: Richard III at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s adaption of Shakespeare’s Richard III is likely to be one of their biggest draws this season, as it should be. After all, Shakespeare can be argued to be the linchpin of […]