Isabel Ralphs speaks to Jed Aitchison from Buy Nowt, to find out how its ‘Library of Things’ is making life in LS6 easier, cheaper and more sustainable.
Interview with Leeds BME Hub
Isabel Ralphs speaks to BME Hub, a local Leeds charity, discussing their work and how minority voices can be heard.
A new view from the dancefloor – COVID-19 and the future of clubbing
Isabel Ralphs speaks to Sheaf Street director, James Abbott Donnelly, about how COVID-19 has impacted the events scene in Leeds, and what it means for the future of clubbing.
Sine functions over sexual health – Should schools be better-equipping young people for life in the ‘real-world’?
Personal, sexual, health and economic (PSHE) education has been under-valued and under-resourced in schools across the country. Isabel Ralphs explores the worrying repercussions of this void in personal knowledge.
The opioid crisis: No longer a ‘uniquely American’ problem
Isabel Ralphs delves deep into the opioid pandemic and details why it is no longer an American epidemic.
Arlo Parks stuns with lyrical prowess and silky-smooth vocals on debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams
Isabel Ralphs reviews Arlo Parks’ debut album Collapsed in sunbeams, our first full-length glimpse of a young artist with an extremely promising career ahead of her.
Asking Pandora Sykes How We Know We’re Doing It Right
Isabel Ralphs interviews Pandora Sykes: journalist, fashion guru and writer, who once wrote for our student newspaper too.
Interview: Naga Munchetty on trolling, fame and breaking down barriers.
Isabel Ralphs spoke to BBC presenter Naga Munchetty, discussing her career, criticism and the pace of change in the industry.
A crisis on top of a crisis: The impact of the pandemic on refugees
No refugees have been resettled in the UK since the 12th March. Many are living in a dangerous state of limbo, both in squalid camps abroad and unsuitable halfway houses in the UK, where Covid-19 has spread at exorbitant rates. Isabel Ralphs reports.
The Iowa Caucus; An Outdated Concept?
Following months of campaigning and media coverage, you might be forgiven for thinking that we must be a fair way through the US Presidential Election process by now. In actual fact, things are only just […]
University of Leeds Becomes First Russell Group University to Install ‘Ecosia’ Search Engine
At the start of term, on Monday the 27th of January, Leeds will have become the first Russell Group University to install the ‘Ecosia’ search engine across all campus computers. Following a successful student-run campaign […]
It’s The Most Unsustainable Time of The Year
There is a certain unsettling irony in the fact that Black Friday this year landed in the same week that the UN Secretary General issued the warning that the world is at the ‘point of […]