Put away your Birkenstocks,let down that artful top-knot, guys and gals, because summer is dead. Let us welcome in the glorious rule of Autumn. Rather than mourning the loss of sunny days and the imminent […]
Why don’t you just grow up?
University changes people. Some discover a passion they never thought they had, like jazz, swing dancing or quidditch. Others have their minds transformed by the majesty of knowledge, walking the earth with eyes wide open […]
K[ale]-holing: the Cool debate
‘I read in Vogue,’ said my housemate ‘that it’s all different for us. Our parents’ generation took loads of drugs, so it’s just not cool anymore. We’ve replaced drugs with vegetables.’ Well this was fantastic […]
TV | Utopia – ‘Going places others can’t and won’t’
For those anticipating the new series of Utopia, Monday’s opener may have come as an initial disappointment. While fans were itching to discover the fates of our protagonists, instead the season began with an […]
TV | The Honourable Woman – Nothing is what it seems in this exceptional spy thriller
A tight close-up of a blade and the swish of metal on metal, but the camera pans out to show it’s only a wire bread basket and tongs. A waiter neatly lines the basket with […]
Interview | Dawn O'Porter – 'TV networks don't think women are as good as men.'
You’d be mistaken for thinking that Dawn O’Porter is some kind of superhero. Journalist, reporter, performer, documentary maker and novelist are but a few of the titles she’s achieved in under a decade. Yet she […]
TV | Made-up spoilers for Game of Thrones season four
**WARNING contains fake spoilers for Game of Thrones season 4 and possibly real spoilers for Game of Thrones seasons 1-3. But to be honest, if you’ve made this this far without knowing the spoilers for […]
TV | The Walshes – 'Original, touching and very, very funny'
This new sitcom, from Graham Linehan deserves all the recognition it can get. What The Walshes does with this base is something original, touching, and very, very funny.
News | No Yolk battling the Eggheads
A team of seven students performed eggcellently during filming for an episode of the BBC’s quiz show Eggheads last week. The ‘Haute Quizine’ team facing the brain scrambling eggsperience consisted of Max Bruges, Nick Gandy, […]
Food | Gastronaut – Cross Keys
If you worm your way through the city centre, under the train station, over the canal and into the edges of Holbeck, you may find yourself thinking you’ve strayed too far from the path. The […]
Food | Gastronaut – LS6 Cafe
Where to start with LS6? Leeds students are well and truly blessed when it comes to this marvellous little cafe. Residing in Hyde Park Corner it is but a stone’s throw from most of our […]
TV | Raised by Wolves – Just what comedy is howling out for
It is nothing short of miraculous that Raised by Wolves got commissioned, even for a just a pilot. But that isn’t meant as an indictment. For despite some rough edges, this half-hour sitcomcom written by […]