HighRise is incredibly popular with Leeds students, it’s one of the city’s most notorious events. Last Friday’s fourth Birthday lived up to this reputation of packed out line ups and impressive production value. At no […]
Review – Clubs Editor loses his Triple Cooked Virginity
As In The Middle’s supposed go to guy on the Club scene, I’ll start this review with two intertwined apologies. Firstly, until this night, I had never been to Triple Cooked. Secondly, I had never […]
Everything You Need to Know About Black Friday
(Photo from : Queit.com) With the arrival of the German markets, depressingly more hours of darkness and those dreaded heating bills, we might aswell accept that the famously bitter winter of Leeds is fast approaching […]
Feature – An Interview with Skream
Oliver Jones, aka Skream, has become one of the UK’s best-loved DJs. You might associate the name with the earth-shattering bass line wobble of UK dubstep, the scene brought to the masses by the Croydon […]
“There’s just no hiding behind anything”: Charlotte Crosby talks the latest app on the dating scene, ShowReal
There are a huge amount of dating apps on the market now. From the giant that is Tinder, to Bumble, OkCupid, match.com and Coffee Meets Bagel (yes, that is a thing), you could argue that […]
Review – Love Muscle w/ Lakuti at Wharf Chambers
Love Muscle is an alternative LGBTQ+ clubbing experience which Leeds has been in dire need of. The self-proclaimed ‘pumping gay dance party’ held monthly at Wharf Chambers certainly lived up to its name. This time […]
“A Dream of a Low Carbon Future” – a novel way to talk about climate change?
The current state of climate change looks, for lack of a better word, bleak. Considering the recent shifts in the political and social agenda, climate change is pretty much at the bottom of the list […]
Review – Good Life: The Deep Sea Dance Off
Despite being only their 3rd Birthday, Good Life have carved an impressive reputation. Getting out of the Uber at Beaverworks, a crowd of sparkly underwater creatures invaded the streets, waiting to enter the themed ‘Deep […]
Feature – Hyde Park Book Club
Leeds’ cultural scene has been enriched in 2016 by the presence of Hyde Park Book Club, a small café and arts space a stone’s throw from Hyde Park Corner. The venue has become a hub […]
‘It was a difficult summer for the Labour Party’: an interview with Hilary Benn, MP
The Gryphon’s Associate Editor, Dominic Johnson, sat down with Hilary Benn, Member of Parliament for Leeds Central, to discuss Trump, Brexit, and the state of the Labour Party. Sacked as Shadow Foreign Secretary in June […]
Marks and Spencer: Shake up or shut down?
(Photo from : meetinleeds.co.uk) As a business founded in our beloved Leeds, it is shocking to receive reports of Marks and Spencer’s profit loss of 88%. Michael Marks, a Polish migrant founded the dominant high […]
Feature – RPG Sound System
“The history of music is the history of mankind”. Thus spoke François-Joseph Fétis, noted Belgian musicologist and one of the most important music critics of the 19th century. A grandiose quote to begin a feature […]