Now in its umpteenth year, the Leeds staple festival Live At Leeds returns for what looks to be an absolute banger of a day. The 2017 line-up announcements are in, and oh boy are they […]
Has Leeds lost its edge?
Leeds has long been thought of as a hub of culture and creativity, with more than its fair share of homegrown music scenes and artists. Aiming to highlight this is the second volume of The […]
Leeds Engineering Building evacuated after ‘respiratory irritant’ leak
The Engineering Building on the University of Leeds campus has been evacuated and cordoned off by fire services and police following a chemical leak. West Yorkshire Fire Service reported that they were called to the […]
Fatal traffic collision on Kirkstall Road
West Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was killed and a driver seriously injured in a road traffic incident last night on Kirkstall Road nearby the Cardigan Fields retail park. The 33-year-old […]
New café to open in Edward Boyle Library
Great Food at Leeds have announced that they will be opening a café in Edward Boyle in early 2017. The café will be on level 9 and called ‘The Book Club’. Great Food at Leeds announced the news […]
“Incredibly proud” Brownlees switch on Leeds’ Christmas lights
While some believe that a silly TV advert marks the start of the Christmas countdown, we know that the Christmas clock truly began on Thursday (10th November) with the spectacular switch on of Leeds’ Christmas […]
‘What does Fruity mean to me?’
This week In The Middle ran an exciting competition asking applicants to summarise their own personal relationships to Fruity in 400 words or less. First place, an inspired piece by Mikhail Hanafi, won a season […]
Feature – RBMA shines the spotlight on Grime
The much anticipated Red Bull Music Academy Tour reached Leeds at the close of October, following stops in Liverpool, Glasgow and London. In Leeds, amongst a variety of genres represented, Grime was on the agenda. Schoolyard […]
Leeds researchers ‘virtually immortalise’ character in world first
A team of researchers at the University of Leeds have virtually immortalised Joey from popular US sitcom, Friends, in the first step towards transforming popular television characters into digital avatars. The character from the hit […]
Leeds: The International City
Laura Manzi interviews members of the diverse international student population Interview 1: Raluca – Romania We sit at the Balcony with our coffee, and she starts smiling shyly. I am so glad she accepted to […]
Students swarm campus for a jar of Laidlaw honey
After a year of toil, the fifty thousand British bees of Laidlaw Library’s roof garden have yielded their first batch of honey. The occasion marks a successful year for the university’s bee programme. In a […]
Review – Bored of the Tings (Lord of the Tings) at Wire
After making waves in the Manchester grime scene, Lord of the Tings have tried to conquer Leeds in turn. Their debut last year with Murlo and Deadboy was very impressive, but the late cancelling of […]