“The guy who sets up the speakers showed me a picture of them earlier when I dropped him off”, the taxi-driver told us excitedly. “You ready for that boom boom?” If we learnt something this […]
Jack Savoretti @ O2 Academy, 1/11/16
Jack Savoretti kicked off his tour last night at the O2 Academy and once again won the hearts of Leeds. Despite hearing many of the new tracks for the first time the crowd found themselves falling […]
Review – Fiesta Bombarda Leeds Birthday Carnival at Hifi
Fiesta Bombarda began a few years ago when a group of friends decided to create a night that dropped live music and merged it with a vibrant club scene. Before we knew it we were in […]
In The Middle with Wilkinson
Last week saw the video release of Wilkinson’s latest collaboration with Wretch 32, Flatline. In 2014 the pair worked together on Wretch’s track 6 words, in which Wilkinson punctuated Wretch’s mellow verses with a punchy […]
Celebrity Nepotism
Last month, the heritage British luxury fashion house Burberry hired sixteen year old Brooklyn Beckham to shoot their latest fragrance campaign. The internet responded indignantly. How could an untrained and inexperienced teenager been given such […]
Fashion And The Male Gaze
In April 2014, Rihanna set off a media storm over her bare, pierced nipples. She shared the snaps from her shoot with Lui Magazine on Instagram, a platform which explicitly prohibits any nipples of the […]
Brand Focus: Sophia Webster
Sophia Webster’s description of her work as “colourful, fun and feminine” does not do justice to the exciting eccentricity of her brand. It has taken this British designer less than three years to rise to […]
Theatre | Spring Awakening – the infamous play gets an evocative modern update
Image: West Yorkshire Playhouse The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s adaptation of Spring Awakening, first performed in 1906, is not for the fainthearted. The line “when I first came, I became an atheist” does not even begin […]
TV | Outnumbered – The teenage years
The final episode ever of BBC1’s family comedy Outnumbered has now been aired. Having followed the family since 2007, I was enthusiastically anticipating its fifth series. However, as the children turned 11, 13 and 17, […]