It’s hard to believe that The Maccabees have been on the scene for over a decade now, and a fourth album from the indie rock band proves to be unmarked territory for them. Marks To […]
Somersault Festival
Somersault Festival promises a weekend of “stripped-back happiness” with “Summer sounds and outward bounds”. It definitely delivered. After a sold out début last year, touting big names such as Ben Howard, Jack Johnson and Nick […]
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee
SPOILER WARNING I didn’t realise how much respect I had for Go Set A Watchman until I finished the last sentence and paused, thinking about what I had just read. A plethora of emotions passed […]
Jackson Pollock: Blind Spot
Summertime Number 9A is a painting that longs to be understood. The black swirls fall like letters on the canvas, desperate to be read, and the subtle strokes of aestival colour signal a summer’s scene […]
Plenty of Claps for the Von Trapps
Tuesday 21st July: Leeds Grand Theatre. The Sound of Music has been a household name and musical icon since its Broadway debut in 1959, and its recent debut at Leeds Grand firmly supported this with a standing […]
Nando’s brings the heat to Headingley
Having been stuck in talks with the local community and developers for almost six years, cult chicken brand Nando’s has finally arrived in Headingley, and with them they bring a little bit of its signature spice […]
A taste of Mexico at Cielo Blanco
Tucked away in the Trinity centre (or as the website states, ‘above Topshop’) is Mexican food and drinks venture Cielo Blanco. A welcome break from the plethora of chain restaurants packed into the shopping complex, […]
Review – Gottwood
Unless you’re blessed with some sort of Satnav device, Gottwood proves to be a bit of an enigma – its lack of signs (save a solitary flag before the carpark) make it hard to find. […]
Humans: Ironically mechanical
Talk about the new Channel 4 drama Humans began before it even aired. It was the advert that had Brits freaked out in black-mirror style, where they were introduced to Sally a ‘synth’, who is […]
Copa de America 2015 – the story so far
IT’S the world’s oldest continental football competition – and five time world cup winners Brazil aren’t its most successful team. With the group stage of the 2015 Copa America complete, the focus now shifts to the quarter […]
‘The 56’ is respectful and compelling
Image: Joseph Priestley 11th May 1985 is a date that will be deeply engraved in West Yorkshire history, for all the wrong reasons. It was supposed to be a day of celebration for Bradford City […]
Escape ‘Into the Woods’ with Music Theatre Society
Remember the first time you heard a fairy tale, and how it transported you to a land of once-upon-a-times and happy endings? Remember how it made you believe, if only for a short while, that magic […]