However confidently you stride around campus it is difficult to shake off the distinct awkwardness that surrounds all first years, says Sarah Weir, and You and I is the most resonant new novel […]
New Review: The Radleys by Matt Haig
If you’re still waiting for Edward Cullen to grow up, you need to read The Radleys says Catherine Brett. Matt Haig, a former University of Leeds student, somehow manages to twist the vampire legend […]
Theatre | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Review
4/5 stars In this adaptation of ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ everything does what it says on the tin. Heroine Maggie ‘the Cat’ (Zoe Boyle) slinks, purrs and pounces in her attempts to seduce […]
Dance | Friday Firsts #1: Bish Bash Bosh
3/5 stars The programme for ‘Bish Bash Bosh’ stated that one should expect “a most unpredictable evening of dance”…and it was exactly that! Showcasing work from groups, duos and solo performers, the audience were exposed […]
Classic of the Week: The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky
‘The whole casino was crowding around… I experienced some sort of irresistible pleasure in snatching and raking in the banknotes… The experienced player knows what this ‘capricious luck’ means.’ Capriciousness is one of the […]
What's On: Hunted vs Spooks
Josh Taylor catches up with Kudos’ latest television offering to see if Hunted can keep the BBC’s spy legacy alive. With the anticipated return of James Bond in Skyfall, the release of Channel Four’s […]
New Review: Booker Longlist: The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman
So they didn’t make the Man Booker shortlist this year but these longlisted novels are still well worth a read says Lottie Brown. For students, a blurb that starts with the words: ‘history happened […]
Live Review // Beth Jeans Houghton @ Cockpit
Clambering onto the stage in a host of wacky outfits (I couldn’t quite work out what theme they were going for but think Clockwork Orange make up and colourful attire!) and looking a tad flustered, the six […]
Album Review // Mumford & Sons – Babel
There are bands who can release a string of albums, each more different sounding than the last but equally brilliant. And there are Mumford and Sons. Being the figureheads of the latest nu-folk movement may hold […]
Festival Review // Beacons 2012
After 2011’s soggy saga, Beacons festival wrung out dampened spirits and empty pockets to celebrate its first birthday in style. Hidden in the undulating contours of Yorkshire, an exclusive few thousand revellers spent the weekend in […]
Premier League Round-Up: Opening Weekend
LS Sport’s David Ahluwalia reviews an exhilarating weekend of Premier League action… The new Premier League season got off to an exciting start with several clubs’ summer signings making their debuts, in an opening weekend which saw Fulham […]
Summer Read: Skios by Michael Frayn
In Untold Stories, Alan Bennett describes Michael Frayn’s morning journey from home to office. The route takes him past Bennett’s window and the previous site of The Lady In The Van vehicle in Camden […]