On an unusually warm February weekend, the best in British fashion congregated in the capital to showcase the looks that we’ll be wearing come Autumn/Winter 2019. The series of shows, particularly across the Saturday and […]
Emily Thornberry Visits Leeds Labour Students
On Saturday 2nd February, Leeds Labour Students were very lucky to catch up and have a cuppa with Shadow Foreign Secretary, Emily Thornberry. Emily visited us at Hyde Park Book Club for an informal chat […]
Housing Crisis Causing a Surge in Young Adults Living at Home
Nearly a million more young adults are now living with their parents than 20 years ago, research into the housing crisis suggests. A quarter of 20 to 34-year-olds now live with their parents, a third […]
New Drop in State School Students Going to University
The number of state school students progressing to university has dropped for the first time in eight years, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. In the academic year 2017/2018, only 89.5 per cent of […]
LSR’s The Transmission Delights, 07.02.19
Exactly a year on from the last, Leeds Student Radio’s the Transmission returned to Brudenell Social Club the first Thursday of February. After three months of hard work, the team behind it all strung together […]
In the Middle with Skinny Lister
Energetic, eclectic and endlessly entertaining, British folk band Skinny Lister are as prolific as they are up for a laugh. With six members, including two vocalists, the band draws from a wide pool of influences, […]
Is The Boyband Dead?
It’s 2012. One Direction have just released their second album, Take Me Home. Everything is right in the world. You and your friends are practicing your dance moves for the Video Star you’re about to […]
Lizzo’s ‘Cuz I Love You’ is the only Valentine’s we wanted anyway
As Valentine’s Day loomed and the masses prepared to buy whatever chocolates were on offer in their local Sainos (for their beloved or, well, themselves) – Lizzo was gearing up to give us the grungy […]
Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’ is a Step to the Side
The past year has been a breakthrough year for Ariana Grande. That’s not to say that she wasn’t already a pop superstar; you’d be hard to find anyone who hadn’t at least heard of her […]
Why Get a Job When You Can be Paid to Get Malaria?
There has been a surge in students willing to be a part of medical trials in exchange for financial payment. Students are paid as much as £3500 to be infected with diseases such as typhoid, […]