What’s On The Cards for Deershed Festival 2026?
Here at The Gryphon, we are in the full swing of festival season, the summer pilgrimage in which student journalists...
Jess Cooper
What Is A Pipe Dream?: A Review of Blue Mist at Leeds Playhouse
Jess Cooper reviews the story of hope, heartbreak and hidden agendas that lies behind Blue Mist. Image Credit: Ali Wright...
It’s All A Bit of A Laugh, Right?: A Review of Open Theatre’s ‘Sweaty Clowns’
Jess Cooper receives a very special birthday invitation to review Sweaty Clowns with Open Theatre. Image Credit: Abby Swain When...
Identity in Isolation and Imprisonment: A Review of Open Theatre’s ‘What Remains?’
Jess Cooper reviews the newest Open Theatre play, 'What Remains?'. Image Credit: LUU Open Theatre Society It seems incredibly ironic...
Don’t Dream It, Be It: Drag Society’s Performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Jess Cooper takes us on the Time Warp as she reviews Drag Society's performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show...
This Is Not Dior: Jonathan Anderson’s Dior Homme Collection at Paris Fashion Week 2026
Jonathan Anderson is surely a long way from home as the newest Dior leader. Image Credit: ELLE India Before Jonathan...
Sweet like Honey: Stitching Leeds Together
In the first of our ‘Stitching Leeds Together’’ series, Jess Cooper talks to Amy Garth, owner of vintage fashion brand...
The Golden (and Rusted) Looks of the Golden Globes 2026
Jess Cooper reviews the red carpet looks from the 2026 Golden Globes Awards. Image Credit: CNN Now, I can’t quite...
“Sustainable Fashion”: Repackaged Working-Class Consumption Habits or New Age Revolution?
Image Credit: Watershed The daily fashion rule book was wholly different before the pandemic. Years before ultra-fast fashion giants, or...
Their Milkshake Brought All The Boys To The Store
How KATSEYE helped GAP win the denim war this summer. Image Credit: GAP “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.” Five words...