Madeleine Williams explores the trending hashtag #notallmen. Did this hashtag derail a necessary conversation about women’s rights or is it (as WIkipedia notes), a social movement against generalisations?
UK’s protest politics: How and why has the Police Bill led to strife?
“The last few weeks seem like a period of reckoning of police power in the UK”. Manasa Narayanan reports on the Kill the Bill protests across the country, in response to the Police Bill.
“I want nearly everyone in Leeds to know about me”: In conversation with Graft
Esme McGowan chats to the Leeds-born and bred Rap Game winner about life since the show, working with his heroes and making his family proud.
Leeds’ LGBTQ+ Legacy
February is LGBT History Month in the UK, which aims to celebrate and educate the nation on the history of the LGBTQ+ community. Stories of the queer community have often been unfairly misrepresented or even […]
The Story of My Locked-down Life in Three Walks
I have always loved walking. It’s one of the most effective and cheapest ways of exercising whilst connecting to the world around you. It is also a great way to step away from troubling thoughts […]
Going local this lockdown: Volunteering and helping your community from home
On behalf of student-led startup Studenteer, Anna-Karina Yuill explores the benefits of volunteering at this time
Leeds art-rock gurus Mush take on the current dystopia on new album Lines Redacted
Ben Forrest reviews the new album from Leeds-based art-rock indie guitar gurus Mush, Lines Redacted.
Police enforcement of covid rules: Oppressive or justified?
Two men have been fined £10,000 each for organising the snowball fight that occurred in Hyde Park. In light of this, Will Nixon assesses whether the police have been acting fairly, or increasingly veering in to overkill.
Cut The Rent Begins Rent Strike
Eleanor Richardson covers the #CutTheRent story, as university students across the UK go on strikes to protest against rising rent costs during the pandemic.
Leeds Climate Commission Presents Roadmap to Net-Zero
The Net-Zero roadmap produced and presented by the Leeds Climate Commission on January 7th reports that if Leeds reaches its 2030 target of net-zero emissions the city would accelerate its post-Covid recovery by reaping numerous social and economic benefits.
Acclimatizing: In Conversation with ESN Erasmus and International Exchange Students society
We caught up with society president Alfie Milnes-Dobbs to discuss adapting to coronavirus and Brexit, both as students and as a society.
How is the pandemic being handled in France? A comparison
French native and international student in Leeds Marjolaine Marsille reviews how France have handled the pandemic in comparison to the UK.