The group, which includes organisations Our Future Leeds, Voluntary Action Leeds, Together for Peace and Leeds Tidal, wants to create a “zero-carbon, socially-just and liveable city by 2030”. The funds will be directed to meet […]
Leeds United: A Sleeping Giant Awakens?
With Leeds United back in the Premier League, entertainment, expectation and uncertainty are all on the cards. Editor Calum Pinches explores their start to their second spell in the top flight.
Covid-19: Household mixing banned in Leeds
New restrictions will be enforced at midnight tonight, impacting 780,000 people in the Leeds area. Those living in Leeds are not to meet people you do not live with, inside a private home or garden […]
Study Abroad at Home: The Solution to Isolation
In this week’s article Siobhan discusses how she’s still managing to enjoy herself in England, and gives her advice on how to preoccupy yourself while in isolation.
What I wish I’d known in Freshers’ Week
Freshers’ Week isn’t always as fun as it’s made out to be. It can be a difficult, emotional time. Helena Smith gives advice that all Freshers need to hear.
Mumps, Vaccinations and PHE: This is ‘World-leading’ Britain
Last winter, mumps spread round universities, despite nationwide MMR vaccination schemes. This year, the world ground to a halt over a different virus. How much hope can we place in a vaccine?
Séamus OHanlon reports.
A Local Lockdown Could Be on the Cards for Leeds
Leeds City Council are calling for a city-wide effort to stop rising infection rates.
ACORN Protests Government’s U-Turn on Evictions
Following the recent government extension of the eviction ban, ACORN Leeds, alongside 16 other branches across England and Wales, called for serious reform to prevent a ‘tidal wave of evictions and homelessness’. The Gryphon’s Maariyah […]
Working Men’s Club // 21.08.2020 // Preview
Doing their part within the precarious climate of the music industry, Yorkshire trio Working Men’s Club will be streaming a live gig this Friday 20th August. Promising to deliver a night fuelled with an alternative […]
Full Stream Ahead: How has the Arts and Culture world coped with Covid-19?
With great Leeds arts community spaces such as Hyde Park Picture House or the Leeds Museums & Galleries temporarily closing due to Covid-19, it is easy for students to remain defeatist, envisioning the creative landscape […]
An interview with Sir Alan Langlands
After 7 years, Sir Alan Langlands is stepping down from his role as Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds in August. The Gryphon sat down with him (virtually) to discuss the state in which […]
A Deep Look at the State of Mental Health in Leeds
“I think that the transition in becoming an adult is becoming all the more intense” Amy Wells says to me, the Welfare Officer at Leeds University Union (LUU), as we discuss over the phone about […]