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The Snatcher is a new audio-book written by Chris Wade, a Leeds-based writer and illustrator and narrated by Hannah Melbourn,

For the less observant, it appears that vintage is back. Has been back for quite some time, in fact. You

This week at the Carriageworks Theatre Unlimited present ‘Defying Hitler’ and ‘Stalin’s Favourite’ as part of their ‘Living History’ series.

Hypocrisy is a funny one. It is usually an accusation that we all guard against with violent objections. Something we

Christmas, as far as I’m concerned, comes around too often. We spend half the year preparing for it and the

Ask any school-aged child what the ‘true’ meaning of Christmas is, and they’ll reel off something along the lines of:

‘Tis that season again; winter has crept in, folding away the sun and capturing us in a bubble world of

The 1st of December, Leeds. My friend walks into the common room in the union to join me for a

Picture this: It’s Christmas day and there’s not a Christmas tree in sight. There are no stockings, no pile of

I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s done it (please say I’m not the only one): it is now

When I was younger I had an unashamed love for Christmas. I was one of those children that couldn’t sleep

I’ve always had the feeling that I belong to a different era; that life would be so much more fascinating

It’s the first time ever that I don’t feel comfortable walking to a gig on my own. I’m not usually

Regeneration is a process of renewal; of making old new; of ironing out some lumps and bumps, and learning to

There was an air of anticipation among the crowd in Leeds University Union’s Mine awaiting Ghostpoet’s postponed October gig. We

ReGeneration, a 2010 documentary written and directed by Phillip Montgomery, has been making waves on the festival circuit. Not on

After seeing Patchwork Grace playing in our very own Leeds University Union one lunch time on their WE7 tour, I

This is a typical Woody Allen movie, which is to say, “a cliché is a cliché for a reason”. I

Winter has officially descended on Leeds. The fleeting blue skies of autumn have long gone, signalling the arrival of cold,

‘Tragedy’ encompasses all areas of twenty-first century popular culture: from literature to film to television, the genre is everywhere.  But

“We have a place in society – and I don’t just mean black society” – Myra Harrison. Written by Don

In recent years, hip hop has become one of the most popular music genres in the world. Like any popular

I got a chance to catch up with Scroobius Pip ahead of his gig at the Cockpit this week and

I am organising my papers, performing the same routine as when we became done with ‘us’. Clean slate, with cold

Released in the UK earlier this year, Black Venus (or ‘Vénus Noire’) is a piece of French filmmaking, which, whether

Listen to me and I’ll sing you a song And the time will go by ‘Til you never know where

“You know, all it takes for love to succeed is that cynical men stand by and do nothing.” Ben Moor’s

Playwright and actor Ben Moor answers some questions about his play Coelacanth, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and what he has

Depressingly dark but not dull, The Shell Seekers turned out to be a rather thought-provoking production. It is set principally

When The Rapture took to the stage at the Cockpit on the night of Friday, October 28th, I was not

On the turn of November, when the night leaks into our mornings and afternoons, we celebrate the darkest of all

From the day you’re old enough to be read books not entirely comprised of pictures, you know about wolves. The

“The most transitory of things, a shadow, the proverbial emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary, may be fettered

As we approach the one night of the year in the U.K on which it is acceptable to celebrate death

Are you sick of horror films being marketed towards teenage boys, formulated in a land where extraneous female nudity is

“How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to

We’ve all heard the stories: the mythical image of the woman in a pointy hat on a broomstick with a

Shock horror.  Leather, lace, bondage – Autumn/Winter 2011 is the season of the fetish trend. Yikes- apparently. For those of

The honour of appearing on the coveted front cover of Vogue – renowned the world over as “fashion’s bible” –

I left Brighton Polytechnic Art College in 1985 clutching a shiny Graphic Design and Illustration Hons degree in my twenty

Name: Jess whitfield Course: 4th year Hispanic and Latin American Studies Illustration: Observations from a Sunday wander: Leeds Art Gallery.

It seems almost impossible to summarise coherently an event so varied as Light Night, perhaps because the annual event is

When I first started my training as a student nurse last September, my only gripe was the often repeated suggestion

Am I the only person in the western world who DOESN’T own a smart phone? Yesterday I was stopped in

Judging by the crowds spilling out of the NME tent at Reading Festival this year, Bombay Bicycle Club have come

I remember my father placing an ominous disk onto a stack in our living room every weekend. The notes that

Walking on stage at the Brudenell Social Club last Sunday night, Emma Lee Moss cut an impressive figure. Tall and

I think it could probably be considered quite amusing that I have been so outspoken in my vendetta against the

- Student Boob Teams naming boobs in aid of breast cancer awareness!  Britain’s newest entrant into the fight against breast

The huge scale of the Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A Museum in London reveals itself slowly as you pass through

Greetings dear Lippy readers! I hope you all enjoyed the recent, freakish bout of glorious weather, which brought us into

Hanna, directed by Joe Wright, was released earlier this year, boasting an excellent cast including Saoirse Ronan as the titular

I have found my style icon. She is uncompromisingly well dressed; immaculate in her Chanel grounded outfits. She lends the clothes

Life is made up of a series of choices: from the menial (“Cake or ice cream?”) to the life changing

There’s a lot of poo-pooing when it comes to Tracey Emin and her contemporaries, who are often collectively known as

Heavenly Creatures has recently been re-released on Blu-Ray, 17 years after its original theatrical release. It’s generally been seen as

PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals – has gone from an animal rights campaign group [well..] to

Prostitution is often described as the oldest profession in the world. It is identifiable in recorded history as early as

When thinking about how I was going to write a piece introducing people to Lippy and the vision we have

The youth of Great Britain today has lost its voice. And yet, we’ve certainly got plenty to be shouting about

Sucker Punch, released in April this year and directed and written by Zack Snyder, he of 300 and Watchmen fame,

I don’t feel that is is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest of my life and

The institution of marriage is one that has changed dramatically in the last few decades

So, like many of my peers and contemporaries, at some point in the none-too-distant past, I really got into “vintage” style.

I opened the first few pages of this book with a sense of promise that this would be an interesting

There seems to be a consensus that the fight against sexism is over – and, I admit, in many ways