From the Western Terrace

"In a world full of adversity, we must dare to dream".  So says the mural painted on the side of Leeds Metropolitan University tha...

  I sat down over the weekend to watch the latest in BBC Two's excellent "Storyville" series of documentaries with more than a...

After a 2016 in which we'd mourned many of our favourite celebrities, voted to leave the EU and seen the US elect a semi-sentient Cheeto...

We've all been there. The bank statement arrives and fills you with dread. You know it's not good, so you can't bring yourself...

Our Rupert, who art in hiding Haggard be thy face Thy kingdom's Sun Its work be scum Online, as it is on newsprint Give us th...

Ten years have passed of Twitter Hope you don't think me bitter For laughing at poor David Cam Making sweet love to a ham Through a...

The first two games in the 2016 World Club Series have resulted in convincing, chastening defeats for the Super League sides against last ye...

Kanye, oh Kanye You said don't text till Monday But now that Monday's gone we need to talk You've been tweeting across the ...

This morning's Victoria Derbyshire Show on the BBC made quite a big deal over the fact that a British Olympic hopeful had decided to com...

Writing poems about poets It really is quite hard That's why it's sometimes easier To call Shakespeare "The Bard" Wri...