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<br /> Alumni<br /> magazine<br /> Issue<br /> 11<br /> 06<br /> The greatest<br /> stage<br /> Leeds students and<br /> alumni competing at the<br /> London Olympics and<br /> those behind the scenes<br /> 14<br /> A world of<br /> sound<br /> Ilan Eshkeri talks<br /> composing and working<br /> on blockbuster films<br /> 20<br /> The stuff of<br /> language<br /> Poet Simon Armitage<br /> explains why poetry<br /> is so important<br /> 24<br /> Mixing expertise<br /> What happens if you cross<br /> research in performance<br /> and computing, or food<br /> science and history?<br /> Contents<br /> From the editor<br /> Where will you be in July and August? If it’s<br /> glued to the TV, watching the Olympics (or if<br /> you’ll be there in London), then you should know<br /> that Leeds is involved in almost every aspect of<br /> the Games, right from the opening ceremony.<br /> This issue, we’ll show you just some of our many<br /> people behind <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=1"> Alumni magazine Issue 11 06 The greatest stage L</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=2"> Contents From the editor Where will you be in</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=3"> Contents 06 The track to success Photo credit: </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=4"> News – LEEDS ALUMNI taking centre stage A remark</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=5"> LEEDS ALuMNI – News a great Dame celebra</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=6"> News – LEEDS ALUMnI Photo © Apex News & Pictures</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=7"> Share your experience</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=8"> Feature – THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS Leeds may be 20</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=9"> THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS – Feature More leeds sTude</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=10"> Feature – THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS the i </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=11"> THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS – Feature </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=12"> Feature – THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS The hockey Player H</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=13"> THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS – Feature </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=14"> Feature – THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS making it happen Fr</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=15"> THE LEEDS OLYmPIANS – Feature Edinburgh Festiva</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=16"> Feature – ILAN ESHKErI Instrumental </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=17"> “Movie soundtracks are invisible to the ear,” say</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=18"> Feature – ILAN ESHKErI And up for anythin</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=19"> 01 / 02 / 1 Ralph Fie</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=20"> news – THE LATEST FrOm LEEDS m&s at home in leeds</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=21"> THE LATEST FrOm LEEDS – news our roya</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=22"> Feature – SImON ArmITAGE local hero </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=23"> SImON ArmITAGE – Feature Ian Beetlestone talks </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=24"> Feature – LEEDS POETRy CEnTRE WHY POETRY </a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=25"> THE FOOTSTEPS FUND For Cheryl, Leeds wasn't just</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - Issue 11 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1c2a09e6?page=26"> Feature – TEN LEEDS COmBINATIONS ten leeds combin</a> <a title="Leeds Alumni Magazine - 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