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Leeds is like… Buenos Aires
April 9, 2012 – 9:21 pm | 11 Comments
Leeds is like… Buenos Aires

Yes really! Janey Rodgers tells us to forget the Knightsbridge comparisons and feel affiliation with a the seemingly similar Buenos Aires…

Spaces and Places
December 16, 2011 – 12:41 pm | 16 Comments
Spaces and Places

Beautiful Brutalism
Post by guest blogger Jayne Rodgers

Photo: Paul Bye
Leeds is home to one of the finest examples of Brutalist architecture in the UK. Seriously. The Roger Stevens Building sits on the southern edge of the …

What a girl can learn from a boys’ book club
November 14, 2011 – 4:15 pm | No Comment
What a girl can learn from a boys’ book club

Aren’t networks wonderful? Recently a men’s book club in Leeds asked the incredible Culture Vulturess to help them crowd source their next book for discussion.When I say ‘men’s book club’, women have been known to …

A Nice Living Room
October 23, 2011 – 6:05 pm | No Comment
A Nice Living Room

By Katie Bolton
We were invited by The Living Room in Leeds to sample their new Autumn/Winter menu.
Now anyone who regularly reads Leeds Grub will know that I always try to be diplomatic but I am …

A Hot, Broody Hero Is Something To Be…
September 5, 2011 – 9:54 am | One Comment
A Hot, Broody Hero Is Something To Be…

Janey and Fiona enjoyed a night at Bronte Parsonage at the launch the literary adaption of Jane Eyre

Holbeck Viaduct or ‘What happened to our skywalk?’
August 30, 2011 – 3:07 pm | 27 Comments
Holbeck Viaduct or ‘What happened to our skywalk?’

Jayne Rodgers asks why Leeds doesn’t make more of its spectacular viaducts

A Day at the Races
August 18, 2011 – 11:43 am | One Comment
A Day at the Races

Janey Dodge loses her shirt at Pontecarlo

Accidental Improvisation at WYP.
April 6, 2011 – 10:55 am | One Comment
Accidental Improvisation at WYP.

Guest blogger Jayne Rodgers wins a ticket to an improvisation event at the West Yorkshire Playhouse where she gets in touch with her inner feline, discovers a talent for abecedarian antics and learns that she wouldn’t be much use as a hostess if ever a space traveler dropped in for elevenses.