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Can silent movies be relevant in the digital age? We asked Phil Dean to pop along to Leeds Town Hall to find out…

Phil Dean and his all male book club are asking Culture Vulture readers to select their next book. Which book would you pick?

What would the genteel folk of the Ilkley Literature Festival make of The Bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke? Phil Dean went to see for himself if the original punk poet still has it.

Before I …

We asked local lad Phil Dean to check out the artistic developments in a deserted cinema he knows only too well…
I grew up in Bramley, West Leeds. In the late seventies and early eighties, there …

We asked Leeds blogger Phil Dean to report back on the highlights of this year’s Leeds Festival and this is what he had to say…
1. Pulp
The standout band of the weekend for me. Jarvis and …

We asked Leeds foodie blogger Phil Dean to give us the ultimate preview to Leeds Festival. Phil is clearly old enough to know better, but there’s no stopping him with the throb of bass and …

This will be a controversial statement for some people and the world is definitely divided into people that get it and people that don’t.
For some it’s the epitomy of mindless social media: for people who …

It was a chance conversation on Twitter that started it. Who was the best artist who ever drew Silver Surfer? Jack Kirby or John Buscema? Of course it’s a popular discussion amongst comic book afficianados …

Songs of Praise! Phil Dean worships at the alter of British Sea Power during Live at Leeds 2010. Taking a pew at unusual venue Holy Trinity Church, he ponders what other bands should raise the roof? (in-spire)

Does the North need another Design Prize? Blogger Phil Dean has his doubts….

Could Leeds stake a claim to be considered as the UK’s first ‘City of Culture?’ Blogger Phil Dean thinks it should and can! What do you think?

What’s cooking this fine sunny month? Some mouth watering seasonal al fresconess