What’s that great walnut shaped boat that’s come up through the ground on Briggate in Leeds? It’s part of OverWorlds and UnderWorlds which will take place in locations across Leeds 18-20 May
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Noel Curry (@DJBogTrotter) continues this regular feature. He’s done the TV guide trawling for you and picked out some of the filmic highlights available via free to access digital channels. And what another …
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What’s that great walnut shaped boat that’s come up through the ground on Briggate in Leeds? It’s part of OverWorlds and UnderWorlds which will take place in locations across Leeds 18-20 May
Guest reviewer Hayley Scott spent a day enjoying the musical delights that Live at Leeds had to offer. Here is her take on the festival and the performances that she witnessed.
Guest blogger Rebecca Turgoose, @RebeccaLouise07, invites us spread our wings and head to North Yorkshire for an ancient May Day celebration on Sunday 13th May.
Paul Clarke worked 9 to 5 to explain why he so admires a genre of music often dismissed as both too camp AND right-wing… Stand by your man!
Our intrepid photographer Rick Harrison snuck into someone’s office and took a few photographs…Can you do a ‘Through The Keyhole’ and guess who works here?
