Articles relating to: Leeds
Food Review: Patisserie Valerie, Albion Street, Leeds
This is a bit of a nostalgic trip for me. In the late 70s I studied Fine Art at Leeds Polytechnic when art schools were still the ‘sandboxes of the disaffected’.
Hamiltonic: Monkey 47 Gin, Bill’s Restaurant, Leeds
Every time I pull into Leeds Station I look out for the three Italian towers. Over the years they have become increasingly hard to spot among the plain, anonymous new-builds along the Leeds Liverpool Canal, and I suspect they will be lost forever one day.
Food Review: Bill’s Restaurant, Leeds
If you’re like me, you might make the mistake of thinking that an outlet of Bill’s, occupying a prime position in your town or city centre, is the latest ‘same-ish’ offering from a faceless multinational hospitality conglomerate. You’d be wrong.
The Girl from Gotham City: Jackie Chambers on growing up in Leeds
With her shock of blonde hair, studded leather outfits, huge smile and time-honoured rock poses, Jackie Chambers is known as the lead guitarist with all-female heavy metal band Girlschool, as well as for her latest project, Yorkshire-based rockers Syteria.
Music Review: Live at Leeds 2019
It’s up there with the best festivals for showcasing emerging musical talent in the UK. Live at Leeds has quite the reputation to uphold and 2019 didn’t disappoint.
“I don’t hanker for being chased round the Arndale Centre by Norwegian schoolgirls anymore.” Nik Kershaw talks to Northern Soul
Nik Kershaw was everywhere in the 1980s.
Book Review: An Otley Run – A Verse Novella by Joe Williams
There are a number of (in)famous pub crawls to be enjoyed around our beautiful island.
Theatre Review: Kes, Leeds Playhouse
It was pure imagination at Leeds Playhouse that allowed onlookers to observe as Billy Casper’s alter ego swooped and soared above the stage against an ingenious backdrop of a gigantic 1970s municipal climbing frame.
Relocation, relocation, relocation: why it’s all gone North for street foodies Slap & Pickle
After spending three months up North while our street food business Slap & Pickle was trading at Leeds’ Trinity Kitchen, we were understandably devastated to be heading back down the A1.
Theatre review: A Christmas Carol, Leeds Playhouse’s Pop-Up Theatre, Leeds
My first encounter with A Christmas Carol featured a load of Muppets, witnessed by my primary school self on the screen of the communal telly-on-wheels rolled out for the end-of-term film.
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