Welcome to East 59th’s East Springs Terrace
The New York style bar is popular with the young, professional crowd and offers drinks, food and an extravagant bottomless brunch menu at the weekends. Unfortunately, the unpredictable British weather decided to put in an appearance, opening the heavens a few hours before the event, which meant the terrace was out of use for […]
Pre-theatre dining at The White Swan
As the adjoining pub to City Varieties and only a stone’s throw from The Grand Theatre, The White Swan is in the perfect location to enjoy a pre-theatre meal. I went along to test it out. The pub, one of those owned by Leeds Brewery, focuses its menu on locally sourced produce and also offers […]
Salome – Opera North at Leeds Town Hall
Opera North’s concert performance of Salome marks the start of an exciting spring season for the company. In order to accommodate a full orchestra for this concert performance, Opera North have migrated from their home at the much-loved Grand Theatre to Leeds’ opulent Town Hall. The only flaw in the setting for the performance within […]
Rights and Romance: Representing Gypsy Lives
Treasures of Brotherton museum have opened their latest exhibition ‘Rights and Romance: Representing Gypsy Lives’. The exhibit combines a variety of fictional and visual representations of Gypsies. All the representations were created by non-Gypsies, which leads to the exhibition’s main question: who has the right to represent Gypsy lives? ‘ Rights and Romance’ also aims […]
In Conversation With Pauline Mayers
Pauline Mayers is an Associate Artist at West Yorkshire Playhouse. Her solo show What If I Told You returns to WYP in February. I caught up with Pauline to hear more about the show and her inspirational journey as a woman of colour determined to make her voice heard. One of Pauline’s earliest memories is […]
