In Conversation With Gemma Holsgrove

“The ideas of tomorrow, now.” Gemma Holsgrove on why 2019 is the year of revolution for Leeds International Festival. It’s early March. The sun has made an appearance four out of seven days this week, and there’s still a glimmer of light in the sky when Leeds’ nine-to-fivers turn out. There’s promise in the air […]

The spice is right: Prashad delivers a night of flavour and family at The Tetley

Thursday 27th February saw a very special takeover go down at Leeds’ classic former brewery.  For one night only, Prashad, Drighlington’s award-winning North Indian vegetarian restaurateurs, set up shop in The Tetley’s kitchen, serving up a five-course tasting menu of unmissable textures and tastes. A family business started 20 years ago in a Bradford side street, […]

A Very Bundo Christmas

‘Delicious, bitesize vegetarian Indian street food’ might not be the first phrase that pops into your head when you hear the word ‘Christmas’, but at Bundobust this festive season, that’s all about to change. December is a frantic month for Mill Hill’s finest craft beer joint; a month when every day fills tables to the rafters, […]

HER Fest Leeds: Setting a new standard from Yorkshire to the world

This October saw a musical first arrive at the Brudenell Social Club, as the pioneer social enterprise Come Play with Me, female-focused PR agency HER Music and creative music charity Brighter Sound came together to bring Yorkshire’s only female-focused music festival to life. The aptly named HER Fest was inspired by the 2017 statistic that a mere 14% of acts […]

Bar Soba – Now A Greek Street Go To

After several years of calling Merrion Street home, iconic cocktail and street food bar, Bar Soba, has upped sticks to Greek Street. What could possibly go wrong? I head to Bar Soba’s new digs on one of those Tuesday evenings. You know, the ones that cry out for a grown-up drink and an hour or […]