Thank You

Our readers may not realise this, but our writers and photographers give their precious time and their considerable talents gratis.  We are privileged to have them work with us and don’t tell them often enough. Another surprising fact may be that we rarely meet up.  Very rarely.  So thank you, writers and photographers, for all […]

Happy New Year! We’ll be back on 3 January

Thank you for reading, for your comments and for your support for the small businesses, startups and the good causes we’re fortunate enough to be able to tell you about. Thank you also to all our writers, who give freely of their time and talent to help us to tell the stories. We’re looking forward […]

Greetings!

You may have noticed that for the last eight months, the emphasis on our content has been about the work of local charities and those people and businesses who have supported all their efforts and come up with some initiatives themselves. It’s our privilege to let readers know what they can do to help. Now, it’s […]

If you expect to return to your favourite bar, think again

After restrictions are lifted, we cannot assume that Leeds’ indies, with their beer gardens, familiar faces, well-stocked bars and tasty offerings, will still be there for us. Our place at the bar or our favourite corner may no longer exist. The streets and sidewalks of Leeds may still offer brewery-run pubs and corporate chains, which […]

Preview: Beck and Call

The guys behind a number of well known and highly successful City Centre venues have taken on a new challenge and moved out to the suburbs for their latest venture, a family focused, traditional pub. Directors Simon Stevens and Ashley Kollakowski purchased what was the True Briton in Meanwood and have spent the last few […]