Let’s Do Lunch at Livin’Italy

A few years ago when I was in fairly handsomely rewarded employment I spent a year living in Candle House, the round building in Holbeck Urban Village which looks like a stack of pizzas. It was a great place to live, only a couple of minutes’ walk to City Square and the train station, another […]

Blackhouse, The Grill on The Square, is Celebrating its 10th Birthday

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the opening of Blackhouse, The Grill on the Square in Leeds. This one of Leeds’ favourite cocktail bars and steak restaurants. On Thursday, 4th October I was invited to join the birthday celebrations. Prosecco and beer flowed, but the stars of the evening were the canapés. They were […]

Howard Assembly Room and Opera North do Light Night Differently

As part of Leeds Light Night, the Howard Assembly Room came up with something a little differently from the projection of images on the City’s buildings. It was much more low key, in that it was a series of soloists on various instruments playing works by J. S. Bach. The way that the concert fitted […]

It’s The Final Chow Down! That’s It For 2018.

I was asked to go and review the first Chow Down event of the season at Piece Hall, Halifax on 1st July so it seemed only right to go to the final one of the year at the end of September.   Both were held in bright sunshine but the temperature at this second visit […]

Tetley’s Continuing and Renewed Investment In Leeds

On Friday, 28th September Leeds Living was invited by the people at Tetley’s to join them in the Premier Suite at Headingley Emerald Stadium for the final Leeds Rhinos match of the season.  Stan Graham was pleased to go along. You might have thought that agreeing to cover this would be a no-brainer but I […]