Rock of Ages at Leeds Grand Theatre Until 3 August
Ah, the 1980s. That was the decade when Rock woke up one morning, collected the take-away cartons and pizza boxes from the sticky carpet in its sleazy bedsit, threw them in the bin…. …..along with the green furry unidentifiable objects inhabiting the fridge and moved into a penthouse at the top of a redeveloped riverside […]
Let’s Do Lunch at Stuzzi – Merrion Street/Grand Arcade
Sometimes I find food to be really complicated and I’m at the time of life when I don’t want to be bamboozled. It’s enough of a challenge nowadays remembering whether I should call a member of the distaff gender a woman, lady or girl without causing offence, let alone worry about what I should call […]
Slung Low Shorts at Holbeck WMC
When I was asked if I would like to go and see Slung Low Shorts I had a vision of a fashion parade of summer wear put on by those young men who insist on wearing their jeans at a gravity-defying level, revealing three-quarters of their underpants. Fortunately, the event was nothing like that but […]
The Holbeck Viaduct Project
Up until 1958 there was a railway station in Holbeck. All right, that might not be the most amazing fact that you learn today, but it was unusual in that it was on two levels, high and low. It wasn’t very practical as it was too near the City Centre, which in those days had […]
Let’s Do Lunch at the Noodle House in Merrion Street
I have never had an inclination to visit the Far East, although in a previous life I did go to Hull quite regularly, so I’m not in a position to compare the food on offer in Leeds with ’the real thing’. I would venture to suggest, however, that the dishes on offer at Noodle House […]
