Thought Bubble Comic Convention in Harrogate 4 – 10 November

Thought Bubble has a new home this year, in Harrogate Convention Centre – and some new quests are joining in, including GBBO’s Kim-Joy, who is making her debut.  Also new to the Festival are Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vasquez, Brian Azzarello (Joker, Wonder Woman and Hellblazer) and Gemma Correll (NY Times and The Observer). This, […]

Matt Healy Opens The Beehive at Thorner

Cath Kane enjoys dining Matt Healy style at The Beehive. I’ll be honest with you, I’m not originally from Leeds, I’m from the ‘dark’ side of the Pennines! Therefore, when a popular, nostalgic building steeped in history is on the brink of being re-transformed, I may not automatically be aware just how significant the place […]

Chow Down at The Piece Hall Halifax – Off to a Great Start

We headed to the Piece Hall in Halifax yesterday afternoon to tantalise our taste buds at Chow Down, a weekend-long event of food, drink and live music, hosted jointly by Leeds Indie Food and Chapter 81.  Chow Down welcomed over 120,000 people over three weekends last year.  We were amongst the early arrivals at this […]

Graham Nash – At Halifax Victoria Theatre on 17 July 

Graham Nash is the Sixties personified.  He began his career with The Hollies, a pop group (in 1962 bands played dance music in ballrooms; pop was played by groups) who had great success with 30 chart singles in the UK and 21 in the USA. Unlike most of the other groups, they regularly employed three-part harmony […]

Titanic Spa Nets 5 World Luxury Spa Awards in 2019

Congratulations to Titanic Spa, the UK’s first eco-spa, on achieving the following awards: Best Luxury Destination Spa in Northern Europe Best Luxury Day Spa in Europe Best Luxury Spa Retreat Best Luxury Global Eco Spa Best Spa Manager  (Amy Burton, Director of Operations) The Awards, renowned as the pinnacle of achievement in the luxury wellness […]