Confirmed New World Record For Design Studio Split

Leeds based design studio Split has set a new Guinness World Record. People Powered Press is housed in Split’s studio on Quarry Hill, and has been given worthy recognition as the world’s largest letterpress printing press. For the uninitiated, letterpress uses inked, raised letters which are fixed onto a flat surface.  When paper is laid […]

Peview: Fudge at Hyde Park Book Club

FUDGE. – most at home in the smaller venues they prefer – perform at Hyde Park Book Club on 25 May.  Pre-ticket sales were sold out and there are only a limited number of tickets available for general sale. “… Crowd surfing, mosh pits, lots of sweary banter and a band that have the kind […]

Preview: Chow Down is back at The Piece Hall

The May Bank Holiday week-end is the first of three this summer for this biggest of northern food festivals.  Here’s the full list of vendors: What’s Your Beef – finalists in the National Burger Awards and serving indulgence and deliciousness throughout the North. Oh My Glaze – wraps, wings and other juicy things from this […]

Preview: New Menu and Gin Garden at Blackhouse

Summer in the City seems a brighter prospect with the arrival of Blackhouse’s gin garden.  Prime steak, premium cocktails and an outdoor space in which to sip them, and all is right with the world. The Gin Garden will open on 24 May and will feature Martin Miller’s Gin and a superb people-watching spot. A […]

Cheers! The Fifth Leeds Indie Food Festival Has Arrived

It is testament to this now familiar Festival that many of its events sold out long before day one – and yet there are many more just as appealing, just as interesting and just as adventurous, including new participants Vice And Virtue, Moortown Kitchen, Jane Lawson, Spice and Green, Kachumber Kitchen and Copper Spoon Bakery. […]