Liquor Studio – One of a Kind
The Liquor Studio, a spirit school, has expanded its offer to include rum. It’s the only spirit school in the country. The Studio, which is above Hedonist Bar on Lower Briggate in Leeds City Centre, has so far focused on gin, hosting very popular Gin Creation classes, where visitors make and take home their own […]
Cafe 164 Opens Another Branch
Headingley will be home to Cafe 164’s new branch from October this year. It is the third branch in the family – Ellie’s father opened Bakery 164 in 1994 and Ellie followed with the first Cafe 164 in 2011. Their guiding principle is daily fresh breads, which make up their sandwiches. Cafe 164 in Munro […]
Good News for Leeds Heritage Theatres
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is helping these much-loved venues to reduce the adverse impact of COVID-19. The Fund has granted the Theatres £119,900. The theatre company has lost 99% of its income since closing all doors on 17 March this year, and 96% of staff were furloughed. Chris Blythe, CEO, said: “Since our venues ceased trading […]
Leeds Digital Festival Has Worldwide Appeal
Taking place for the second time this year, Leeds Digital Festival has increased its offering from 134 online events in April to an extremely impressive 294 events this September. Whilst the events in April were necessarily driven online by COVID-19 (the change planned and delivered within just 3 weeks) this autumn will see some physical […]
Leeds Rum Festival Goes Digital
This year, the Rum Festival, normally held at the wonderful Corn Exchange, will take place online from 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. on 19 September Founders Samantha Fish and Bruce Lerman (Rolling Social Events) have been running successful ‘Sip Alongs’ as a response to lockdown and were really hoping the 6th Rum Festival would be […]
