UKREiiF: Bringing Business to Leeds
You might find Leeds busier than normal this week. Nearly 13.000 business and political leaders have flocked to the City for the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum, better known as UKREiif. UKREiiF began three years ago, when the 3 day event attracted 3,500 attendees. Organisers credit the spectacular growth of the event to […]
Lau Unplugged: a Little Bit of Lau Land
Lau Land presented a generosity of spirit from talented musicians who want to share their craft and encourage others. The weekend of 17th – 19th May saw the folk band Lau host a whole range of events at the Howard Assembly Room. They presented other artists, ran participatory workshops and performed. There was even a […]
Mother of the Revolution: Archipelago Arts Collective at Leeds Industrial Museum
Mother of the Revolution is described as a folk musical. The term folk, according to Director and Developer Beth Knight, means ‘the music of working people.’ The working people here are the men and women who worked at Kirkstall Forge. The oldest forge in England, it became a driving force of the industrial revolution through […]
Drop the Dead Donkey: The Reawakening
Over thirty years since it first aired on Channel 4, Drop the Dead Donkey has taken to the stage. If you were a fan of the original series, this production is like meeting up with old friends. For younger audience members, it still has things to say about the media and the position it holds […]
Thackray Museum of Medicine: Fragile Microbiomes
The Thackray Museum of Medicine’s latest exhibition, Fragile Microbiomes, focuses upon BioArt. Artist Anna Dumitriu is a pioneer in the field. Scientific and artistic methodologies are combined to form artworks that are often made through the manipulation of bacteria. I have long been a fan of exhibitions that combine science and art. When on art […]
