Mowgli Street Food: Eating Out With Your Dog

Mowgli Street Food offered a warm welcome when we entered on a dull December evening, a welcome that extended to my dog. I love curry and I love my dog. Sometimes I find it hard to eat the former when accompanied by the latter. In the summer, it is possible to sit outside Indian Tiffin […]
I Should Be So Lucky: at Leeds Grand Theatre Until 30 December

Having premiered at Manchester Opera House, the musical I Should Be So Lucky has now headed to Leeds Grand Theatre for a Christmas season before touring the country. It is refreshing to see a new musical launching in our two great northern theatrical cities. It has long been my belief that theatregoers would do better […]
Ba Tam – For Breakfast or Lunch

A new café in Kirkgate Market offers home-cooked, healthy Kurdish food. The food is tasty, portions are generous, and everything is reasonably priced. A great place to start the day or refuel after shopping. Kirkgate Market has a great selection of places to eat with food offered from around the globe. Most are food stalls […]
Riptide Theatre: Intermission – ‘A warm, winter hug’

Intermission is a genuinely unique experience. The individual nature, unusual venue and personalised experience make a visit to this immersive journey a one-off. Riptide, the theatre company behind Intermission, specialises in immersive personal experiences. Established in 2014, their present Lost Connections suite of performances began during lockdown with Project Intimacy, where strangers were paired to […]
Leeds Artists, Edek Thompson and Tanya Bentham, Chosen to Exhibit in Redcar

When Tees Valley Arts put out an open call for an exhibition in their new gallery at the Palace Hub in Redcar, they were impressed by the quality and range of submissions. Applications were received from across Europe, but it was two Leeds based artists that were chosen from among eighty applicants to mount solo […]