Thackray Museum – Regarding Trees: Exhibition and Tranquility Walk
Some of us had met at the Thackray Museum, while others gathered at the gates to Beckett Street Cemetery. We were all there for the lunchtime Tranquility Walk. The walk had been organised in association with Baljit Singh Dance Company to accompany the Thackray Museum’s exhibition Regarding Forests. The exhibition is an immersive experience of […]
A Means of Recovery
Paul Grist’s exhibition in the Atrium Gallery, at St James’s University Hospital, is the product of inspiration from Florence Nightingale, and recovery from cancer. All the work on display was produced from 2019 to 2020, when Paul was being treated at the hospital. He views his creative outpouring as part of his recovery process. On […]
Steeleye Span’s 50th Anniversary at City Varieties: A Night to Remember
There was an air of expectation as we waited for Steeleye Span to appear. Some people had ordered their tickets three years ago. This was officially still the band’s 50th Anniversary tour, started in 2019, but then halted by Covid. Lots had changed in the intervening time, but the audience knew they were in for […]
Sister duo Charm of Finches in Leeds from Melbourne, Australia
Last Friday I spent a very enjoyable evening at Hyde Park Book Club. Charm of Finches, together with their support act, Serin, presented a fresh and very welcome approach to folk music to a discerning audience in Leeds. Charm of Finches are Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes. They hail from Melbourne and in 2021 they won […]
In Conversation With Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior has been singing and dancing for over fifty years, and is not about to stop now. I talk to her as she begins rehearsals with Steeleye Span for a May tour of England. The band will be appearing at Leeds City Varieties on May 10th. Steeleye Span began a 50th anniversary tour in […]
