Smart Works Launches International Women’s Day Programme at Elland Road
On Wednesday 28th January, Smart Works launched their International Women’s Day programme at Elland Road. Supporters, volunteers and staff gathered to hear about events, the work of Smart Works and their plans. Most people’s perception of Smart Works is an organisation that provides unemployed women with smart clothes. But it is so much more than […]
What the Hand Remembers: at East Street Arts Until 13 February
What the Hand Remembers is a group exhibition bringing together four artists whose practices focus on making as a way of holding knowledge. It was also for me a celebration of young women in art. The four artists, and curator Shazia Bibi, have clearly undertaken a positive collaborative process to bring together four styles of […]
The Turner Prize Exhibition: at Cartwright Hall, Bradford Until 22 February
There is still time to see the Turner Prize in Bradford. Bradford City of Culture 2025 is over. Well, not quite. Cartwright Hall is still displaying the prestigious Turner Prize exhibition until February 22nd. I have visited twice: once to a curator’s tour and once on New Year’s Eve. If you have not been, then […]
An Evening of New Music at Wharf Chambers
Introducing the evening, promoter Sam Legg of Elusive Jazz quipped that this was to be a night of creatures. Cats, snakes, and wolves were conjured by the names of three acts: Catbandcat, Vipertime and Marco Woolf. He had even brought along bags of catnip for the merch stall. I didn’t take him up on his […]
Down for the Count at Harrogate Royal Hall on 5 December
Down for the Count Orchestra’s Swing Into Christmas concert took us back to the 1950s. Outside, it was cold and very wet, but inside we were we bathed in the warm glow of thirty musicians who were clearly enjoying themselves. It is rare these days to listen to a full orchestra outside a major classical […]
