Nationhood: Memory and Hope at the Impressions Gallery, Bradford: Ends 26 April
People make places. Bradford 2025, the yearlong City of Culture celebration, has put people at the heart of the project. Nationhood: Memory and Hope at the Impressions Gallery explores portraiture, community and Britishness in the 21st Century. Impressions Gallery sits in the centre of Bradford City Square, overlooking the Mirror Pool, which when I visited […]
A Thousand Splendid Suns: at Quarry Theatre 28 May to 14 June
Beautiful new production shots show how Leeds Playhouse’s epic Quarry stage is being transformed into the stunning world of A Thousand Splendid Suns. Ursula Rani Sarma’s play based on Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner is presented by Leeds Playhouse, Birmingham Rep and Nottingham Playhouse. Roxana Silbert, who directed the critically acclaimed European Premiere of the […]
University of Leeds’ Cultural Collections: Oldest English Book on Cheese Newly Transcribed
Held by Cultural Collections at the University of Leeds, the earliest-known English book about cheese is revealing its fascinating and sometimes nauseating contents to the public for the first time. A new transcription, made by Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, is now available to read online alongside the digital version of the original handwritten manuscript. […]
Corarima: Vegan, Gluten-free and Delicious
The Abyssinian food at Corarima in Wakefield is the best food from this region I have ever eaten. Admittedly I’ve not yet made it to Ethiopea or Eritrea, but I have tried a good spread of restaurants in London and the North. If you haven’t eaten this style of food before, Corarima restaurant is a […]
Sick: Sarah Roberts at Leeds University
Sick is an exhibition born of reflection, imagination and collaboration. In Sick, Sarah Roberts has drawn upon personal experience, archives from across Leeds and worked with a range of professionals to lead us into the world of a young carer. In her launch speech, Sarah described it, ‘As a note from my present self to […]
