Sounds of Summer: at Howard Assembly Room on 1 July
The human voice is a beautiful and versatile instrument that many of us fail to make full use of. Sounds of Summer demonstrated how a range of musical styles can be performed with just voice. The Chorus of Opera North performed a varied programme, including several songs where they were joined by Bradford’s Bantams of […]
Cinnamon Kitchen at The Queen’s Hotel
Cinnamon Kitchen at the Queen’s Hotel is Chef Vivek Singh’s first venture up North. Following the success of his fine dining restaurant Cinnamon Club, he opened more informal Cinnamon Kitchen eateries in London. Now, the Cinnamon Collection has headed north. For over twenty years, Chef Vivek has been combining Indian spicing with local produce. A […]
Giggling Squid: Dining in Opulence
There are over fifty branches of Giggling Squid, with more on the way, but few are in the North of England and I doubt any are as grand as the Leeds branch. Opened in April, the restaurant is located on Park Row in a grade II building originally constructed in 1909 for the Royal Bank […]
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Everyday Materials Upscaled to Monumental Sizes.
The work of artists Felicity Aylieff and Laura Ellen Bacon. Your house may be decorated with willow or ceramics. You probably have wicker baskets and clay bowls.We have become used to thinking of these materials on a household scale but Yorkshire Sculpture Park(YSP) is displaying the work of artists who have taken these everyday materials […]
A Thousand Splendid Suns: at The Quarry Theatre until 14th June
Based on the novel by Khaled Hosseini and adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma, directed by Roxana Silbert, A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the tale of the lives of two women in Kabul from the 1970s to 2001. The challenges in their lives change over time, but in the face of constant threat, […]
