Sunshine all the way for Leeds Half Marathon
West Yorkshire’s biggest running event, The Leeds Half Marathon took place on Sunday 8th May. The race was organised by Run For All in partnership with Leeds City Council, and is part of the Run For All series. The Leeds Half was supported by several organisations including Active Leeds, BBC Radio Leeds, the Technology Group, […]
Rosa’s Thai launches a new Issan menu
Rosa’s Thai started out as a street stall on Brick Lane’s Sunday market in London. It became a favourite food spot for locals and by 2008, Rosa’s found a permanent location on Hanbury Street. Over the next few years, Rosa’s expanded across the UK, with restaurants now in London, Birmingham, York, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool and […]
The Wardrobe
Located on St Peters Square, just opposite the BBC Leeds studio and near Northern Ballet, is The Wardrobe, a bar and kitchen as well as a popular live music and comedy venue. I decided to visit before going on to my session at Leeds Drawing Club and took my boyfriend with me. We arrived at […]
The Sporting Heritage Awards
Sporting heritage is firmly linked to society’s development and our identity today, whether this is evidenced in artefacts, documents, photos, videos or the spoken word, or a combination of these. On Thursday 28th April 2022, the inaugural Sporting Heritage Awards took place at Leeds City Museum. The awards sought to acknowledge and celebrate the impact […]
Zip It – Reviewed
Sexual harassment and domestic violence can happen to anyone, anywhere and at any time, but women and girls are particularly vulnerable. Individual experiences and the frequent news headlines highlight this on an almost daily basis. Recent estimates indicate that 1.6 million women aged 16 to 74 experienced domestic abuse in the last year. More than […]
