In Conversation With Lisa Holdsworth 

There cannot be many more pleasant ways to spend a Friday morning than chatting with one of Leeds’ finest ever writers in the wonderful surrounding of the Tile Hall Cafe in Leeds Art Gallery. Lisa Holdsworth was born in Farsley and still lives there.  She was educated at Priesthorpe School and Park Lane College, leaving […]

Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019

Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019 is an event described as 100 Days, 4 Galleries, 2 Cities, 1 Festival.  The 100 days are from 22nd June until 29th September; the 4 galleries are Henry Moore Institute Leeds, Leeds Art Gallery, The Hepworth Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. From this you will have gathered that the 2 […]

Leeds Indie Food Festival – Our Pick of Events Still to Come

Leeds Indie Food Festival 19 is now well under way and the events so far, such as Somme v Cicerone at Bundobust, LIF19 Collaboration Menu at Fettle, Little Bao Boys Beer Launch at North Brew Co Leeds Taproom and Plant Styles x Laynes at Laynes Espresso, have all been a resounding success. A review of […]

L19 – The Changing Face of UK Film and TV

Say what you like about the Leeds International Festival but they do get some amazing contributors.  Last night I attended my third L19 event this year, a discussion on The Changing Face of the UK Film and TV Industry hosted by the BBC presenter Terry Christian. He can justifiably be named as one of those […]

L19 – Simon Anholt

  I stepped in to cover this event for a colleague and I am so glad that I did.  It proved to be interesting beyond my expectations and thought-provoking to the same degree. The subject was huge and worthy of a degree course in itself and so justice couldn’t be done to it in the […]