The Potting Shed Opens in Harrogate

When I was asked to attend the opening party for The Potting Shed in Harrogate I thought, what a clever name for a snooker club.  I didn’t really but I have to start this article somehow. The Potting Shed is the latest in a rapidly growing chain of bars in the Yorkshire Area with a […]

Victoria Gate Casino shows off its new menu

Stan Graham is there to take advantage of Victoria Gate Casino’s new menu. There was a time when I would regularly eat in casinos as they always provided good food at a reasonable price, the object being to get you into the premises so that you would have a few spins of the roulette wheel […]

Eat North Street Food Saturday 19 May

I must begin by offering my sincerest apologies to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as I was not able to witness their nuptials on Saturday, 19th May, being otherwise engaged – see what I did there – at the Eat North event at North Brewing Co. in Leeds. This is the second Eat North […]

The Girl on The Train at West Yorkshire Playhouse

Well, West Yorkshire Playhouse has done it again! After a run of productions which have gone on to great things, it is now premiering The Girl On The Train based on the phenomenally successful book of the same name by Paula Hawkins. Everyone I spoke to about going to see the play seemed to have […]

LIF18: The Brewers Market

How times change.  Not so many years ago Friday night at a beer festival would mean a roomful of overweight bearded men with a questionable taste in knitwear, waiting for the folk singer to perform and moaning that there was music of any description allowed at all.  Last night, however, I was in a minority of […]