Ellie Andrews’ (M)OTHER Exhibition: at Leeds Drawing Club Until 2 November
Ellie’s exhibition is more than just life drawings—it’s a visceral dive into those raw, fleeting moments with mothers that often go unseen. I couldn’t help but feel an immediate connection with these women. Their expressions seemed to leap from the paper, reaching into my chest and squeezing tight enough to leave me familiarly uncomfortable. I […]
Opera North – Britten: a Midsummer Night’s Dream at Leeds Grand Theatre
“It was a joy setting those heavenly words,” Britten was to write shortly after the June 1960 premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Though having to make cuts to create a manageable musical evening from the source play, he and partner Peter Pears had not tampered significantly with the original Shakespeare text. Indeed, the pair, […]
Leeds International Festival of Ideas – The Evolution of Creativity: Kindness, Curiosity and Collaboration
The Evolution of Creativity was one of the first events at this year’s Leeds International Festival of Ideas (LIFI). A full house at Leeds Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre enthusiastically greeted musicians BEKA and Nile Rodgers. BEKA, a rising pop star following her debut single, I’ll Be There, was clearly delighted to be asked to be on […]
Yorkshire Writer Wins BBC National Short Story Award
Yorkshire novelist and short story writer, Ross Raisin has won the nineteenth BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University (NSSA) for ‘Ghost Kitchen’, a tense, cinematic story narrated by a bicycle courier and inspired by the gig economy and the ‘dark kitchens’ of the restaurant industry. The news was announced live on BBC Radio 4 Front Row on Tuesday 1st October during a […]
Opera North’s Magic Flute (through the eyes of a first-timer)
Having only seen one opera before – Rigoletto at the Sydney Opera House – it is fair to say that I am an opera newbie with a skewed experience of this art form. As far as expectations go, I had close to none, walking into Leeds Grand Theatre for the opening night of Opera North’s […]
