Down for the Count at Harrogate Royal Hall on 5 December
Down for the Count Orchestra’s Swing Into Christmas concert took us back to the 1950s. Outside, it was cold and very wet, but inside we were we bathed in the warm glow of thirty musicians who were clearly enjoying themselves. It is rare these days to listen to a full orchestra outside a major classical […]
Bradford School of Art Students Support Distinguished U.S. Artist
Bradford School of Art Students Support Large-Scale Textile Installation for World Heritage Site A group of Bradford School of Art higher education students were given the opportunity of a lifetime after being selected to support one of America’s most distinguished visual artists. We Will Sing is a new, large-scale, site-responsive installation by renowned artist Ann Hamilton, commissioned […]
Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios: 21/22 and 28/29 June
Wetherby’s creative heart will be on show later this month as Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios returns to the town. Art and creativity flourish not just in Yorkshire’s big cities, but in its quiet corners and market towns, too. This summer, Artists Around Wetherby Open Studios invites art lovers, collectors and the simply curious, to […]
Nationhood: Memory and Hope at the Impressions Gallery, Bradford: Ends 26 April
People make places. Bradford 2025, the yearlong City of Culture celebration, has put people at the heart of the project. Nationhood: Memory and Hope at the Impressions Gallery explores portraiture, community and Britishness in the 21st Century. Impressions Gallery sits in the centre of Bradford City Square, overlooking the Mirror Pool, which when I visited […]
Ilkley T5s Tag Rugby: at Ilkley Rugby Club on 27 April
Coaches, parents and local businesses from the Ilkley area will come face to face on the pitch later this month in a tournament set to raise funds for local children’s charity, The Principle Trust. The Ilkley T5s Tag Rugby Tournament will take place on Sunday 27 April in aid of The Trust, which provides free respite breaks […]
