Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
To mark Refugee Week, Howard Assembly Room mounted a concert to showcase some of the amazing talent brought to this country by those escaping intolerable conditions, some even life-threatening, in their birth countries. It is appropriate that Leeds is participating as the city has largely been built by immigrants from around the world. Just think…
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It was lovely not to have to catch a bus to get to an event, but to be able to walk there and back and still not rack up the total of my daily average step count. As well as that, the weather was just about perfect with lots of sun but a few passing…
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If it’s the third Sunday in the month then it has to be Harrogate Real Food Market. From 10.00am until 3.00pm Crescent Gardens becomes home to a selection of independent artisan food producers displaying their products which they have so lovingly created. And what a diverse bunch they are! My first port of call was…
Read MoreAnyone taking even a passing glance at this site will know how much I enjoy going to this venue. The great thing is, because it specialises in one-night stands, I get more opportunities to indulge myself as well as broadening my musical knowledge with every trip. I hope that once you have seen what is…
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Leeds is staging its inaugural Jazz Festival this year at various venues throughout the city. I got into the swing – literally – at the Free Stage on Cookridge Street on a sunny Friday afternoon. The whole shebang started on 1st June, so I had arrived fashionably late, but there are still a lot of…
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Tyke It To The Limit 