Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a film which totally passed me by. I was 21 when it was released so it seemed a bit out of my age range and, having no family, I didn’t see it as a parent later on. In the 1990s I was seeing a woman who had a four-year-old daughter and…
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A few days ago I posted an article, Part – 6, about the events in Leeds over the festive period which you should book ‘blind’ because they were one-offs so you couldn’t read a review before making up your mind. I also said that, as they were at Howard Assembly Room and in association with…
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This edition of my Christmas series is a little different. Does that mean it’s funny? Don’t be daft! Up to now I have been to all the events I have written about as they are running for some time, but these are one-offs so I really need to let you know about them in advance.…
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What would Christmas be without a good pantomime, and what would Christmas in Leeds be without the annual Rock’n’Roll Panto at the City Varieties? Answer – Easter! Oh no it wouldn’t! This year’s offering is Beauty And The Beast, a show which more than lives up to the standard previously set. Pantomime is a really…
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I was recently asked if I would like to sample the Christmas menu at Bundobust and write a review. Well, that took a lot of thinking about! I decided to go when the place was quiet and so scheduled it to coincide with Grease at The Grand, thus having a proper evening out with pre-show…
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For this edition I have moved a few minutes walk from Granary Wharf along Water Lane to Temple Arches where Chow Down Winter Village has been set up. It has grown so much since its early days on this site that it almost lives up to its name and is in grave danger of having…
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The backend of November seemed like a strange time to stage a concert with ‘spring’ in the title but all became clear when the featured works were by those two giants of American music, Aaron Copeland and Leonard Bernstein and it was performed on the eve of Thanksgiving. The concert was split into two sections,…
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Tuesday, 2nd November was Purple Tuesday, a day when shoppers and browsers with disabilities were catered for even more than usual. To add a cherry to the icing on the cake, Opera North performed their abridged version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute to entertain passers by in the Victoria Quarter. The setting was stupendous with…
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Purple Tuesday is not a celebration of the life and works of Prince, but an initiative designed to improve the customer experience for disabled shoppers. Shops and stores go beyond their normal practice regarding disabled shoppers, and their specific needs are highlighted to the less aware traders as well as we fellow bargain hunters. To…
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Friday saw another chance for me to visit the new Howard Assembly Room, this time to see a true jazz legend in concert. Not only that but also someone who will doubtless become a jazz legend in future. Before I get on to my thoughts about the show I would like to give another mention…
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Tyke It To The Limit 