Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
All I can say is that it is about time! Ever since I was taken to the pantomime at the Grand Theatre in the 1950s and on all of my visits to see a show, an opera or a gig at Howard Assembly Room since then, the evening has always ended with the audience shouting…
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What better day than Friday, 22nd July to celebrate tequila, being just two days before the United States’ National Tequila Day. OK, I have answered my own question there but I feel that Friday evening is far more conducive to celebrating anything than is a Sunday. There is much more to tequila than meets the…
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Friday, 22nd July sees the first Leeds Tequila Festival which will be held at The Tetley, but you knew that already from the heading. The event is being organised by Rolling Social Events who have already brought us festivals of rum, gin and whisky, in fact they have probably put more people in touch with…
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It has been a long time coming but Kino looks as though it has been well worth the wait. Years of planning and hard work have gone into the redevelopment of the magnificent building providing the most stunning entrance foyer and atrium to the Howard Assembly Room, and we now have a beautiful new restaurant…
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Every kitchen needs a staple ingredient on which it can rely to make any meal taste good. When it comes to Trinity Kitchen it is Rola Wala. If the variety on offer is not already wide enough they have introduced some new items to the menu, along with updated versions of old favourites. In the…
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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…
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Come on now, who doesn’t just love an afternoon tea. This is not just any afternoon tea, but a special one to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. How many people do you know who have been in the same 24/7 job for 70 years, just the one I suspect, so why not celebrate…
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When I got notice of this event, I thought all of my birthdays had come at once. Actually, it wasn’t my birthday, but Mikron Theatre Company’s 50th, which was being celebrated with a performance of a new play by Lindsay Rodden called Red Sky At Night. Not only did we get the play but also…
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Weather forecasters take 1st March as being the first day of Spring whilst the official kick-off is the Spring Equinox around 21st March when there are an equal number of daylight hour to night hours. In Leeds we know that the real beginning of the season is the opening of Chow Down at Temple Arches.…
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Tyke It To The Limit 