Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
As part of Compass Arts Festival 2021, artists and performers Katie Etheridge and Simon Persighetti aka Small Acts, presented an installation in Kirkgate Market called Yorkshire Square. It explored the interaction between pub goers and the inns and taverns they frequent. They have now taken this theme one step further with a performance called Future…
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It is worth a trip to Yeadon just to marvel at the restoration which the Town Hall has gone through. It is not just a nip, tuck and a shot of Botox, but the full Dolly Parton. The effect is stunning both inside and out, the Town Hall that is, I am not sure that…
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Everybody’s favourite street food venue is back and, not only bigger than ever, but reconfigured so as to make the most of the legendary sunny weather which lasts from April to September each year south of the river. On the off chance that there may be a rogue cloudy day, then that has been catered…
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Well, I suppose that it had to happen sooner or later. That Leeds favourite, Bundobust, has taken the plunge into fake meat. Up until now, the menu has been purely unprocessed plant-based ingredients which have been imaginatively used and cooked to perfection. From 7th January, however, they have teamed up with Meatless Farm to add…
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If you are looking for a special way to bid good riddance to 2021 and welcome 2022 there can be no better way than the special Chow Down New Year’s Eve Party. Those of you who have visited Chow Down Winter Village will know what a great place it is to get together and party.…
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Time for a stroll around town to see what the various Quarters have to offer. Where better to start than the Town Hall. This year the old girl has decided to book in for a nip and tuck to enhance her appearance and so the facade is a touch less festive than normal. The scaffolding…
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Bundobust’s Christmas menu has become as much a part of the Festive Season in Leeds as the tree in City Square or the lights in the arcades. There is a good reason for this, the Christmas Specials list is small but beautifully formed. There are only four food items and three Party Drinks but they…
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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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That fabulous restaurant, HOME, is relocating next month from its present premises in Kirkgate to new ones in Brewery Wharf. I was fortunate enough to have been invited to the launch of HOME in 2017 which was at Harewood House, the restaurant not having been quite completed, and I was amazed by the quality of…
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While we wait for summer, let’s have a look at what winter has in store for us. Now that I seem to have everybody’s programmes I am working my way through them over the next few days. They are in alphabetical order so as not to imply favouritism, sorry about that Yeadon Town Hall! If…
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