Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
https://www.nationalalbumday.co.uk/ It seems as though we are having ‘days’ or ‘weeks’ for everything lately and this Saturday, 12th October is National Album Day. As this is a subject close to my heart I thought that I would see what is happening locally to celebrate the occasion. I must confess that I still can’t come to…
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Now that we are well and truly into autumn and the daylight hours will be decreasing until the end of December that is no reason to mourn the end of summer, rather an excuse to utilise the extra hours of darkness and what better way to do this than by visiting Leeds Light Night? For…
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Some years ago I lived in the sprawling metropolis of Sowerby Bridge, which is high in the Pennines just the other side of Halifax. Yes Leodians, there is something on the other side of Halifax. Being in the Pennines the terrain is not exactly flat, in fact my house had three floors at the front…
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The weather could not have been more Caribbean, with the thermometer hovering around 30c and the sunshine unbroken. I have to admit that this is my first visit to what has become a National Institution. In fact, I was speaking to a lovely family who had come from Nottingham especially. The start of the parade,…
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It’s a funny thing, a handshake, yet it’s used to signify so many different things. We shake hands to seal a deal, to congratulate an opponent who has just humiliated us at one game or another (smashed the living daylights out of us at rugby) when presenting or receiving a prize or when bumping into…
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Kirkgate Market holds a special place in the hearts of most Leeds residents, especially those of a certain age who were dragged there by their parents to do the weekend shopping. I was a weird kid in that I liked going with my dad to buy the stuff we needed for Saturday night dinner and…
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After my perusal of the Yorkshire Sculpture International works in the City Centre spaces, I took a walk to the main hub of the event so far as Leeds is concerned. The venue is the combined Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Art Gallery which, although two separate entities, are linked by a footbridge on the…
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In the middle of May I was asked to visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park at West Bretton to see the first exhibits to be put on show as part of the inaugural Yorkshire Sculpture International event. Officially the exhibition runs from 22nd June until 29th September but the Damien Hirst figures are so large that…
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Yorkshire Sculpture International 2019 is an event described as 100 Days, 4 Galleries, 2 Cities, 1 Festival. The 100 days are from 22nd June until 29th September; the 4 galleries are Henry Moore Institute Leeds, Leeds Art Gallery, The Hepworth Wakefield and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. From this you will have gathered that the 2…
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I was asked if I would cover the premiere of a play in Bradford. Not only did I quickly accept, as I fancied the piece anyway, but I also thought that it would give me the opportunity to wallow in a sea of nostalgia, having worked there for several years during the last century. After…
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Tyke It To The Limit 