Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Over the weekend of 19th – 22nd August a panel of celebrity judges will be sampling the best of Northern Street Food and selecting winners to go on to the National Street Food Final at Freedom Festival, Hull from 3rd – 5th September, where the overall winner will be judged by the general public alongside…
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I can’t tell you how good it was to be back at Leeds Grand Theatre for the first time since 4th March, 2020 – so I won’t. Seriously, they say that you should never go back but, after a disconcerting start, the place was full and masks optional, it was as though I had never…
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I have been waiting months to see this show which was originally scheduled for May 2020 but was postponed for some reason. No disrespect to the other Covid casualties but I think that this was the one I was looking forward to seeing the most as, although not an expert, I am fascinated by the…
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Lately I seem to be living in the past, last week it was a tour of long-gone pubs and today it is closed down cinemas. Unlike the boozers tour I was able to take some refreshment with the picture houses trip as I did it from home with a glass of single malt to accompany…
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There are worse ways of spending a Saturday afternoon than by loading up with culture, especially when it involves both learning some history of your home town and indulging in the odd beer. After having called at The Yorkshire Square last Thursday to see what was going on, I returned on Saturday to attend two…
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When I read that Small Acts (Katie Etheridge and Simon Persighetti) were opening a pub in Leeds Kirkgate Market as part of Compass Arts Festival I was elated. When I read the small print and found out that it would be the size of a Yorkshire Square i.e. 12ft x 12ft I wondered how on…
Read MoreWell, now that we are past Midsummer’s Day, the nights have started drawing in so it is time to look forward to the offerings from Leeds Playhouse to cheer us up and divert us from watching the digits on our smart meters increase quicker than the altimeter on Sir Richard Branson’s spaceship. Fear not, there…
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What do you do when you have a wonderful traditional village pub, complete with seven guest bedrooms, and you want to make it even better? You strike up a partnership with the owner of a top local bistro to run the kitchen. That is just what Phil and Karen Croft, the owners of the Craven…
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I have been sitting on this information for a while now because I was getting pretty depressed having to pass on the news of scheduled performances by various organisations being cancelled or postponed over the past eighteen months. Some have been postponed and then cancelled. With the proposed lifting of restrictions and the vaccine roll-out…
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Are you finding life to be a drag just now? You’re not the only one. The hit musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert is playing at Leeds Grand Theatre until Saturday, 10th July so why not grab a ticket while you can to go and get cheered up. The show is packed with your favourite…
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Tyke It To The Limit 