Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Last night I went to the second in a short season of plays at Leeds Playhouse concerned with men’s mental health and wellbeing. It is called Reasons To Stay Alive and is based on the best selling book of the same name by Matt Haig which tells of his struggle with depression. The book has…
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One of the hidden gems of Leeds, The Leeds Library, organises an event held every two months called Chelping, a poetry evening which is a combination of open mic and invited guests. Sadly I am not able to attend the next one which is on Wednesday, 20th November beginning at 7.30pm. As a taster, here…
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As the Rolling Stones said ‘Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday.’ They could have added it is now ‘Hello, Purple Tuesday’ and instead of some geriatric old boy who should know better strutting his stuff – no, not me – on 12th November we have the very great pleasure of an informal performance by Bibi Heal, a star…
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Before I begin the review proper I would just like to say that it is good to be back at the Leeds Playhouse as it is now known. I am pleased to report that there is a new street level entrance at the front with a lift to take you to the appropriate auditorium or…
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As Mark Twain nearly said, ‘There are pies, damned pies and hedonistics.’ On Sunday I was invited by Jo and Stuart at The Swine That Dines, to call and sample their Sunday Pie Day menu, and I was subjected to one of the most self-indulgent afternoons I have ever had placing it firmly in the…
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Leeds Playhouse stages three powerful stories dissecting the lives of modern men in the run-up to the Northern Man Festival I don’t know about you but I am delighted that the Leeds Playhouse is back in full working order, bigger and better than ever. There have been productions, of course, even when the main auditorium…
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https://www.facebook.com/sartopasta/ Another day, another Day. There seems to be a never-ending string of Days to celebrate something or other, this time it is World Pasta Day but it was purely by coincidence that I was invited to call at Sarto, the eagerly anticipated new collaboration between Laynes Espresso and The Brunswick, to see what I…
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The email I received asked if I would like to come to Nomadic Brewery for a presentation from Compass Live Art about the role of pubs in our lives entitled Public House. After due deliberation, lasting well over a second and a half, I accepted. As you can see by the photograph on my website…
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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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