Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
Well, here we are, a new year and a new experience. Until this evening I had never been to a piano recital. What an eye, and ear-opener! I have obviously heard pianists in action, you only have to look at my previous reviews to see that. Everything from rock’n’roll, through singer/songwriters to symphonies, but this…
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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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Those lovely people at Howard Assembly Room don’t just throw their programme of events together will-nilly, far from it. After the US composers concert on Thanksgiving Eve, we had Winter Solstice on, you guessed it, Winter Solstice. 21st December is the date when the sun is farthest away from us, and is therefore the shortest…
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My stroll around the City ends with a visit to the Victoria Quarter which has to be the classiest Christmas display in the country. Not for nothing is Leeds known as The Knightsbridge of the North, even having its own branch of Harvey Nichols. I am beginning in Briggate which has the poem Dear Leeds…
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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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Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a film which totally passed me by. I was 21 when it was released so it seemed a bit out of my age range and, having no family, I didn’t see it as a parent later on. In the 1990s I was seeing a woman who had a four-year-old daughter and…
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A few days ago I posted an article, Part – 6, about the events in Leeds over the festive period which you should book ‘blind’ because they were one-offs so you couldn’t read a review before making up your mind. I also said that, as they were at Howard Assembly Room and in association with…
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This edition of my Christmas series is a little different. Does that mean it’s funny? Don’t be daft! Up to now I have been to all the events I have written about as they are running for some time, but these are one-offs so I really need to let you know about them in advance.…
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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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What would Christmas be without a good pantomime, and what would Christmas in Leeds be without the annual Rock’n’Roll Panto at the City Varieties? Answer – Easter! Oh no it wouldn’t! This year’s offering is Beauty And The Beast, a show which more than lives up to the standard previously set. Pantomime is a really…
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Tyke It To The Limit 