Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
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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I was recently asked if I would like to sample the Christmas menu at Bundobust and write a review. Well, that took a lot of thinking about! I decided to go when the place was quiet and so scheduled it to coincide with Grease at The Grand, thus having a proper evening out with pre-show…
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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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Well, here we are again back in festive mood after last year’s cancellation of Christmas. It didn’t make much difference to we singletons with no close family but it will be great to get together with friends on the run-up to the big day. Bearing that in mind, here is the first of a short…
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The backend of November seemed like a strange time to stage a concert with ‘spring’ in the title but all became clear when the featured works were by those two giants of American music, Aaron Copeland and Leonard Bernstein and it was performed on the eve of Thanksgiving. The concert was split into two sections,…
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Well, here we go on this year’s Christmas magical mystery tour, and where better to start than the amazing building that is Leeds Corn Exchange. The old girl is all dressed up in her finery for the occasion and can’t wait to welcome you. This is a Christmas Market like no other because it showcases…
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Leeds Playhouse have excelled themselves since lockdown with the productions they have staged. OK, so there was one clunker and another I thought was a bit too clever for its own good, but this is a real gem. Even Red Ladder have exceeded their usual high standards here, perhaps a longer ladder is now needed.…
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Tuesday, 2nd November was Purple Tuesday, a day when shoppers and browsers with disabilities were catered for even more than usual. To add a cherry to the icing on the cake, Opera North performed their abridged version of Mozart’s The Magic Flute to entertain passers by in the Victoria Quarter. The setting was stupendous with…
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I don’t know if it is by force of circumstance or design, but Leeds Grand Theatre has come up with yet another feel-good musical to cheer us post-lockdown. OK, I realise that there are very few miserable musicals, although I did see one, which will remain nameless, not so long ago, but the theme of…
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Purple Tuesday is not a celebration of the life and works of Prince, but an initiative designed to improve the customer experience for disabled shoppers. Shops and stores go beyond their normal practice regarding disabled shoppers, and their specific needs are highlighted to the less aware traders as well as we fellow bargain hunters. To…
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Tyke It To The Limit 