Stan Graham's Leisure Guide for North and West Yorkshire
I have had a chequered history insofar as ‘straight plays’ at The Grand are concerned. During the 1960s there was a period when, each summer, there would be a series of dramas staged starring popular television actors of the time. As a teenager I would go see these as it was not often you got…
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I arrived at The Wardrobe on 4th September looking forward to seeing a couple of hours of jokes and stories from one of the country’s foremost stand-up comedians. What I witnessed was so much more than that. The problem is that I cannot reveal too much about it as Mr Evans will be visiting Yorkshire…
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It is great to see familiar events returning from their virtual versions to the format for which they were designed. The latest of these is Leeds Rum Festival which is celebrating its fifth birthday this year. I have been fortunate enough to be able to get to two of the previous live events and can’t…
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Simon Evans has now rearranged his rudely interrupted tour, The Work of the Devil, and we in Yorkshire are lucky enough to be able to see him five times on his marathon. For those who don’t know of his work he is a comedian whose view of life is somewhat different from the norm. Probably…
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In the words of The Four Seasons ‘Oh What A Night’. When I arrived at Temple Arches, home of Chow Down, to write about the awards I had absolutely no idea of the events which were about to unfold. I had been invited by Leeds Indie Food to come along to see what was happening…
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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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Tyke It To The Limit 