Arts&Culture York Minster marks further sustainability milestone with Deangate retrofit project York Minster has hailed the positive effects of its groundbreaking Neighbourhood Plan as it plans the delivery of its first low carbon retrofit project. The Neighbourhood Plan sets out a 15-year policy led approach to create a sustainable future for York Minster and its seven-hectare estate. In the latest positive By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Sunny Bank Mills celebrates ten years of arts and culture 2023 is a year of celebration at Sunny Bank Mills, the historic family-owned mill complex in Farsley, between Leeds and Bradford. It is exactly 10 years ago that cousins John and William Gaunt embarked on an ambitious programme of cultural regeneration, which has transformed the former textile mill into one By The Editor • 4 min read
Arts&Culture At the double! Mulgrave Estate honoured in two tourism awards The Mulgrave Estate has won one major tourism award and been short-listed for another in recognition of the high quality of its luxury holiday cottages. The 15,000-acre estate in the North York Moors National Park was the outright winner in the Historic Attraction category of the Prestige awards and By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture York Fashion Week announces programme of events for Spring Summer 2023 show Following the announcement that Gary James McQueen will launch York Fashion Week Part One 2023 on 27th April with an exclusive event at Yorkshire Museum, organisers have revealed the full line up of events scheduled to take place across various venues in the historic city of York over the five By The Editor • 4 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds United show support for Leeds 2023 with special match Leeds United Football Club will dedicate its upcoming home game against Liverpool on 17th April to LEEDS 2023, in a major showcase of support for the city’s transformational Year of Culture. Fans in the stands at Elland Road will see the Leeds United squad warm-up in special LEEDS 2023 By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Sunny Bank Mills exhibition centre celebrates 10th anniversary One of Yorkshire’s most prestigious annual exhibitions celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The acclaimed Ones To Watch exhibition at the Sunny Bank Mills Art Gallery in Farsley, between Leeds and Bradford, is now open and runs until April 30th. It is focused on talented young artists with Yorkshire By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Erwin Wurm: Trap of the Truth Opening to the public on Saturday 10 June 2023, Trap of the Truth at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) features more than 100 works, including 55 sculptures indoors, 19 sculptures in the landscape, paintings, photographs, videos and drawings created over 30 years of the artist’s career. Several works will be By The Editor • 5 min read
Arts&Culture Yorkshire Sculpture Park is revealed as the new home for Wakefield’s famous mulberry bush A 19th-century tree thought to have inspired a well-known English nursery rhyme has been saved from extinction by horticultural experts and gifted to Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP). The famous mulberry bush was originally planted over two hundred years ago within the walls of HMP Wakefield. However, back in 2017, the By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Historic Yorkshire textile archieve project goes live The historic Sunny Bank Mills Archive, one of the most significant and substantial woven textile archives in the UK, is now available on-line. The Archive, an integral part of the award-winning Sunny Bank Mills complex in Farsley, near Leeds, has been transformed by a £40,000 grant from The National By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture Historic Sunny Bank Mills hosts two new major events Sunny Bank Mills is reopening the doors of its iconic 1912 Mill over the weekend of April 1-2 for the second instalment of Printed Bound, the annual Artists’ Book and Print Fair, and then for the new Threads Textile Festival over the weekend of May 12-14. Printed Bound, which enjoyed By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture Oscar win marks pivotal moment for disability presentation A Leeds Talent Agency is celebrating the news one of its actors is the star of an Oscar winning film following last night’s Hollywood ceremony and declared it a huge moment for disability recognition in the industry. Actor James Martin, who has Down Syndrome is represented by the YAFTA By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture New artwork showcases Brighouse today and its potential for the future Reflections on Brighouse today, and its potential for the future with the £19.1 million Brighouse Deal investment, are being showcased in a new piece of art which is going on display in the town. ‘Creative Brighouse’, curated by Calderdale artist Sandra McCracken, is a collage based on a map By The Editor • 3 min read
