Arts&Culture WIN tickets to see Green Day TopicUK has teamed up with The John Smith’s Stadium to offer one lucky reader the chance to win 2 tickets to see Green Day on Saturday 25th June 2022. To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is log onto Twitter and tweet: I& By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Wakefield College pays tribute to wartime nurse Mary Seacole Wakefield College is paying homage to a little-known historical figure by renaming its Advanced Skills and Innovation Centre building. The newly named Mary Seacole Building, based at the College’s City Campus and home to the University Centre at Wakefield College (UCW), recently saw new external signage unveiled to mark By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Welcome to a barn storming Yorkshire Christmas The beautifully restored Thirsk Lodge Barns is launching its inaugural Christmas Market and unique Father Christmas Experience. The Barns, which opened in August this year after a multi-million pound refurbishment, is holding a special shopping preview evening on Friday December 17, starting at 6.00pm. The Christmas Market will then By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Building sustainable health through arts Members across communities in Leeds were given the opportunity to take part in a diverse cultural experience of poetry and Indian classical dance throughout the past three months. Some of these communities include the elderly LGBTQ community along with Care home residents across different care settings in Leeds. The workshops By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds agency provides pro bono support for Christmas charity single Josh Gudgeon, founder of content creation agency Get Your Media, has created the video for Rate My Takeaway’s Danny Malin’s Christmas charity single, as the YouTube sensation takes on the likes of Adele, Abba, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, and even Shakin’ Stevens, for the coveted Christmas number one By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Christmas comes to the coast Yorkshire Coast BID is supporting a range of festive events and initiatives across the Yorkshire Coast this Christmas With Christmas fast approaching, the Yorkshire Coast BID has pledged its support towards a host of magical initiatives and events in Bridlington, Scarborough, Hornsea, Withernsea and Whitby over the festive period. WHITBY By The Editor • 4 min read
Arts&Culture Northern Quarter launches new Christmas market Huddersfield’s Northern Quarter, with the support of Let’s Go Yorkshire as part of the TOWNSOUNDS project, will be hosting a Christmas market on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th December to encourage Kirklees residents to shop local this festive season. The market, which will take place between 6pm and By The Editor • 1 min read
Arts&Culture Andrian Melka: A Way Forward On view until 9 January 2022 Open Air and Formal Garden “Yorkshire Sculpture Park is delighted to show this bronze sculpture of Captain Sir Tom Moore before it is permanently placed at Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds. During the dark days of the pandemic, we all became aware of Captain By The Editor • 3 min read
Businesswoman A new Chair for LEEDS 2023 as Gabby Logan joins the team Well known TV presenter and charity patron Gabby Logan MBE has been announced as the new Chair for LEEDS 2023, a position that will see the Leeds born broadcaster add her voice to the year long cultural celebrations. Logan is joined by former Leader of Leeds Council, Baroness Judith Blake By The Editor • 3 min read
Arts&Culture A trio of innovative museum spaces are set to open in The Glass Works Delivered by Barnsley Museums, the three venues will open to the public on 25 November and are thought to be some of the first free-to-the-public museum spaces to open in a purpose-built shopping and leisure development. This marks a significant shift in how town centres like Barnsley’s continue to By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Think you know Halifax? That’s the message from Calderdale Council’s new campaign to showcase over £200 million of investment in Halifax. It’s an ambitious and inspiring time, with unprecedented investment into buildings, landmarks, travel and infrastructure across the whole town over the next decade. The Council wants people to get excited By The Editor • 2 min read
Arts&Culture Leeds cinema asks community for support to complete project With work on the Hyde Park Picture House’s transformational redevelopment now seven months in, the cinema is launching a community fundraising campaign to help raise some of the last funds required to complete the project. The Picture House Winter Fundraiser is asking supporters of the cinema to sponsor specific By The Editor • 2 min read
