North Leeds Life Magazine. June 2017. LS7, LS8, LS17 Edition

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CONNECTING YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2005

50 Years of Leeds Carnival Chapel Allerton’s Big Lunch

Leeds Waterfront Festival

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CONNECTING YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2005

50 Years of Leeds Carnival Chapel Allerton’s Big Lunch

Leeds Waterfront Festival

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DEAR READERS,

The Grammar School at Leeds bemoans the fact that young people are turning their backs on language learning; and RJC Dance celebrates its connection to Nelson Mandela.

Leeds College of Art is expanding both physically and course-wise; an international conference celebrates Caribbean Carnival cultures at Leeds Beckett; there’s art in Roundhay Park; and The Playhouse celebrates Refugee Week.

The deadline for news and notices for our July edition is by 1st June (10th June for advertising).We look forward to hearing from you.

With June we bring you news of more exciting activities in and around Leeds.

The taste for festivals continues as the Leeds Waterfront Festival takes to the water once again, Headingley holds its Music Festival for an eighth year, and Kirkstall Festival bursts into the Abbey grounds for another day packed full of music, dancing, stalls, food and fun.

Chapel Allerton holds its Big Lunch to coincide with the Jo Cox Great Get Together; Meanwood stamps its identity on the area in stone; the Canal and River Trust invites people to get involved in the upkeep of our waterways; the principal of

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Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

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06 Kirkstall Festival Promises Another Great Event - A great day

22 Leeds Savage Club Looks Forward to a Great Future -

of activities and entertainments aimed at the whole family.

Bringing creatives together and encouraging freedom of expression.

12 More Messing About on the Water! - Leeds Waterfront Festival Tenth

23 RJC Dance Celebrates Mandela - A free performance

Anniversary Weekend

extravaganza to honour a man who believed in the potential of young people

18 Fifty Years of Leeds West Indian Carnival - A three-day celebration of Caribbean Carnival cultures at Leeds Beckett University.

30 Chapel Allerton’s Big Lunch and Community Awards - A weekend of community activity.

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48 Conference Explores Influence of Green Spaces on Wellbeing - A free, one-day conference on how to maximise the benefits of green spaces.

52 Lost in Translation as Brexit Looms - Young people continue to turn their backs on language learning.

53 Racing for the Line at Allerton Grange- The school hosts the BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Challenge

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Kirkstall Festival returns on Saturday 8th July and this year’s theme is ‘All Singing and Dancing’. rom 11am the grounds of Kirkstall Abbey will vibrate with a variety of sounds, dancing, singing, and victorious Vikings. A great day of activities and entertainments for the whole family is planned, with community groups and organisations joining performers and stallholders.

Returning this year will be the worldfamous dog show, fairground attractions, and Leeds Museums’ Battle of the Bands.

There will also be the Festival Parade, with a pipe band formed by children from local schools and community groups.

Entry to the Festival is free, but please do buy a programme (£2) as this helps Kirkstall Festival to put on a fabulous event every

year. The Festival is entirely organised by volunteers, and has attracted over 27,000 visitors in a day.

Festival organisers ask that people walk or take public transport to the Abbey if possible.

Buses 33, 33A, 38, 49, 91, 508, 670, and 727 all pass within a five minute walk of the grounds, and both Kirkstall Forge and Headingley Stations are a short walk from the grounds.

If you are driving, there will be a free car park on the sports fields on Vesper Lane, and parking available at Kirkstall Forge. Please note that there is a time limit for parking at Kirkstall Bridge Retail Park and please don’t park on residential streets.

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WILLIAM HENRY BRAGG (1862-1942) PHYSICIST AND NOBEL LAUREATE

Just over 100 years ago Leeds was the scene of one of the great scientific advances of the twentieth century: the development of the new science of X-ray crystallography, key to the understanding of the structure of our world and of life itself. The two brilliant figures behind this work were father and son William Henry and William Lawrence Bragg, who in a few short years before the First World War worked together in Leeds on ground-breaking research and developed essential apparatus for this pioneering new branch of science. illiam Henry Bragg came to Leeds in 1909 to take up the post of Cavendish Professor of Physics at the University, after more than twenty years in Australia.

He was originally from Cumberland, where he was born in 1862 at his father’s farm near Wigton. His mother died when he was only seven and he was sent to live with his uncle in Market Harborough, where he went to the grammar school, then on to college in the Isle of Man. He won a scholarship to Cambridge to study mathematics and graduated brilliantly. On a last minute impulse he applied for the post of Professor of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Adelaide and to his surprise was appointed. He was 23.

when a letter arrived reporting recent findings by German physicists. This inspired their research over the following year – William built the first X ray spectrometer in the Leeds laboratories and Lawrence worked on interpreting the results, allowing them to study and determine the crystal structure of certain materials.

This thrilling period of collaboration was

He was thrilled at the prospect of

cut short in 1914 by war. Both William’s sons

adventure, independence, and sunshine. The

enlisted. Lawrence won honours at the front in

voyage to his new life took six weeks – time to

France, working on the development of sound-

brush up on his physics. His years at Adelaide

ranging equipment, but his younger brother,

were happy and productive, professionally

Robert, was killed at Gallipoli in 1915. In that

and socially. He met and married his wife

year William published the results of his and

Gwendoline, and they had two sons and a

Lawrence’s research, and news came that they

daughter. He worked hard to build up his

had been jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for

university department and develop his research.

Physics, the only father-son award ever made.

He was increasingly drawn to the exciting

Meanwhile William was working with the

new discoveries in electricity and radiation,

Admiralty on submarine detection and had to

particularly X-rays, and gave popular lectures

move. The family left Leeds in 1915 and when

and demonstrations. His research prospered.

the war ended settled in London, where he had

But he was frustrated by his distance from

been appointed professor at University College,

European centres of excellence. When a post

alongside various charitable activities – they

later moving to the Royal Institution. He was

in Leeds came up he applied, on condition that

were still distressed by the gulf between the

knighted in 1920 and won many honours. In the

there would be extra money for research. When

comfortably-off like themselves (four servants!)

thirties he played a major role in popularising

he arrived in 1909 the teaching arrangements

and the wretched conditions of the poor.

science, particularly through radio. As president

(a large ‘shed’!) were disappointing, and

At the university William concentrated

of the Royal Society he advised the government

Gwendoline was shocked by dark, smokey

on improving teaching and research facilities

on scientific resources for WW2, and helped

Leeds, the back-to-back houses, the pallid

and attracting an outstanding team around

support scientists fleeing from fascist regimes.

babies and rickety children. Fortunately they

him. He pursued his earlier investigations

He died, in office, on 10th March, 1942.

soon found a house they loved – Rosehurst in

into radioactivity, in regular touch with his

His son William Lawrence had an equally

Grosvenor Road, with its beautiful, peaceful

friend, fellow physicist Ernest Rutherford. His

distinguished career. The work they did together

garden – and a country cottage near Bolton

other collaborator was his elder son William

in Leeds on the brink of WWI led to discoveries

Abbey, where Gwendoline could paint. They

Lawrence, who was studying maths and physics

in many other branches of science (28 Nobel

made new friends among the Leeds elite, joined

at Cambridge but worked with him in vacations.

prizes were won using the Bragg method), and

the Philosophical and Literary Society and the

A turning point came in the Summer of 1912 on

was invaluable in solving the structure of DNA.

Arts Club, and enjoyed the social life of the city,

a family holiday at Cloughton near Scarborough,

Eveleigh Bradford

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Leeds College of Art is expanding its current portfolio to include five new undergraduate degree courses. 2018 will see the addition of BA (Hons) Filmmaking, BA (Hons) Fashion Design, BA (Hons) Fashion Branding with Communication, BA (Hons) Comic and Concept Arts, and BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance. he Popular Music Performance course is designed for instrumentalists and vocalists to develop their musicianship, performance, production and technical skills to a professional level. It offers opportunities for collaboration with a wide range of creative practitioners, and provides advanced training for musicians, preparing them for work in the contemporary music industries.

Filmmaking provides handson experience of filmmaking, with opportunities to gain an understanding of a wide range of production roles, methods and techniques, and the artistic and technical process of film production. Students will work together as a production team, collaborating with others from across the College’s creative portfolio.

Fashion Design and Fashion Branding with Communication will replace the current Fashion course and has been developed to allow greater opportunity for specialism in a chosen field.

Fashion Branding with Communication students will explore the theories behind fashion branding and develop skills in how to position and promote a brand. Fashion Design teaches innovative methods

and approaches to design, alongside traditional techniques a n d technical s k i l l s , preparing students for a career in the fashion industry.

S t u d e n t s interested in commercial and comic arts will have the opportunity to study industry focused, specialist Comic and Concept Arts. The course is designed to prepare students for work as commercial illustrators, artists and designers, learning to build and manage their professional practice. This course will run alongside the established Illustration, Graphic Design, Animation and Creative Advertising courses.

“These new courses come at an exciting time for the College”, said Professor Simone Wonnacott, Principal, Leeds College of Art. “Our state-of-the-art building and facilities expansion is underway and we await confirmation of our status as the only specialist arts university in the North of England. Expanding our provision allows us to offer students a more diverse mix of courses, with the opportunity to collaborate across art, design, music and filmmaking.”

The music and filmmaking courses will be taught in specialist new facilities, part of the College’s new £22 million expansion, which includes a 230 seat auditorium, a specialist arts library, open plan entrance with a public exhibition gallery, and an enterprise centre, which will allow the College to engage more with regional businesses, and communities of Leeds.

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Community Open Day Friday 16th June

Welcome and introduction

by Lord Mayor, Councillor Jane Dowson

Join us on the Friday 16th June from 2pm to 5pm at Southlands, Wetherby Road, Roundhay, Leeds LS8 2JU Enjoy an afternoon of Live Singing • Afternoon Tea • Lawn Games • History Talks • Arts & Crafts • Yoga • Mindfulness & more, all free!

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More Messing About on the Water!

Leeds Waterfront Festival Tenth Anniversary Weekend The annual Leeds Waterfront Festival returns on 24th/25th June and promises to be the best yet!

The festival will be brimming with activities and creativity on the water, on boats, and on dry land, alongside family-friendly activities, music, performance and art!

017 marks the tenth anniversary of the Leeds Waterfront Festival and it will be a very special weekend. Starting at Armley Industrial Museum, the festival celebrates key sites along the canal and river, including Granary Wharf, a French-themed feast by Brasserie Blanc at Victoria Wharf, vintage and designer market with Craft Ales and live music at Calls Landing, a party atmosphere at Brewery Wharf with Leeds legends Utah Saints headlining at 212 Café Bar. Then head to The Heart of the South Bank with The Tetley, the legendary Dragon Boat Races and Street Food Awards at Leeds Dock.

There will be historical storytelling at The Royal Armouries, and a curious mock weir and book launch by the river on Armouries Way hosted by the Flood Alleviation Scheme; plus musical boat trips and family-themed fun at Thwaite Mills!

“The festival is a fantastic demonstration of how the waterfront community can work together to produce something r e a l l y special”, said Sue Jennings, MD Leeds Waterfront Festival.

“Community groups, social enterprises, charities, waterside businesses and developers collaborate to provide visitors with the best experience they could hope for along the waterfront. It’s a brilliant achievement to reach our tenth anniversary and a credit to the team and volunteers who help to make this event so special.”

Tom Wright, Development & Engagement Manager at the Canal & River Trust added: “This year there are even more

activities taking place on our waterways with canal barges, boat trips, canoe taster sessions, dragon boat racing, standup paddle boarding, canoe polo and the Junk Boat race.

If you’ve never explored the Leeds waterfront – this is the perfect chance to see what’s on your doorstep.”

A fantastic demonstration of how the waterfront community can work together The Leeds Waterfront Festival Team will be inviting you to get involved in a very exciting World Record attempt too, check www.leedswaterfrontfestival.com/ for more information!

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When you work in a city, the prospect of getting away from it all and not having to travel too far to do so, is very appealing. So, when approached to experience a luxury lodge on the East Coast, only an hour and a half from Leeds, we jumped at the chance!

‘The Lakes’ is a gated development just outside Skipsea, near Driffield.

Lodges are sited in attractive little clusters around a beautifully kept, wooded park. At the furthest point, overlooking the large fishing and wild fowl lake, are eight, top-of-the-range luxury lodges. Like all the lodges on the development, these lodges are for sale as holiday homes. The entire development is owner occupied, as is the neighbouring Far Grange Holiday Park, which has been established for over 40 years.

These super lodges come in four contemporary styles, each completely fitted out and furnished with impeccable style. They are bright, spacious and supremely comfortable. The large decks sweep around one side of the lodge and are big enough to accommodate hot tub, BBQ area, several comfy recliners, or a huge family party! And, nestled among the trees, there is plenty of space between lodges, providing all the privacy you could desire. And, there is 24-hour security.

What struck us immediately was how peaceful it was. Sitting out on that deck (admittedly wrapped in a blanket!) watching the geese and ducks on the lake and listening to the breeze in the trees was heaven!

Of course, if the peace and quiet gets too much, you can luxuriate in The Lakes spa, go fishing, or join the 18-hole Golf Club across the road at a special ‘owners’ rate. There’s a lovely heated, indoor pool with spa facilities, a well

equipped gym and tennis courts at Far Grange, which you have access to, plus all kinds of activities and entertainment – including cabaret, quizzes, bingo, crafts, and a huge variety of activities for children.

The whole development has a real community feel, where owners can choose to chill out in their own lodge or socialize, and create a real home away from home.

Another huge draw is the miles of beach. At full tide we came across people fishing from the shore – they had actually caught a number of fish too, including Cod and Rockling. And, a paved pathway from the top of the clay cliffs down to the beach provides easy access for pushchairs and wheelchairs. It’s a pebbly beach but, as the sea has been eroding this coastline for years, you’ll come across all kinds of interesting bits and pieces.

What struck us immediately was how peaceful it was The Lakes is also situated within easy reach of attractions like The Deep at Hull, Bempton Cliffs with their puffins, kittiwakes, gannets and guillemots, Bridlington, and Beverley with its great Saturday market.

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Ode to Leeds – Words Can Take You to Surprising Places ‘Ode to Leeds’ is a powerful new play

by Zodwa Nyoni, whose first full length play, ‘Boi Boi is Dead’, won the Channel 4 Playwright’s Scheme and was shown at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2014, when she was also Writer in Residence at The Playhouse.

It’s the story of a group of young people trying to make sense of the world

nspired by the city’s renowned spoken word poetry group, Leeds Young Authors, ‘Ode to Leeds’ follows five young people as they pursue their dream of reaching America’s ‘Brave New Voices’ slam poetry competition in New York.

Zodwa was part of this group, which not only gave these young writers a voice, it enabled their words to take them on an incredible journey.

They came to represent their city, their country. It was truly a momentous occasion and so exciting.

Performance poetry was not seen as being as respectable as page poetry but Young Authors and this competition valued their voices and put them on a big international stage. However, their route to success was undermined by personal rivalries and inner demons that threatened the team’s very foundations.

Powerful, passionate, angry and open-hearted, ‘Ode to Leeds’ is a celebration of spoken word, music and movement and an inspiring portrait of young people striving to change their world through art.

“Having a platform where you feel safe enough to express yourself is vital for young people”, said Zodwa. “Leeds Young Authors was that platform for me. From there, I moved into theatre, exploring writing in a different form.

‘Ode to Leeds’ connects where I began with where I am now. It’s the story of a group of young people trying to make sense of the world, who find themselves and become the voice of their city.”

A range of creative activity in partnership with schools and spoken word artists is being developed by the Playhouse to support, inspire and offer opportunities for people across Leeds to engage with spoken word poetry. This includes workshops, activities and talks both for schools and young people across the city, and a mixture of open mic and professional slam poetry nights at the Playhouse with leading performance poets.

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Fifty Years of Leeds West Indian Carnival Celebrated at International Event three-day celebration of Caribbean Carnival cultures has just taken place at Leeds Beckett University to mark 50 years of the Leeds West Indian Carnival – the first Caribbean-style street carnival in Europe.

‘Power, Performance and Play - An International Conference on Caribbean Carnival Cultures’, was hosted by the Leeds Beckett Centre for Culture and the Arts in partnership with Leeds West Indian Carnival. More than 100 carnival researchers and artists from across the world gathered to share their work, alongside interactive workshops, music, dance, Caribbean food and carnival costumes.

The conference was organised by Dr Emily Zobel Marshall, Senior Lecturer in the School of Cultural Studies and Humanities, whose passion for the cultures of the Caribbean stems from her heritage in Martinique and her grandfather, well-known Caribbean novelist Joseph Zobel. Professor Emeritus Max Farrar, who has been involved carnival in Leeds for more than 40 years, was co-organiser.

The conference had global scope and saw the launch of a new Carnival Cultures research group at the University.

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“The group aims to deal with some of the issues regarding the underrepresentation of black and minority ethnic students and cultures in academia, whilst developing stronger community partnerships”, said Dr Zobel Marshall. “It will also feed into strengthening the Leeds bid for 2023 European Capital of Culture.”

In Dr Zobel Marshall’s presentation she examined traditional carnival masquerade characters, such as the Midnight Robber, and asked if they could still be interpreted as historical resistance figures, or if commercialisation had drained them of their appeal and influence. Commercialisation has reduced the numbers of participants who took up political themes and incorporated them into troupes to perform on the streets on August Bank Holiday in Leeds.

“Traditional mas characters such as the Midnight Robbers are in danger of being forgotten as the beautiful bodies in bikinis usurp the traditional carnival masquerade”, she said.

Other presenters included Trinidadian playwright, Tony Hall; Professor Milla Riggio, a world-leading researcher of Trinidadian carnival from Trinity College, Connecticut; and Michael La Rose, designer and leader of London’s People’s War Carnival Band.

Arthur France MBE, Chair and Founder of the Leeds West Indian Carnival, said: “The Leeds Carnival has its roots in Africa, Europe and the Caribbean. For 50 years we have brought the message of emancipation and multiculturalism to the city of Leeds. This conference was an opportunity to celebrate our achievement and discuss how we can make it even more significant in years to come.”

Other research showcased included: Carnival performance as catharsis for gay people of colour; traditional carnival masquerade as a form of cultural resistance and personal transformation; the history of carnival music such as calypso and soca; the African influence on carnival practices; the Barbados ‘Crop Over’ carnival; and Carnival as an opportunity to provide culturally-specific, psychosocial support for Black communities in the UK.

Open Letters Launches at Hyde Park Book Club

‘Open Letters’, a new print zine that celebrates correspondence, creativity, and snail mail, will be launched on 19th June at Hyde Park Book Club.

Featuring five letters from five different writers, and assorted ephemera in a single envelope, Open Letters presents personal letters, impersonal letters, art, and a little Yorkshire dialect. It builds on a series of open-mic evenings with a twist which have been running for the last year at Hyde Park Book Club, where performers have to read a letter. These can be fiction or nonfiction, to people, places, or things – letters to exes, parents, pet dogs, light bulbs, and Donald Trump have all featured! Some have been funny, some sad, all have been interesting.

“It’s such a delight sending and receiving letters, getting an insight into another person’s life”, said editor Owen Clements. “I can’t wait for people to tear into the envelopes, unfold these tiny stories from such an exciting range of writers.”

The Open Letters launch, along with more open-mic letter reading, is on Monday 19th June, 8pm at Hyde Park Book Club. For more details see opnletters.net

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Club Anthems, Operatic Greats & a Movie Blockbuster with Opera North The Orchestra of Opera North ventures out into Millennium Square for ‘Opera North in the City’, an open-air weekend of club classics, legendary arias, songs from the shows, and a screening of ‘Back to the Future’ with live symphonic score, from 28th – 30th July. pera North in the City opens the annual Summer Series in Millennium Square with The Symphonic Sounds of Back to Basics, a collaboration with the award-winning Leeds club, that will feature huge, reworked dancefloor anthems. This is the first collaboration between these two very different Leeds institutions, and celebrates the city’s eclectic musical life, as well as 25 years of founder Dave Beer’s trailblazing Back to Basics brand. Further details and special guest appearances to be announced.

On Saturday 29th July enjoy an evening of the finest operatic arias and show-stopping songs from the musicals.

Quirijn de Lang and Jeni Bern will perform arias from Puccini’s ‘Madame Butterfly’ and Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’, and The Golden Age of musicals will be represented by selections from ‘Carousel’, ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ and more.

The 1985 box office phenomenon ‘Back to the Future’ comes to the big screen on Sunday 30th July, with Opera North’s full orchestra performing Alan Silvestri’s stunning musical score. Fans old and new

can experience this much-loved comingof-age story, with around twenty minutes of brand new music added to the score by award-winning composer Silvestri.

“It’s fantastic to be joining forces with Opera North, one of our city’s most esteemed cultural institutions, to bring this exciting weekend of events to Millennium Square”, said Cllr Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council. “It is our ambition to put culture at the heart of Leeds and make sure all our events are vibrant, accessible and fun. Having such a diverse and imaginative weekend in the city centre will be an important step towards accomplishing that and I look forward to seeing everyone enjoying themselves on the square this summer.”

Tickets range from £19.50 - £40 and weekend passes are available - call 0844 848 2720 / 0113 376 0318 or visit www. operanorth.co.uk / www.millsqleeds.com The Millennium Square Summer Series will continue into August, hosting film screenings, live music and the Parade Stage for Leeds Pride (Sunday 6 August).

n Wednesday 21st June at 7pm, Leeds Central Library will be screening a special talk by Michael Rosen on ‘Why Writing Matters’, transmitted directly from the British Library.

The children’s novelist, poet and performer will talk about the power of writing, especially the need for creativity in the school curriculum, to celebrate the first ever National Writing Day. Rosen has written 140 books, including ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, ‘Michael Rosen’s Sad Book’, written after the sudden death of his son Eddie at the age of eighteen, and ‘This Is Not My Nose: A Memoir of Illness and Recovery’.

National Writing Day is coordinated by the educational charity First Story and involves creative writing activities across the country.

To open the event, London school children read some of the work they have produced during the day to set the scene for Rosen’s talk.

Book your free ticket at www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/ELEJLM

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The Leeds Savage Club was reformed in 2010, taking its name and ethos from the original club founded by Edmund Bogg around 1891 (recently featured by Eveleigh Bradford in her ‘They Lived in Leeds’ column). The club has stayed true to its founder’s mission to bring together local creatives and encourage freedom of expression. hese days Savage Club members meet in the Packhorse pub (off Briggate) every second Wednesday, reading their work, providing constructive criticism, and discussing literary theory - when they haven’t been sidetracked by politics, books or jokes! Some members have turned up to their first meeting without ever having put pen to paper, others have published multiple books, write dark horror and science fiction, or love poems and children books. It is this mix that makes the club so special. All members are encouraged to share, give feedback and take part in events.

The club is proud of its long history

Proud of its long history, the club is looking forward to a great future. This year it has launched two new projects – Savages Extended, which is exclusively for longer fiction, and Savages Out Loud, a public open mic event. Future plans include printed projects, socials, zines, podcasts and, of course, more events that the public can join in with.

If this interests you, now is the time to get involved and help shape the future of this great Leeds club and maybe let it help shape yours too!

For further information, find them at www.meetup.com under ‘Writing’, facebook and twitter @leedssavages

Headingley Beechtree Steiner Seeks Help to Fund New Home The Headingley Beechtree Steiner kindergarten has launched a £45,000 fundraising campaign to help it move to new premises as its current home is set for demolition later this year.

The kindergarten was established in 1999, but now needs to raise funds to allow it to move to a new location which will accommodate its expansion.

It currently runs two kindergartens for children aged three to six and is planning to start a Class One for children aged six to seven.

“Historically families from Leeds have had to move or commute to York in order to continue with Steiner education”, said Cath Thurlow, Early Years Coordinator. “The Class One starts at a good time as demand for primary education in Leeds is at a 15-year high.

“At Beechtree our children grow in a secure and caring environment, surrounded by quality, natural toys and materials that allow them to develop physical and social skills along with creative and imaginative play that together form a wonderful foundation for life.”

If you would like to help crowdfund the move,visit https:// mydonate.bt.com/charities/ beechtreesteinerinitiative For more information on Beechtree Steiner Initiative, go to www.leedssteiner.org.uk

JC Dance has always had a close connection to Nelson Mandela and on Saturday 8th July, from 2 – 4pm, it will present a free performance extravaganza at The Mandela Centre in Chapeltown. Suitable for the whole family, this will showcase a variety of artists and young people, presenting spoken word, music, art and dance, and sharing the company’s connection to South Africa and the struggle for social justice.

Based at the Mandela Centre, RJC Dance is the leading, inclusive Black dance organisation in the North, empowering young people and adults through movement. Youth development and education is at the heart of its work and it is committed to vitality, active participation, creativity and renewal. RJC seeks to inspire, nurture and develop the next generation of artists, working in partnership with national organisations to develop the diversity of Black British dance as a valued art form.

RJC seeks to inspire, nurture and develop the next generation of artists,

RJC Dance Youth Provision is a highly acclaimed award-winning community dance project. Through creative movement, dance and performance, RJC encourages new, different, and life challenging experiences for personal growth in young people aged four – 19, and provides opportunities through an integrated social and personal development programme that includes accredited programmes of work via the Arts Awards and Dance Leaders’ Awards.

Nelson Mandela once said: “To the youth of today, I have a wish to make: Be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that show the way towards a brighter future.”

RJC Dance is proud to honour and keep alive the legacy of a man who believed in the potential of young people.

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What If I Told You Pauline Mayers is used to people making assumptions about her based on her gender, background and skin colour. But she’s defied those expectations at every turn, tearing up the narrative that society tried to impose on her.

I share my experiences, learn about those of others, then attempt to draw conclusions

‘What if I Told You’ is Pauline’s way of telling her story as a black woman, a dancer and choreographer. It’s a story of universal truths and contradictions that we can all relate to. She invites her audience to spend an hour playing together to challenge boundaries, carefully balancing dance and theatre and dispensing with traditional barriers between performer and audience.

“I share my experiences, learn about those of others, then attempt to draw conclusions from those experiences,” said Pauline. “I look at my life in relation to aspects of black history and, while some of that is quite harrowing, I like

to think we create a warm and generous spirit in the room. Self-care is a central theme and I want to gently encourage people to be brave and to stray slightly outside their comfort zone.”

The story of James Sims, cited by some as the ‘father of modern gynaecology’ weaves through Pauline’s own. Sims bought, then operated on, black female slaves without anaesthetic, believing that black bodies didn’t suffer pain in the way white bodies do. Many of Sims’ methods and discoveries are still used today.

In the second part of the show, poet, playwright and activist Khadijah Ibrahim

invites the audience to stay for ‘Koan: What If You Told Us’, to share thoughts and ideas inspired by the show.

‘What If I Told You’ is written and performed by Pauline Mayers and directed by Chris Goode. It is produced

by West Yorkshire Playhouse, Little Mighty and Theatre in the Mill with Creative Producer Rosalind Coleman and funded by Arts Council England.

It will be performed at Harrogate Theatre (01423 502116) on 1st June, Bradford Theatre in the Mill (01274 233200) on 8th June, and at the Edinburgh Festival in August.

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Gimme Gimme Gimme!

Mamma Mia! At Leeds Grand Theatre Mamma Mia! is getting ready to shimmy its way into Leeds Grand Theatre as part of its first UK tour at the end of May. et on a Greek island paradise, Mamma Mia! is a fun story of love, friendship and identity cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA. Sophie’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings her mother face to face with three men from her distant romantic past on the eve of a wedding they’ll never forget.

From West End to global phenomenon, the London production has now been seen by more than 10% of the entire UK population. It is one of only five musicals to have run for more than ten years both on

Broadway and in the West End and, in 2011, it became the first Western musical ever to be staged in Mandarin in China.

“Mamma Mia! has been thrilling audiences of all ages all around the world, and now the party comes to Leeds Grand Theatre for the first time”, says the theatre’s General Manager, Ian Sime. “It promises to be a sensational feel-good show.”

Mamma Mia is at Leeds Grand Theatre from Tuesday 30th May – Saturday 8th July.

Tickets (£26 – £59.50) are available from 0844 848 2700, or online at leedsgrandtheatre.com

Art in the Park

rt in the Park returns to The Ma n s i o n C o n s e r va t o r y, Roundhay Park, Mansion Lane, LS8 2HH, on Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June, 10am – 4.30pm.

This is a free art exhibition and is the third event of it’s kind to take place in the park in the last year. The exhibition is a chance to see ideas and artwork by members of Roundhay Artists – a loose affiliation of artists who came together in 2014. The aim of the group is to raise the profile of visual arts in the Roundhay area by making their work more visible.

Work on display includes drawing, painting, illustration, glasswork, woodturning and textiles. This is an opportunity to buy locally produced art and meet the local artists.

For more information contact Jo Dunn 07810 205709

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Dough Bistro is ‘Best Suburban Restaurant’ You know the worst thing about Dough Bistro? You forget it’s there - and you really should’nt. Situated at Butcher Hill in West Park, Dough is somewhat isolated in terms of points of interest that would make for an evening out, but the food here makes it a destination well worth going off the beaten track for. ur memories of Dough received a timely jog when we saw that it had won Best Suburban Restaurant in the Yorkshire Evening Post’s Oliver Awards 2017. The last time we ate there owner Luke Downing had been cooking, ably assisted

by Laura MacLeod, and it was delicious. Today it is Laura who is running Dough and the standard couldn’t be higher – to be awarded Best Suburban Restaurant at age 24 is some achievement!

We opted to try her new Spring tasting menu – five courses with complementing drinks. One of us not being a meat eater, Laura was happy to substitute mouthwatering scallops and Sea Bream for the meat dishes.

First up was a teasingly delicious amuse bouche of breadcrumb crusted mussel with curried mayo. Our interest was piqued, our appetites whetted, and our taste buds begging for more! A cheeky intro (of which I could happily have eaten a dozen more) that let us know something very special was in store.

Next was a terrine-like arrangement of gin-cured mackerel with a beautifully light goat’s cheese mousse, with a shard of fresh fig, redcurrant and coriander oil. A minifestival of sharp and tart flavours, it came paired with a gin and tonic which served to balance and accentuate the bright, multi-layered tanginess.

In contrast to that dish’s lightness, the following plate was an altogether more potent affair – gloriously rich, gamey and smoky pigeon breast with a gorgeous saffron labneh, a dusting of ground pistachio, pomegranate, dandelion honey and apricot. The umami-heavy, intense flavor of the pigeon could have verged on the overpowering were it not for the fruit accompaniment - the apricot and pomegranate offsetting its robustness and combining with the honey to deliver a one-two punch of bitter and sweet. This heady combo was paired with an Oloroso Sherry, which chimed perfectly with the ingredients.

As a centerpiece, the old spot pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes signaled something of a turn towards more traditional, familiar fare but the addition of poached rhubarb and a mustard cream

While the portions aren’t huge, they’re perfectly judged considering you’re having five courses. We still had two dessert courses to go and, even if we were feeling a little full, we weren’t going to skip them!

First there was a superb Peanut Butter Brownie with salted caramel sauce and peanut butter ice cream, served with a lovely sherry. This was followed by a light Orange Marmalade Crème Brûlée accompanied by a Chenin Blanc – a perfect ending.

gave it a special lift. The pork belly itself was a perfectly cooked, juicy cut of meat accompanied by the requisite crackling and some excellent black pudding, and presented with a smooth New Zealand Pinot Noir.

Oh – and if you think a tasting menu will be too scant quantity-wise to be truly satisfying, worry not!

We could also have had three cheeses with biscuits, figs, chutney, celery and grapes for a little extra but at this stage we really were full!

A delightful evening of one dazzling dish after another that we can’t recommend highly enough. Profuse thanks and hearty congratulations to Laura.

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Chapel Allerton’s Big Lunch and Community Awards The ninth annual Chapel Allerton Big Lunch is taking place along Regent Street on Sunday 18th June. Combined with the Chapel Allerton Awards, this community event is organised by the volunteerrun group cara, as part of the national Big Lunch initiative.

This year The Big Lunch is also working alongside the Jo Cox Foundation to launch The Great Get Together – encouraging a weekend of community activity in memory of Jo who was tragically murdered on 16th June last year. ith thousands of similar ‘Big Lunch’ street parties taking place nationwide, cara has taken the Chapel Allerton event a step further, by also organising the Chapel Allerton Awards, which celebrate the best Chapel Allerton has to offer, both community and commercial. With categories from Best Place to Eat and Best Member of Staff, to Best Neighbour, Contribution to the Community, and the ultimate title of King and Queen of Chapel Allerton, the awards offer an opportunity for unsung heroes from all aspects of local life to be recognised.

Residents and customers can nominate whomever they like and provide a reason for their nomination, which the cara committee then vote on to decide the winners. The winners will be announced at the Chapel Allerton Big Lunch, and presented with certificates and awards.

The Big Lunch itself is from 12 noon to 5pm on Sunday 18th June. Everyone is welcome, and the ‘price’ of entry is simply to bring some food to share! Marquees, tables, seating and cutlery are all provided, as are kids games, a BBQ, and live music throughout the day! Be sure to arrive early to get the best food and a seat, and there’ll even be a prize for best dish at 1pm!

In addition to the Awards and the Big Lunch, cara also organises a range of evening and weekend classes, monthly supper clubs in local eateries, a book club, and other social events such as speed dating and a pub quiz. Membership is just £10 a year, at least 10% of which goes to charity. Members can use their cara cards in almost 100 different shops, bars, restaurants and online businesses in the local area to enjoy excellent discounts, while supporting local and independent businesses.

For further information visit www.lovechapelallerton. com, or follow them on Twitter @caraChapelA (#CAAwards).

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Desperately Seeking Volunteer Drivers

MAECare works with people over 60 in the Alwoodley, Shadwell and North Moortown areas.

They aim to help people living in their own homes to be as independent as possible by running social activities across their area. Currently they have an urgent need for new volunteer drivers, who can drive people to and from activities in Alwoodley, Shadwell and Moortown.

“Volunteers are vital to our service”, said Carol Burns, Project Manager. “Being a volunteer driver is a simple thing that can make a huge difference to someone’s life.”

Volunteer drivers must be aged over 18, with their own car, a clean driving license and fully comprehensive insurance. They must also have patience and understanding. Drivers are given full training and are covered by MAECare’s public liability. They receive expenses for petrol costs based on mileage, and full support is available from the volunteer coordinator.

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The Barn Donates £5,000 to Community Groups Just one year on from its official opening The Barn Coffee Shop, a social enterprise café based in the grounds of Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, has proved so popular that it has been able to donate grants totaling £5,000 to three community groups – Stainbeck United Reform Church, InterACT (a joint church and community partnership), and the café’s neighbour Meanwood Valley Urban Farm.

Hope Pastures at Bramham Horse Trials Hope Pastures Horse and Donkey Sanctuary is this year’s official charity for the Bramham Horse Trials, which takes place from Thursday 8th – Sunday 11th June.

This huge event at Bramham Park welcomes around 60,000 visitors – including thousands of non-horsey people as it is great for shopping and provides an opportunity to wander around the Park.

Hope Pastures will be running activities for the whole four days

Pictured: Rev’d Angela Hughes, Stainbeck URC; Sue Reddington and Robert Paige from Meanwood Valley Urban Farm; Andrew MacBean, The Barn; & Ness Brown of Interact.

t a party to mark the Coffee Shop’s first anniversary, project manager Andrew MacBean reminded guests that, besides serving some wonderful coffee and cakes, The Barn provides a welcoming meeting place for a number of community groups, giving them the opportunity to develop and promote new initiatives.

“On our first anniversary”, said Andrew, “it’s not only a real treat to be able to hand over such a significant amount of money, it’s also a chance for me to say a huge thank you to our directors, staff and all our brilliant volunteers.”

Hope Pastures will have a stall and will be running activities for the whole four days. They will be operating a ‘Bag Drop’ where, if you have bought goods on site, you can deposit them to pick up later and not have to lug them round all day. Hope Pastures is also holding a Great Hope Raffle with over £2,000 of prizes, a tombola, Test Your ‘Core’ & Win activity, Doggy Sausage Bobbing, and there will be whole herds of knitted ponies looking for new homes! www.bramham-horse.co.uk/

Children’s Poetry Books Raise £1,000 for Barnardo’s arcellus Springer from Horsforth recently raised £1,000 for the charity Bardardo’s by writing two colourful books of poetry for children, illustrated by Justin Leeming.

‘There is a Mouse’ and ‘There is a Spider’ were written for Marc’s four grandchildren, who feature in both books, after he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Although Marc’s illness means his movement is restricted, he is able to write by moving his eye and focusing on a dot on his glasses, which allows him to operate a keyboard.

“Our intention was only to produce a few books for family and friends, but it has snowballed”, said Anne Springer, Marc’s wife who had the books printed.

Marc particularly wanted to help a children’s charity “We’re delighted to have raised so much for Barnardo’s. Marc particularly wanted to help a children’s charity.”

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News From Your Councillors Cllr

DAN COHEN Alwoodley

ell, so much for my plans for a quiet May and early June!

No sooner had I planned a whole list of jobs that I would finally get sorted than the PM calls a snap election. Lo and behold a full diary re-organisation and I’m hot on the campaign trail.

Community News Watch Your Speed!

In the coming weeks SIDs (Speed Indicating Devices) is coming to Alwoodley.

Following an email from a young resident, the Alwoodley Councillors have invested in two SIDS, which monitor the speed on oncoming vehicles. If a car is travelling within the legal speed limit the lamppost mounted sign shows a smiley face, if a car is speeding a sad face is shown (together with its speed). The devices also store a huge amount of very helpful traffic data which will assist in monitoring road safety.

The great advantage of these signs (which evidence has shown to be very effective at improving adherence to speed limits) is that they are moveable, our plan is to move our SIDS about the ward over the course of the year. We welcome your suggestions as to suitable locations – the first two are on Shadwell Lane and King Lane.

Speed limits also came up at our recent PACT meeting at the beginning of May. Our Neighbourhood Policing Team made all of those attending aware that over June, July

Reinforcing Meanwood’s Identity in Stone! carved sandstone block, reinforcing Meanwood’s unique identity, was recently installed in the heart of Meanwood. The location was an overgrown, scruffy area at the junction of Green Road and Stonegate before Meanwood Valley Partnership decided to do something about it.

“Nestled between Headingley and

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Moortown, Meanwood tends to get overlooked”, said Chris Sheard, the Partnership’s Chairman and driving force behind the project. “But it’s a vibrant place with its own identity, recognised more and more as a great place to live. We want to continue to enhance the area wherever we can and this was an obvious opportunity.”

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and August there will be speed enforcement teams regularly working on Alwoodley Lane, A61, Wigton Lane, King Lane and Shadwell Lane. I would hate for any North Leeds Life readers to get a ticket, so please do take extra care when driving.

Pothole Hotline Finally, can I thank everybody who contacted my ‘Alwoodley Pothole Hotline’.

Almost all the potholes reported to me have now been repaired. If you know of a pothole that needs repairing get in touch, together we can make Alwoodley’s roads pothole free.

As always, if you have any local concerns please do not hesitate to get in touch with Neil, Peter or myself, we’re always happy to try and help.

Have a great month.

Tel: 07711 647 849 Email: daniel.cohen@leeds.gov.uk Shadow Spokesman for Culture & Skills

Lester gave the Partnership permission to site the stone showing the central Meanwood Village location.

“We’re also really grateful to Nigel Lees of Dunton & Lees Garden Services for volunteering his time to clear the area of scrub and prepare the ground”, said Chris.

“Stone carver Ben Whitehead did a brilliant job on the stone, crafted by Mone Brothers, and local builder John O’Riordon positioned the stone, ready to be surrounded with beautiful planting by Nigel.”

The stone was donated by the Meanwood Valley Partnership (local residents who work in partnership with local businesses), the Council and other groups to enhance the Meanwood Valley area. For further information, visit www.meanwoodvalleypartnership. co.uk

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REBECCA CHARLWOOD Moortown Ward

Meanwood Festival 2017 ver the last few years’ residents, families and visitors have all enjoyed the Meanwood Festival.

For me, the Festival represents the strength of community spirit in Meanwood, and an opportunity to showcase the work of community groups and businesses in the area.

Great music, art, literature, heritage, drama, food and drink are all part of the diverse programme (20-29 May), which culminates in the fantastic Annual Fun Day on the Bank Holiday Monday, 29th May. Of course, festivals like this depend

on the support of volunteers and local businesses, and their support means thousands of people who come to the Festival will have a great experience.

As you may be aware, the Meanwood Festival is an extension of the Annual Family Fun Day, organised by the Meanwood Valley Partnership (MVP) - a group made up of residents working in partnership with Leeds City Council, local businesses and others who volunteer their time to ‘help protect, conserve, enhance, maintain and use the Meanwood Valley’.

Groups like MVP play a crucial role in the area, including building on the strong community spirit in Meanwood.

Our diverse communities are what make Leeds so great and events like the Meanwood Festival highlight the things we can achieve through the strength of our neighbourhood partnerships.

I encourage everyone to come along to the Festival. Check out the programme on www.meanwoodfestival. co.uk

As well as both editions of North Leeds Life, you’ll also find many more interesting stories and events on our website, that have either arrived too late for inclusion, or we simply ran out of room in the magazine. We are adding new stories nearly every day. So don’t miss out!

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he Ring Ouzel is a cousin of our familiar garden Blackbird, but is very different in its habits and behaviour, if similar in appearance.

Photo: It is slimmer and Andy Hay longer-winged than the RSPBblackbird, but crucially images. has a marked broad com white crescent on its breast, as well as silvergrey edges to its wing feathers.

The female is brown and its breast crescent is duller in colour. Perhaps the most important distinction from the Blackbird is the fact that the Ring Ouzel is a long distance migrant, wintering in

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The Ring Ouzel population in the UK has declined significantly over the last 40 years, and it has retreated to the remotest uplands. The cause of this decline is not clear, but is thought to relate partly to the degradation of habitat in its wintering areas.

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St Gemma’s Award-Winning Garden Opens to the Public e all love to be in our gardens.

The gardens at St Gemma’s are at the very heart of the hospice and are a haven of peace for both patients and visitors. The award-winning gardens will be open to the public on Saturday 24th June, 10am – 2pm and you are invited to take advantage of this rare opportunity and explore the hospice’s lovely grounds The gardens include flowers from a gold awarded garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016, a woodland area, Walls of Light, Mediterranean garden, labyrinth, herb garden, Path of Life and a raised alpine bed. There will also be various stalls, entertainment, refreshments and a plant sale.

Last Summer, the hospice’s Open Gardens raised over £7,000, all of which went directly towards caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses. The upkeep of the gardens and the care and services provided by the hospice would not be possible without the unwavering support of local people.

About 40 beautiful gardens will be opening to the public throughout the Summer and raising funds for St Gemma’s.

These include Chapel Allerton Open Gardens on Sunday 11th June, and Roundhay Open Gardens Ideas Trail on Sunday 25th June.

Details of all of these can be found in the St Gemma’s Open Gardens brochure, which is available from the hospice’s charity shops and from the main Hospice reception.

Admission is £2 for adults and

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Summer is here at last and this month we can enjoy the long hours of daylight as well as the warmer weather.

Tall containers look wonderful with trailing plants such as Ivy Leaved Pelargoniums, Fuchsias or adorable orange Thunbergia

New ideas? Step this way…

The wonderful Roundhay Open Gardens event takes place this month courtesy of the REAP gardening group.

On Sunday 25th June from 1pm to 5pm local garden owners open their gates so that garden enthusiasts can compare notes, gain inspiration and enjoy the friendly atmosphere. For more details go to www.roundhayopengardens. wixsite.com/2017 For more garden motivation you could visit the new RHS show at Chatsworth House (7th – 11th June), or BBC Gardeners’ World Live at the NEC in Birmingham (5th – 18th June), or any of the many private gardens that open every year in our area. Check www.ngs. org.uk to find out which ones are open.

Bedding time!

There are endless possibilities for creativity with bedding plants right now as the nurseries and garden centres are full of them. Tall containers look wonderful with trailing plants such as Ivy Leaved Pelargoniums, Fuchsias or adorable orange Thunbergia.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to have scented plants in hanging baskets or on shelves and windowsills where their fragrance can be appreciated. Mix some slow release fertiliser into the compost as you plant

There are lots of varieties that can be sown directly into the soil outside at this time of year like Kale.

them and don’t forget to water them every day in dry weather.

In the vegetable plot There are lots of varieties that can be sown directly into the soil outside at this time of year. You could try French beans, Beetroot, Carrots, Lettuce, Peas, Radishes or Kale to name a few.

The plants you started off indoors can be planted out now including Courgettes, Tomatoes (if they are an outdoor variety) and Sweetcorn. Lettuce, Rocket, Radishes and Spinach may be ready to harvest if you sowed them early.

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Sound & Vision

he Howard Assembly Room’s Summer programme is serving up some diverse, top flight musical delights in the coming months.

Newcastle’s visionary avanttroubadour and raconteur Richard Dawson brings an unorthodox take on folk on 9th June – he’s joined by a full band for an airing of his latest album ‘Peasant’.

The longest day of the year (21st June) is marked with a Solstice concert in association with South Asian Arts UK, beginning with a talk on Indian music, followed by performances on sitar, mridangam, tabla, and the otherworldly and rarely-heard vichitra veena, with Indian snacks served in the interval.

On 27th July, some younger musical ambassadors, Nai Barghouti and Mohamed Najem and Friends, bring Sounds of Palestine to the Howard Assembly Room. Having stopped off at the Town Hall last year on the Palestine Youth Orchestra’s rapturously-received tour, singer and flautist Nai returns with her band of international musicians.

Paris-based Mohamed Najem leads his group on clarinet and nay, and both ensembles move effortlessly between Arabic music and jazz in an exhilarating new musical language.

Pictured: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

More top flight musical delights in the coming months

And, there is a very rare, intimate appearance from South African vocal legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo on 1st August, returning for the first time since they performed at the ceremony where Nelson Mandela received the Freedom of the City in 2001.

Brought into the mainstream with their work on Paul Simon’s Graceland album, they were dubbed ‘South Africa’s cultural ambassadors’ by Mandela as their distinctive, uplifting sound broke through apartheid and onto international stages.

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ALIEN: COVENANT DIRECTED BY: RIDLEY SCOTT STARRING: KATHERINE WATERSON, MICHAEL FASSBENDER, BILLY CRUDUP, DANNY MCBRIDE

CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 122 MINS hen Ridley Scott announced that he was to return to the world of Alien, which he kicked off with the original in 1979, excitement and expectations were high amongst fans of the franchise. However, the resulting film, 2012’s Prometheus, left those same fans with a sense of betrayal for the bait and switch pulled by an incredible looking trailer for a film that made zero sense whatsoever. Scott’s handsome production design couldn’t quite compensate for Prometheus’ incomprehensible plot and strikingly daft characters.

Well, I’m happy to report that Alien: Covenant is a marked improvement on its predecessor. For one thing, it’s certainly a great deal more Alien-y with a pleasing amount of actual xenomorph action, and it’s more committed in tone to the Sci-Fi/Horror elements that made the original Alien such a chillingly creepy and visceral experience.

Covenant picks up the action ten years after the events of Prometheus with a colonization mission en route to a distant planet deemed suitable for human habitation.

A minor mishap with tragic consequences on board the ship causes the crew to be woken prematurely and shortly thereafter they chance upon a transmission of human activity (the “activity” being a rendition of John Denver’s Country Roads) emanating

Returns to the Sci-Fi/ Horror elements that made the original Alien such a chillingly creepy and visceral experience

from a nearby planet which also seems to reside in the “Goldilocks zone” of atmospheric conditions that can support human life.

And so, an ill-advised detour is made.

Arriving on the planet, the Covenant crew find it boasts an abundance of exotic flora but a suspicious lack of fauna and disturbance of the local plant life causes a couple of crew members to become infected with a pathogen which quickly turns very nasty indeed.

After the alien creatures have been unleashed, there follows a frenzied scramble for survival from which the crew are temporarily rescued by the android David (Michael Fassbender) who we last saw at the end of Prometheus jetting off with Dr Elizabeth Shaw in search of the “engineers’” home world. We know from the previous film that David is not entirely trustworthy and, in the years he’s been on his own the devil has found diabolical work for his idle hands.

For those with an appreciation for the Alien films, Covenant delivers the hallmarks you’d expect; face-huggers, chest-bursting, full-fledged xenomorph picking off hapless victims in the time-honoured Friday the 13th in Space tradition. Yeah, characters still behave foolishly, but in films such as this you just have to let that stuff slide sometimes.

As Daniels, Katherine Waterson steps into the action heroine role previously inhabited by Sigourney Weaver’s iconic Ripley and makes a pretty decent job of it. Billy Crudup’s Oram is the ship’s acting

As one would expect from Ridley Scott, the film is brilliantly shot and looks and sounds great. The pacing is well measured with slow, deliberate scene-setting building tension before all hell breaks loose.

Not just a solid sequel but a film that slots into a wider, projected series of movies (Scott has at least a couple more in the pipeline) in a way that makes sense, with a twist ending nicely setting up the next instalment.

If Prometheus was something of an intriguing but flawed misstep then Alien: Covenant represents a decisively confident course-correction; it feels like a franchise getting its groove back and remembering what it was all about in the first place.

executive officer, circumstances elevating him to a position of authority he’s clearly unfit for, and bolsters the actor’s CV of playing almost exclusively unlikable characters. The main cast standout here though is Fassbender who puts in sterling work in a double role of David and his newer model, upgraded counterpart, Walter.

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Alt-J – Smart, Savvy Pop Unafraid of Straying a Bit Leeds-formed band Alt-J’s third album builds on its particular brand of skewed folktronica-meets-chamberpop and intelligent indie with the odd banger thrown in for good measure.

‘Relaxer’ makes it clear that the band is not to be thought of as primarily a singles band, despite the attention-grabbing radio friendliness of previous tracks such as ‘Breezeblocks’, ‘Fitzpleasure’ and ‘Left Hand Free’. Of the album’s eight tracks only three clock in at under five minutes and generally the band seem to be in a more expansive, experimental yet sombre and subdued mood.

Album opener 3WW sets a scene of atmospheric strangeness; all staggered rhythm, haunting, reverby guitar lines and unexpected vocal breaks leading to swelling strings, lush melody and delicate piano.

The cracking single and album highlight ‘In Cold Blood’ sees Alt J playing to their strengths and indulging their penchant for drama and grandiosity.

The stabby organ, drum rolls and binary-based vocal gives way to a brassy crescendo of a chorus with a horn section recalling John Barry’s bombastic Bond scores or, as has been noted elsewhere, the theme from Mastermind.

Add to that some sing-along ‘la la las’ and the band’s signature air of sinister weirdness and you’ve got a pretty compulsive number on your hands.

Further curveballs to be slung include a typically enigmatic take on ‘House of the Rising Sun’ with subtle orchestration transforming a familiar classic into something entirely different and quite beguiling.

‘Hit Me Like That Snare’ is an unashamedly retro psych-rock freakout pitched somewhere between the Monster Mash and the overwrought melodrama of a Hammer horror, which chugs along before collapsing into a confrontational, sweary outro.

‘Deadcrush’, like ‘In Cold Blood’, seems destined for heavy rotation on a 6-Music playlist and again highlights the band’s skill at hammering a tight groove. Seductively bass-heavy and featuring soulful falsettos, it has the sultry air of sideways glancing stealth raunchiness previously exhibited on tracks like ‘Tesselate’ and feels vaguely filthy in all the right ways.

Overall, ‘Relaxer’ seems to be the band expressing its disparate elements in extremis; the gently pensive and reflective butting up against crowd pleasing party jams. It can sometimes make for an almost jarring shifting of gears, but it’s also that very unpredictability that makes Alt J a continually intriguing proposition. This is smart, savvy pop, which wears its idiosyncrasy on its sleeve and is unafraid of straying a bit out there.

The Blind Shake Thu 1 June, Brudenell

Beth Rowley Fri 9 June, Brudenell Social

Jon Palmer Band & Nick Hall Fri 2 June,

Peter & The Test Tube Babies Sat 10 June,

Social Club, £7.70. Garage/noise punk rock band from Minneapolis.

8pm HEART, Bennet Rd Headingley. Folk, roots & rock combo. £10

Jon Gomm Fri 2 June, Holy Trinity Church, £16.50. Virtuoso guitarist combining styles from blues & jazz to rock & pop.

Dylan Bible & Amanda Fardi Sat 3 June,

6.30 - 8.30pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Ln. (PWYF) Two of Ireland’s most respected musicians backed by Chris O’Malley & Ciarán Clifford www.irisharts.org.uk, www. mewlmusic.com

Leeds Symphony Orchestra Sat 3 June,

7.30pm St. Chad’s Church, Otley Rd. LS16 5JT. Mozart – Overture: Cosi Fan Tutte; Wagner – Siegfried’s Rhine Journey; Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major; Mahler – Symphony No 1 in D major. Tickets £12/ kids free from 376 0318 & on door.

Low Island Sun 4 June, Oporto, £6.60. A

band formed as the by-product of creating a theatre score, with a background in alt-rock & dance music. Percussionist has toured with Snarky Puppy.

Nots Mon 5 June, Brudenell Social Club, £8.25. Noise-punk band from Memphis rocking cool, shout-along post-punk jams.

Pete Ivatts

Tues 6 June, 8pm. £5/£3.

Singer/songwriter – a poetic mix of English Folk & Country.

Ric Neale Does Pet Sounds Wed 7 June, 8pm at HEART, Headingley. Celebrating 50th anniversary of release of Beach Boys PET SOUNDS. £5

Why? Wed 7 June, Belgrave Music Hall, £16.50. Alternative hip hop/indie rock band founded by Jonathan “Yoni” Wolf, formerly of Greenthink, Clouddead, Reaching Quiet & Hymie’s Basement.

Jon Shen Wed 7 June, Seven Arts. Fusion

of Oriental elements with western Jazz & Soul-Funk styles. fundraising concert for The British Heart Foundation

Club, £13.75. Blues, gospel & Americana Singer/ songwriter with stunning, unique voice.

Brudenell Social Club, 3pm, £14.30. Brighton’s finest purveyors of humorous anarchic punk rock since 1978.

Endellion String Quartet Tue 13 June,

Leeds College of Music, £17.50 - £19.50. Winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Award for the Best Chamber Ensemble. Programme: Haydn - Quartet Op 54, No 1, Bartók - Quartet No 5, Mendelssohn - Quartet Op 44, No 1

Seven Live Wed 14 June, 8pm at Seven Arts,

Kool G Rap Tue 20 June, The Wardrobe, £16.50 - £20.35. Hip-Hop legend described as ‘Godfather of gangster rap’, whose style has influenced the likes of Big Pun, 2Pac, Jay-Z & Nas. The Manfreds Wed 21 June, City Varieties £22.60. Original Manfred Mann members Paul Jones, Mike Hugg & Tom McGuinness play the hits.

The Scaramanga Six Sat 24 June, Brudenell Social Club, £5.90 Hook-laden provincial melodrama a la Pulp or My Life Story meets the antisocial grunt of The Stranglers.

Chapel Allerton. £6. Monthly not-for-profit music evening. Featuring Ric Neale, Toby Noble, Little Mistakes & The Bean Train Gang. www.mewlmusic.com/sevenlive

Seven Jazz: Dales Jam Sun 25 June, Seven

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Assembly Room, £17.50. Malian desert blues from ‘The Hendrix of the Sahara’.

Mik Artistik’s Ego Trip Thurs 15 June, Brudenell Social Club, £8.80. A strange, beautiful beast of a band.

Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles Fri 16 June, Seven Arts, £11. Old-school folk meets modern Americana, filled with pedal steel, vocal harmonies, acoustic guitar, bright bursts of melody & plenty of space.

The Sons Of Pitches Sat 17 June, City

Varieties , £27.60. A cappella group with varied backgrounds including; musical theatre, barbershop, classical & opera.

Sally Barker & Brooks Williams Sat 17

June, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton.

Long established singer/songwriters. Sally recently reduced Tom jones to tears on ‘The Voice’. Tickets www.sevenleeds.co.uk

The Petty Heartbreakers Sun 18 June , 3pm, Free. A celebration of the great Tom Petty, with & without The Heartbreakers.

Julian Marley Mon 19 June, The Wardrobe, £19.25. Roots bass reggae, hard, driving anthems, breezy jazz sounds & samba-tinged Jamaican ska infused with street-energy hiphop.

Arts Leeds, 1:30pm, £5 - £10. Community Jazz Orchestra, providing a musical home for amateur musicians of all levels and ages.

June, Brudenell Social Club, £12.10. ‘Delta punk’ outfit fronted by blues-harp player ‘Colonel’ J.D. Wilkes, melding the locomotive rhythm of Appalachian hoedowns with the intensity of Mississippi roadhouse blues.

Kabaka Pyramid & The Bebble Rockers

Thu 29 June, The Wardrobe, £16.50. Multitalented artist/producer blending the lyricism of Hip hop, with the energy and melody of Reggae & Dancehall.

Rupert Stroud + support

29 June at Belgrave Music Hall. Playing songs from new EP launching in July. Tickets http:// rupertstroudmusic.com/shop/

Brett Domino

Fri 30 June, Brudenell Social Club, £6.60 - £8.80. Comedy electronic keyboard band & YouTube sensation!

Steve Phillips & the Rough Diamonds

Fri 30 June, 8pm New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael’s Rd. £9 on door. Premier bluesman of Notting Hill Billies fame with his band of seasoned musicians.

Sinfonia of Leeds

Sat 1 July, 7.30pm St. Edmund’s Church, Lidgett Pk Ave, LS8.

Dvorak: Symphony No. 9; Gershwin: An American in Paris; Copland: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo. Tickets: 376 0318, sinfoniaofleeds.eventbrite, OTD

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Conference Explores Leeds Care Influence of Green Record Spaces on Wellbeing now Fully Leeds Beckett University is working with Your Back Yard CIC to host a free, oneday conference about how to maximise the benefits of green spaces for health and wellbeing in Yorkshire.

Pictured: Dr Eric Brymer

he conference, which will be held at Headingley Campus on Monday 12 June from 9am to 4pm, will feature speakers from Public Health England, Leeds City Council and the Heritage Lottery fund. Your Back Yard CIC supports communities in the north of England to make a difference to their neighbourhood through community-led regeneration, such as through improving parks and play areas.

There will be interactive workshops on evaluation, planning and policy, case studies and inequalities. Attendees will be encouraged to share their own experiences and consider the importance of measuring the impact of their activities.

The event will explore existing evidence, how sectors can work together to better demonstrate the case for investment, as well as discussing the value of green spaces and beginning to develop a local network.

Dr Eric Brymer, Reader in the Carnegie School of Sport at Leeds Beckett University, said: “More and more we are realising the importance of green space to human health and wellbeing. Leeds Beckett researchers are leading the field in trying to understand how best to design, facilitate and evaluate the health outcomes of nature-based activities.

“Yorkshire has a lot to offer in this field and many organisations are doing wonderful work introducing people to the benefits of nature. This conference is a welcome and perfect opportunity to share ideas and learn from each other about evidence and practice.”

The event is open to anyone within the voluntary, public or academic sectors with an interest in the influence of parks and green spaces on health and wellbeing.

To book a place, please visit: http://bit.ly/ GreenSpaces2017

Integrated

Leeds Care Record is now an integrated, digital care record, with Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust contributing relevant information from its patients’ health records. It is a web-based solution that allows care professionals to view real time health and care information across care providers using different clinical systems.

This secure system brings together important information about patients who have used services provided by their GP, local hospital, community healthcare, social services or mental health teams. All health records are strictly confidential and can only be accessed by care professionals directly involved in a patient’s care.

The Leeds Care Record includes such information as: • Contact details • Diagnosed conditions • Medication • Allergies • Test results • Referrals, clinic letters and discharge information • Council involvement - care plans, contact details Organisations delivering health and social care in Leeds are working together to improve services in the community and Leeds Care Record is helping them to deliver a joined up service. It is used by all GP practices, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Leeds City Council.

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Charity Launches Online Animation for Young People with Type 1 Diabetes ocial Enterprise DigiBete, is a unique online resource that produces and shares videos and tutorials to help people with diabetes better manage their condition.

The latest DigiBete animation, ‘Type 1: Origins’, was created by Dr Partha Kar, Associate National Clinical Director at NHS England, and Dr Mayank Patel. It tells the story of a young man with Type 1 Diabetes who is struggling to get to grips with his condition. It’s illustrated by Revolve Comics and produced and voiced by people directly involved in the Leeds Type 1 Diabetes community, including doctors, consultants, nurses, students, patients, and family members.

“There are over 600 children and young people in Leeds with Type 1 Diabetes”,

There are over 600 children and young people in Leeds with Type 1 Diabetes said Dr Fiona Campbell, Clinical Chair at DigiBete and Consultant Paediatrician and Diabetologist at Leeds Children’s Hospital.

“We’re working with DigiBete to produce this extra source of support. Educating people about managing their condition successfully is key to the work we do and DigiBete’s positive approach is helping many children and young people overcome the obstacles.”

DigiBete founders Rob and Maddie Julian have a three year old son with

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Type 1 Diabetes. “We know that there is an incredible amount of information to take in when your child is diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes”, said Maddie. “DigiBete’s vision is to lend a helping hand by creating engaging, easy to understand resources that people can refer to again and again.

We hope this film will raise awareness as to how we can support each other to manage Type 1 Diabetes.”

‘Type 1: Origins’ is available online at www.digibete.org/type1origins/ It will be shown in school assemblies nationally during Diabetes UK week from 11th - 17th June and will be broadcast on the Big Screen in Millennium Square, on Saturday 17th June.

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Excitement Builds for the Annual Roundhay Free Run for Fun The twelfth annual Roundhay Primary Schools’ Run for Fun is on Saturday 24th June, bringing together children and families from ten local primary schools. About 1,300 people are expected to run in either the 1km or 5km races at Roundhay Park.

Sports Coaching Sessions Richmond House School in Far Headingley will host a free sports coaching morning for children aged 7 – 10 on Saturday 10th June, 10am – 12 noon on the school fields.

he event was established in 2005 with the aim of encouraging children to be more active and has grown steadily ever since. Preston Baker Estate Agents are sponsoring the run for the fourth year in a row and, along with other sponsors like Blacks Solicitors, are helping the organisers to fund the event.

Chair of the organising committee, Veronica Shackleton, believes it’s all about getting children to be more active. She said: “It is important for us as parents to inspire our children to enjoy outdoor activities, and this is the perfect way for children as young as four to start to compete in a friendly

environment. The excitement builds more every year.”

With profiles on both Facebook and Twitter, the event will be running its own #RoundhayFunRun hashtag and participants will be sharing images and videos on social media during the day.

“It’s a great, non-competitive way of getting children and families moving”, said James Baker, Preston Baker co-founder.

“All the junior runners get fruit and water as well as a medal upon completion. We’ve enjoyed participating in this event each year and are looking forward to a great day!”

Coaches from Yorkshire Carnegie, St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club and Elite Netball will run sessions in rugby, cricket and netball.

“We are fortunate to have the facilities to be able to host an event such as this”, said Mrs Helen Stiles, Head teacher. “We believe that sport is essential in order to build confidence and social skills.

We are very grateful to the coaches from Yorkshire Carnegie, St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club and Elite Netball Services who are helping us to run this event. It is a great opportunity for primary school children to develop their sporting skills outside of school no matter what their experience or ability.”

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Lost in Translation as Brexit Looms Learn to speak another language or risk isolation after Brexit. This is the stark warning from Sue Woodroofe, principal of The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL), as young people continue to turn their backs on language learning. rs Woodroofe is calling on educators and the government to act now if the UK is to flourish on the international stage post-Brexit.

Writing in the latest edition of Attain, a magazine for independent school parents, heads and teachers, she warns that the falling numbers of students learning a language has left the country exposed and facing an uncertain future in the world of business, diplomacy and security.

According to the British Council, just a quarter of adults can hold a basic conversation with someone in another language, and it is estimated that this inability to speak a second language costs the UK economy £48bn a year.

“To get around this skills shortage we have relied on other EU nationals to plug the gap and act as our translators when it comes to negotiating deals, or expected everyone else to speak English”, said Mrs Woodroofe, who joined GSAL 18 months ago after ten years at the British School of Brussels. “However we can’t depend on this goodwill for ever and there is an urgent need for the government to re-think its policies on language learning if we are to survive outside of the EU.” Mrs Woodroofe believes that

Pictured: Mrs Sue Woodroofe

Learning a language should also be about understanding and appreciating other cultures

education should challenge as well as teach, so learning a language should also be about understanding and appreciating other cultures, to build mutual understanding and cooperation. “This is what unites rather than divides us”, she said.

“It is crucial that all of us get this message across to our children. If we don’t, we risk their view of life shrinking.”

The numbers of pupils taking a foreign language at GCSE has dropped dramatically. In 1998, 85.5% of all candidates took a foreign language, but by 2015 numbers had fallen to 47.6%.

Mrs Woodroofe believes that in the independent education sector, where languages have continued to be offered at all levels, students will be better placed than most to take advantage of the new opportunities that speaking someone else’s language offer. However, independent schools need to ensure that this is not just a privilege offered to the lucky few.

“It’s beholden on all schools to encourage language learning and to share good practice”, she said.

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Racing for the Line at Allerton Grange llerton Grange School recently hosted the Leeds schools’ round of ‘Race for the Line’. This is the BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Challenge which encourages pupils aged 11 to 16 to work together to make a foam rocket car powered by a small solid fuel rocket motor, and pit it against rival teams.

The competition is linked to the world record attempt by the Bloodhound SSC rocket car, a UK-led global project aiming to break the land speed record of travelling over 1000mph, due to take place later this year. The project’s main aim is to inspire the next generation to

enjoy, explore and get involved in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Teams of students worked together to design and form a piece of expanded foam into their rocket car ahead of the competition, and the British Army was called in to set off the rockets used to propel the cars at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.

The winners from this event will go through to Yorkshire

Regional Finals which are to be held at Magna Science Park, before going through to National Finals at Santa Pod Raceway in Northamptonshire. The overall winners will have the privilege of their school name being added to the tail fin of the Bloodhound SSC, as well as receiving £1,000 for the school and an exclusive VIP trip to Hakskeen Pan in South Africa to see the world record attempt.

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PHGC Snooker Club at Oakwood Clock Friendly, community focused club keen to welcome new members. Open Mon - Fri, 5 -11pm. Three tables, licensed bar, social events throughout the year. All abilities welcome. Coaching available. Details: 212

National Trust Leeds Association Coffee Morning Tues 11 July, 10 – 11.45am in St Chad’s Parish Hall, Otley Rd, Far Headingley. Entry £1.50. Details: Phil

0194, secretary@thesnookerclub.co.uk, www.thesnookerclub.co.uk

Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock. Details:

Alwoodley Tennis Club Saturday morning coaching for juniors (age 5 -17). Adult coaching 2pm. Friday indoor coaching for under 8s at 4.30pm all year.

Details: Carolyn on 07786 828 740, Alwoodleytenniscoaching@gmail.com

Badminton Club Mon 9pm & Wed 8.30pm at Alwoodley Community Association, The Avenue. Friendly group.

New members welcome. Details: Penny

225 1166, phil_mcshane@yahoo.co.uk

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University of Leeds Staff Walking Club organises at least one walk (5-12

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miles) most weekends. All welcome. No membership charge. Details: David Shaw

Paxton Horticultural Society Summer Show & Plant Sale Sat 24 June, 2 – 4.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Ln. LS5 2AB. Free admission. Details

19 Town St. LS7 4NB. Four competition class snooker tables, food nights, live music events, games & competitions all year.

Social membership from £5 pa. Details:

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5pm to do various crafts and enjoy a cuppa and a chat. Details: 267 9474/ 267 8709

Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed,

Meanwood Boxing Club Boxing & fitness classes Mon, Tues, Thurs. Juniors (9 – 16) 5.30 – 6.30pm £1; Seniors (17+) 6.30 – 7.30pm £2. Prince Philips Community Centre, Scott Hall Ave. LS7 2HJ. Details: Head Coach Wayne Cunningham 07784 998799, www.meanwoodboxing. com

ARTS & CRAFTS

Roundhay Art Group Meets Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. Roundhay LS8 1JN. A group of principally watercolour painters who meet to share skills. Regular demonstrations by local artists. New members with some experience welcome.

& queries re plant entries: Graham Wheatley 256 3055, wheatleygraham@ yahoo.co.uk

7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269

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Moor Allerton Snooker Club Stonegate

Details: John Irving 293 1465

British Heart Foundation seeks people to join local fundraising groups to help raise funds for lifesaving research. Details:

Rd LS17 6EL (opp. fire station). Snooker players for social & league play welcome. 2 tables & bar open every evening. Details:

Shadwell Art Group meets Tues, 2 –

Sue Green 01274 548324, greens@bhf. org.uk, www.bhf.org.uk/localfundraising

John Stancliffe 294 9327

Moor Allerton Bowling Club (Stonegate Rd. LS17 6EL opp fire station) Great opportunity for men & women of all ages to enjoy healthy, light exercise & make new friends. Details: Geoff Rowland 295 5861 North Leeds Walking Group Join a series of free short walks between parks & green space in north Leeds as part of national Walking for Health initiative. The walks take place 2nd Sat of each month.

4pm Methodist Church Hall, Main St. Shadwell. Join this friendly group for sketching & painting classes, with tuition & demonstrations. Details: 265 5598

Stainbeck Art Club meets 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm at Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton.

13 June: Practical workshop with Ron Wilson; 27 June: Demonstration by John Harris - Pen, ink & watercolour.

Friends of Gipton Wood meet 10am last Sat of month, & some Sunday afternoons.

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Community Notices

56 Friends of Wigton Moor Woods meet monthly at Wigton Moor UR Church Hall, High Ash Dr. Varied programme of activity days with litter picks, tree & bulb planting, nature quizzes & walks. New members welcome. Details: Debs 07943 277867,

Leeds Welsh Society meets every month with a varied programme. Now preparing to join Yorkshire Welsh in the Hull City of Culture events. Details: 269 4268/ 286

MUSIC

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sopranos. Ability to read music preferable but not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm Alwoodley Community Association Hall, The Avenue LS17 7NZ.

Alwoodley Singers Seek New Members All welcome, but especially

Anne 07530 040349 or Facebook

Reminiscence & Cultural Activities Irish Men’s Group meets fortnightly 12-

Leeds Decorative and Fine Arts Society Talks, visits, study days. Meets

2pm at The Reginald Centre, Chapeltown Rd LS7 3EX. Details: Jim Mulhern, Irish

Details: 294 3370

3rd Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, LS6 4BP. Forthcoming talks include ‘Sixties Photography’ (Sept). Details: 808

Arts Foundation 07724 229379

Cantabile Chamber Choir Small, friendly chamber choir based in Chapel Allerton. Broad repertoire & regular performances throughout year. Rehearse Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm in Chapel Allerton Methodist Church. Enquiries from new singers welcome (especially tenors).

6313, secretary@leedsdfas.org.uk, www. leedsdfas.org.uk

RoCo Dramatic Society at St Andrew’s Roundhay, Shaftesbury Ave. LS8 1DS seeks new members for acting, back stage & front of house activities. Fun & fellowship guaranteed! Junior RoCo also welcomes new members (fhenderson.jroco@gmail. com) Details: Andrea 266 2132/ Jill 293

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Next meetings: Mon 19 June, Tues 18 July at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details:

8343, www.rocodrama.co.uk

278 5495, info@leedshospitalalert.org. uk

Slaid Hill in Bloom seeks someone with

Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd, LS8 1JN. New members welcome. Details: www.lps1852.co.uk

Leeds Probus Club, for retired professional/businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane, Chapel Allerton LS7 3QF, for social gatherings with speakers. Details: 269

flair for garden design to continue & develop group’s worthwhile & enjoyable work. Could be 2 people, or work could be split into design of flowerbeds, grant applications & invoicing. Help with other roles also required. Details: Geoff Tothill

Slaid Hill in Bloom meets 1st Sat at 10am

(30 June, 28 July) from 7pm. Music with Chris White Trio. 2 Course meal £22.50/ 3 courses £27.50. Details/reservations: 230

outside The Dexter, Wigton Ln. for 2 hours. Followed by lunch. Details: www.

Leeds Guild of Singers Confident West Yorkshire Fuchsia & Pot Plant Society meets Wed 21 June, 7.30pm

Leeds Stillness Group meets Mon 7.30

Details: Graham Wheatley 256 3055, wheatleygraham@yahoo.co.uk

National Trust Association Leeds meets 2nd Tues of month, 10.30am in St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. for coffee & a talk.

All welcome. Details: Phil McShane 225

1166, phil_mcshane@yahoo.co.uk

3618, www.craghousefarm.com/events

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at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Ln. LS5.

John Freer well known for growing daffodils, delphiniums & pelargoniums is guest speaker. Visitors welcome.

07884 332644, www.peacenowhere.com

Bond 07800 982156, baldeaglejones. bj@gmail.com

Jazz Night at Crag House Farm Last Fri

trip to Grasmere, dep 8.10am Roundhay Park, 8.30am Leeds Infirmary St. All welcome. Details: 07722 120 540

- 9.30pm at The Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Ln. Roundhay LS8 2BW. Based on Eckhart Tolle’s teachings. Watch DVDs of Eckhart’s talks with periods of silent meditation. Donation appreciated. Details:

Fading Cells 4-piece electro-acoustic ukulele combo offers free easy listening/ sing-a-long entertainment with wellknown pop tunes from 60s onwards, for charity work, fundraising etc. Details: Bob

268 7448G

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Leeds RSPB Group Sat 17 June: coach

Details: info@cantabile-choir-leeds. org.uk

sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: secretary@

leedsguildofsingers.org.uk

Leeds Methodist Choir Rehearsals start White Rose Speakers Club meets 2nd & 4th Mon, 7.45pm at Horsforth Museum, LS18 5JB. Helping people improve their public speaking skills, boost their confidence & have fun. Details: Pauline

269 3542

Tues 6 June at Oxford Place Methodist Centre for concert at St Chad’s 16 Sept.

Led by Alan Horsey. All singers welcome, particularly tenors & basses. Excellent mixed selection incl. Suite from The Armed Man, Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana & John Rutter’s Feel The Spirit.

Details: 237 0389/ dudleymax34@ gmail.com or William 268 4723

Aran Home Support Service An exceptional service for people living with dementia Placing the needs of the person firmly at the heart of all we do, Aran Home Support is a unique service for older people with dementia and memory loss who are living at home.

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Community Notices

58 Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8.

All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup.wordpress.com

SENIORS

Leeds Healing Centre Fri noon-2.30pm at Burley Lodge Centre, 42-46 Burley Lodge Rd. LS6 1QF. Highly trained team offers healing to aid relaxation & promote wellbeing. No appointments necessary.

Cost £5. Details: 07985 121810, www. leedshealingcentre.org Natural Healing Centre Thurs 7 - 8.30pm at 136, Street Ln. Roundhay, LS8 2BW. Details: 07949

Age UK Leeds Silver Surfers Programme Baffled by computers, tablets

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or mobile phones? Sign up for low cost/ no cost training sessions taking place at venues across Leeds, run by experienced tutors. Courses run for six 2 ½ hr sessions.

Always time to ask questions or go over things again. Details: 389 3000,

Leeds Samaritans Confidential, nonjudgmental support 24 hours for those experiencing distress or despair. They listen for as long as you need. Details: 245

6789 or 116 123, www.samaritans.org/ branches/samaritans-leeds

frontofhouse@ageukleeds.org.uk

Parkinson’s UK Supporting all affected by Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club

Parkinson’s disease. Meets 2nd Wed, 2pm St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Details:

Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat.

Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne & Paul 268

Christine 226 3847, cannesmith46@ gmail.com

2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_ chaplin@hotmail.com

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club For former cardiac patients.

Lunch & Chat First Monday of each

Friendly, evening exercise classes with qualified Phase 4 instructors. Details:

month, 1pm at Tree Tops Centre (next to Thackrah Court, Shadwell Lane). Details:

268 9844

more than welcome. £37.50 a year or come as a guest for £4. Details: Facebook/

Alwoodley WI

Chapel Pie WI Meets 2nd Mon of every month, 7.45pm at St Mathew’s Church Hall, Chapel Allerton. Non members £4, annual membership £37.50

Darling Roses WI Meets 2nd Sat, 11am 3pm at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd, LS17 7BZ. Learn new skills, meet new friends, get involved in your community & have lots of fun. Details: debbie@ darlingroseswi.org / Facebook

Hope Pastures Knitting Group Wed 7, 14, 21 & 28 June, 10am - 12noon at the sanctuary on Weetwood Ln. Get together, have a cuppa & a chat, & knit ponies! Free.

Refreshments & wool provided. Expert knitters will show you what to do.. Just turn up. Details: office@hopepastures. org

07949 307955, wghcardiacclub@gmail. com, www.wharfedalecardiacclub.org. uk

RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elderly welcomes people over 65 at their

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

clubs - Mon, 2pm at Oakwood Church & Thurs, 1.30pm at Lidgett Lane Community Centre. Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & other special interest clubs. Details: Andrew 887 3595

Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society Wed 14 June, 7pm at University House (University of Leeds). Talk by Prof Matthew Evans on ‘Air Quality: A Silent Killer’. All welcome. Details: www.

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs, 10.30am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. 1 July: ‘The Story of Pearls’ with Robert Bolton. Details: Joan McShane 225 1166

Roundhay WI meets 2nd Thurs, 7pm at St Andrew’s Church Hall, Shaftesbury Ave LS8 1DS.So much more than Jam & Jerusalem! In addition to monthly meetings, they run a wide range of activities & social groups (day & evening).

Visitors £4. Details: Pauline 268 6704,

wiroundhay@gmail.com, Facebook

leedsphilandlit.org.uk/events.html

Tea Dance for the Over 60s Every Friday afternoon at Old Pool Bank Village Hall, Quarry Farm Rd. LS21 3BT. Very popular event running for over 30 years.

Includes ballroom. New faces welcome to dance or just socialize. £2.50 incl raffle ticket. Details: Barbara 07840 133332

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Soroptimist International of Leeds Talking Heads Thurs 8 June, 7.30pm at HEART, Bennett Rd. Headingley. A talk by Mike Campbell, Director of UK Commission for Employment & Skills, on ’Jobs, Technology, & Unemployment: Myths & Reality’. Details: 275 4548, www.

heartcentre.org.uk/whats-on

WOMEN’S GROUPS

Leeds Coeliac Group offers advice & support to those medically diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Details:

leedscoeliacgroup@btinternet.com

Alwoodley WI meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall (off The Vine).

Learn, chat, laugh, make friends & help the community. Aged 18-180 – you are

meets 2nd Mon, 7.30pm at Weetwood Hall Hotel, LS16 5PS. Visitors welcome. www. sigbi.org/leeds/

Tuesday Club Ladies’ Lunch Group Meets last Tues of month, 11.30am at Devonshire Hall, Cumberland Rd. LS6 2EQ. 12.30pm lunch, followed by talk.

Details: Heather Harrison 267 8437

MISC/ EVENTS Caring For Life 30th Birthday Open Day Sat 17 June, 12 noon – 4pm.

Tractor & trailer rides, horse & cart rides, horseshoeing, Lamb racing, nature trail, kids area with selection of inflatables & games, animal corner, hog roast, burgers & Great Balloon Release competition. Entry £6/ £3, U-3 free. Otley Old Rd, Cookridge, L16 7NH. Details: 230 3600, www.

Pickett 07816 225535, p.pickett@tcv. org.uk

grooming – fun is free. Turn up on day or book. Details: office@hopepastures.org

Hope Pastures Pony Day Thurs 1 June, 10am – 3pm. children learn to care for ponies under expert supervision.

Emphasis on fun & building confidence & skills. Includes leading & grooming ponies, feeding & mucking out, + quizzes, games. £28 per person. Book with karen@ hopepastures.org

Yorkshire More Jams & Chutneys Seeks Volunteers Friendly group making & selling jams/chutneys in support of mental health. Weekly sessions in North Leeds Tues 9.30am -12 noon & ad hoc sales events. Details: Linda 07710 567118, www.

yorkshiremore.com, yorkshiremore@ gmail.com

caringforlife.co.uk

Leeds YHA Walking Group Ceilidh Chapel Allerton Open Gardens Sun 11 June, 1 – 5pm. All proceeds to St Gemma’s Hospice & Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods. Maps available at various community events or www. chapelallertonopengardens.com

Sat 24 June, 7.30 – 11pm, Queen’s Hall, 294 Harrogate Rd, Moortown, LS17 6LE. Featuring Hands Across Ceilidh Band.

In aid of Mountain Rescue charity. All welcome- Bar, dancing & light supper.

Tickets £8 in advance, £9 on door. Details:

Gardening for Health with The

Paula 266 0818, paulabrill@outlook. com

Conservation Volunteers Tues & Thurs am in Oakwood. Want to learn new skills or just meet people & get some fresh air.

Refreshments & gloves provided & some bus fares reimbursed. Details: Pauline

Pony 1 to 1s & Family Fun Wed 31 May, 10am-12noon at Hope Pastures, Weetwood Ln. Meet & groom the ponies. Fun family activities. £3 donation per person for

1984 Live Tues 6 June, 9am – 5pn, in Leeds Central Library Room 700.

Readings by actors, writers, journalists & others throughout day screened live from London. Free, just drop in.

1984 Film (starring John Hurt & Richard Burton) Wed 7 June, 6pm Leeds Central Library. Chillingly relevant story of a nightmarish totalitarian society. Age 15+. £5. www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/ ELGLGE

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ROOFERS

bathroom & kitchen repairs...

ROUNDHAY ROOFING

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07733 245372

5 the drive roundhay leeds LS8 1J F

All other aspects of roofing undertaken Inc. Slating, tiling, guttering - new or repairs Velux windows

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72 TYRES

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