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DEAR READERS, New Year, New Look! Welcome to our new look magazine. There’s nothing like an approaching new year to get you thinking about change. We love what Kyle has done with the layout and we hope you do too.

As usual in January we flag up some of Leeds’ higher and further education opportunities. A new exhibition at Abbey House Museum looks at the progress that women have made in achieving equality and recognition. White Cloth Hall on Kirkgate is about to emerge from dereliction; The

Chevin Cross celebrates its fiftieth anniversary; and Manjit turns a situation into a triumph.

In addition, RSPB is holding its Big Garden Bird Watch again; the first Dementia Hair Salon opens in Roundhay; and West Yorkshire Playhouse recently announced its Spring/ Summer programme.

We’d like to wish everyone a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year. Don’t forget to send us your news and notices for 2018. The deadline for February 2018 is 3rd January (12th Jan for advertising).

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

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08 16 15 22 24 28 32 42 08 Plans for First White Cloth Hall Revealed - The oldest street in Leeds

24 A Packed Upcoming Season at The Playhouse - New work, thrilling drama

will have new stories to tell.

and uplifting stories of Leeds and the world.

16 Expand Your Horizons Choice is something that isn’t lacking when it comes to learning in Leeds.

15 Making a Difference with Dementia - DEEP aims to empower people with dementia and increase awareness.

28 Catch Some of Opera’s Most Famous Music - Opera North brings its Fatal Passions season to Leeds Grand Theatre.

32 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Chevin Cross - The cross has become a famous

22 A Woman’s Place -

Easter symbol of hope.

A new exhibition at Abbey House Museum.

42 Is Nature at Home in Your Garden?

The 2018 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

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Life&Style

Turning a Situation into a Triumph

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SALES TEAM Manjit’s Kitchen’s yellow horsebox has been a familiar sight at festivals and other events for a number of years, serving up delicious Indian vegetarian fast food. For the past year she has also had a spot in Leeds Kirkgate market where she has been rapidly gaining fans.

In November, as she was about to close up one evening, a homeless woman asked her for a cup of boiling water. Manjit handed her the cup and she promptly threw it in Manjit’s face, shouting at her to go back to where she came from (“That wouldn’t take long”, quipped Manjit. “I’m from Chapeltown!”).

Perhaps surprisingly, having suffered minor burns, Manjit reaction was to organise a raffle and raise money for the homeless charity Simon on the Streets. She put the word out amongst all the independent businesses in the Market and word spread like wildfire.

Before she knew it, she had dozens and dozens of donations. And they came from all over Leeds – from theatres, bars, street food operators and all kinds of restaurants.

There were tickets for gigs, music lessons and yoga classes; cakes, cheese and chocolates; wine, gin, beer and brewery tours; and even tickets to a T20 cricket match at Headingley Stadium. What’s more, all the tickets and posters were printed free of charge by a Leeds printer.

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David Smith Doesn’t that give you a nice, warm feeling. If all the tickets sell Manjit and independent businesses in Leeds will have raised over £7,000 for Simon on the Streets. But Kirkgate Market has always been the sort of place where you know you can go and be sure to be able to chat to someone and be made to feel welcome – happily most conversations don’t start with a cup of boiling water in the face.

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Life&Style Plans for First White Cloth Hall Revealed Working closely with Leeds City Council, Historic England and Leeds Civic Trust, Leeds-based property company Rushbond recently submitted detailed plans for the historic First White Cloth Hall on Kirkgate.

The scheme is designed by Manchesterbased Buttress, a design studio with over twenty-five years experience of working on heritage buildings.

“The revival of the First White Cloth Hall (where commerce in Leeds first began) will be pivotal to the on-going revival of Kirkgate — the city’s oldest street”, said Rushbond Director Mark Finch. “Our approach is to understand and learn from its fascinating history, then set a clear direction for this unique building to have a new and exciting future.”

A Grade II* listed building, the First White Cloth Hall is one of the most significant historical buildings in Leeds.

Its transformation will include a rebuild of the West Wing and northern elevation, as well as the re-creation of the single, undivided assembly room space. A lightweight structure will enclose the central courtyard to reveal the building’s historic form, and a contemporarilydesigned cube on the southern elevation will provide a new link to the Corn Exchange.

“There are lots of great things happening on Kirkgate”, added Mark Finch. “The oldest street in Leeds now has new stories to tell. This is a unique opportunity for a new occupier to help

write the next chapter in the First White Cloth Hall’s story. Although the revived building will lend itself to a variety of uses, the prospect of the Hall being part of the burgeoning fashion scene in Leeds is a particularly enticing one.

Arguably, it is where fashion in Leeds began.”

The First White Cloth Hall was built in 1711, in response to the news that a covered cloth market was being planned by the merchants of Wakefield, in a bid to tempt trade away from Leeds. The Hall was hugely successful, and was soon replaced by a larger facility — the Second White Cloth Hall on Meadow Lane.

“It is a privilege to work on such an historic building”, said Grant Prescott of Buttress. “In re-establishing its historic form, recreating its missing wing, restoring key features, and adding sensitive and respectful new interventions, the building will provide a major presence in a vibrant part of the city. The contemporary addition to the south also provides a strong connection to the Corn Exchange, complementing the restoration of the northern elevation onto Kirkgate itself.”

Subject to approval, the aim is for work to start early in 2018.

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Life&Style They Lived In Leeds

By Eveleigh Bradford

Henry Marvell Carr, RA, RP, RBA (1894-1970) War Artist and Portrait Painter Leeds artist Henry Carr lived through two world wars, in WW1 as a young soldier facing the horrors of the Western Front in France, in WW2 as an official war artist commissioned to record life on the home front and on the battlefields. His war paintings were widely exhibited and in the 1950s and 60s helped to establish him as the artist of choice for portraits of the great and the good, though he never lost his sympathetic eye for everyday people and their lives.

Born in Hunslet in 1894, he came from everyday roots. His father ‘Matt’ Carr was a clerk, a leading light in the Hunslet rugby and cricket teams – he used to take young Henry to matches, then on to a Music Hall and billiards. The family moved to Roundhay when Henry was six but kept their close Hunslet connections. He went to Leeds Modern School, then at eighteen to Leeds School of Art, bent on being an artist. He was doing well when war was declared in 1914 and life was totally overturned.

He volunteered within weeks and was assigned to the Royal Field Artillery in France, promoted after a time to sergeant. His lowest point, never forgotten, was at Passchendaele in 1917, struggling to lead his gun team through thick black mud and blinding, incessant rain.

Sent home on leave, he missed the bomb that soon after killed the rest of his team. He survived, recording everything in sketches sent back home to his fiancée Olive Rundle.

He and Olive married in Hunslet in 1920.

He returned to Leeds School of Art, and in 1921 won a place at the Royal College of Art in London under Sir William Rothenstein, with fellow Leeds students Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth: a brilliant group. He had his first picture accepted at the Royal Academy in 1921 and graduated in 1922, when he and Olive moved to London with their baby daughter. He pursued his artistic

career, painting landscapes, figures and portraits, supplementing his income with teaching. For some fifteen years he taught at the noted Beckenham School of Art, ending as its principal.

He survived, recording everything in sketches sent back home to his fiancée He featured in a prestigious Royal College of Art show alongside Moore and Hepworth in 1924, when he and Hepworth were both finalists for the highly competitive Rome Art scholarships.

His work was regularly shown at the Royal Academy, and during the 30s was included in many exhibitions of Yorkshire artists in Leeds, often picked out for their freshness, bold colour and lively treatment. His paintings covered subjects from portraits (mainly women) to landscapes and figure studies, like ‘Bathing the Baby’, a highlight of the 1930 RA exhibition.

Then war again. In 1939 he heard that Kenneth Clark, Director of the National Gallery, was promoting a scheme to recruit artists through the War Artists Advisory Committee – many hundreds of the finest British artists ultimately took part. He sent a picture to Clark, who was impressed. Initially he was commissioned to paint home scenes but in 1943 he was sent as official war artist to North Africa and then Italy.

His many paintings from the front included portraits of the commanders (Eisenhower, Alexander, Tedder etc) but also some fine portraits of people doing essential jobs – a telegraphist, an ambulance driver, a ‘Desert Rat’, all named, treated as individuals. He was passionately concerned that the everyday toil of servicemen and women should be recorded.

Post-war, with his reputation enhanced by his war portraits, he won many eminent commissions: Princess Margaret in her St John’s Ambulance uniform; the Bishop of Birmingham; the Lord Mayor of York; civic dignitaries

and captains of industry galore. Leeds University commissioned three official portraits. Did Henry Carr tire of these formal portraits, with sometimes demanding sitters or sponsors? Maybe, but he did not forget ordinary working people. He painted two pretty ‘Aero’ girls for Rowntrees, and at Saltaire he agreed to paint a series of pictures of workers at Salt’s Mill through the whole process of production. It took him two years and several visits of close observation.

He was an enthusiastic teacher, published a book on how to paint portraits in 1952, and gave two pioneering series of demonstrations on early TV. A convivial man, with a real interest in people (essential for the portraitist he said) he enjoyed all he did. He went on painting and exhibiting (lastly with his son Sebastian) until his death in 1970 at his home in Chelsea. His reputation has faded, but you can see some of his war paintings and formal portraits on the Art UK website and his engaging Saltaire work, recently restored, at the Mill itself.

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In last month’s edition we regretfully omitted the credit for the photograph of David Lubelski. This should have read ‘Courtesy of Trevor Myddleton, MBE.

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Life&Style Harris Interiors Steps in to Save the Day! Last July Kieran Harris, Director of Harris Interiors Ltd. in Rodley, heard that a well known kitchen and bathroom company had ceased trading, leaving many customers with lost deposits and no hope of the company completing their projects.

Harris Interiors pride themselves on their customer service, Kieran’s first instinct was to help in any way he could. Through social media and other platforms, he appealed to any customers affected by this to get in touch.

He offered to complete their project at the original cost, minus the deposit they lost, ensuring that no customer was left out of pocket.

“When I found out that this company had ceased trading, leaving their customers thousands of pounds out of pocket, and with no hope of having their kitchen or bathroom project completed, I just had to help”, said Kieran. “These people have worked hard to be able to afford their dream project. I knew that if it were me, I would've been devastated – so I had to help in any way that I could.”

When BBC Look North got wind of the Harris Interiors offer they contacted Kieran who appeared on the program and was able to appeal for any other customers affected by this situation to get in touch.

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“We would like to thank Kieran and the team for our dream bathroom”, said Mrs Elliot, who had been left in a mess after losing their bathroom deposit. “Mike, who fitted it, did a brilliant job and work was completed ahead of time.”

Harris Interiors find that most of their business comes via recommendation. “Our reputation means everything to us”, said Kieran.

“Customer service is at the centre of every project, no matter how big or small. We put the customer first and offer a full circle service on every single project. This ensures that the responsibility lies with us for every detail of the project, giving the customer a smooth, high quality service with exceptional results, every time.”

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Life&Style Special Recognition for Leeds Trinity Lecturer I’m delighted to have got the recognition from the BJTC as it’s recognition from the industry, and to get that pat on the back from the broadcast Pictured:

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Richard Horsman

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A Leeds Trinity University Associate Lecturer in Journalism has won a Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) Special Recognition Award for Services to Journalism and Journalism Training.

Richard Horsman, who has worked at Leeds Trinity University for 23 years, received the prestigious award in recognition of his work and commitment to training journalism students. Since becoming a lecturer in 1993, Richard has trained more than 400 journalism students at Leeds Trinity.

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“I’m delighted to have got the recognition from the BJTC as it’s recognition from the industry, and to get that pat on the back from the broadcast industry is amazing”, said Richard. “It’s a great privilege to work with young people when they put their trust in you to help get them into a career.”

Richard began his radio career with Pennine Radio, now The Pulse, in Bradford as a copywriter and progressed to Features Editor, Senior Producer and News Editor.

He worked in the industry alongside training postgraduate students at Leeds Trinity University, before joining the University full time in 2007. He progressed to Course Leader in Broadcast Journalism, and was awarded a Teaching Fellowship in 2012 for his innovative work involving undergraduate students in real broadcasting projects for East Leeds FM and Bradford Community Broadcasting.

Richard stepped down from his full time role at Leeds Trinity last year, but continues to work as an Associate Lecturer.

Making a Difference with Dementia Many people have preconceptions about what a person with dementia can and can’t do. But, in Leeds there’s a group of people who might surprise you.

The Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP) aims to empower people with dementia and increase awareness and services locally. Called ‘Up and Go’, members living with dementia give guidance to businesses and services in the city. Last October, four members of the group, together with Dementia Friendly Volunteer, Rebecca, took part in a student Tech Challenge run by Premier Farnell, in partnership with Leeds Beckett University and Ahead Partnership. This brings together students from colleges and schools across Yorkshire, who design and create new technology for people living with a particular condition. This year, the condition was dementia.

The students asked members for their experiences of dementia and in turn received feedback on their technology solutions to various problems.

Dementia affects each person differently. One person might have challenges with how they see things, another with navigating, or with language use. Living with dementia can be very challenging. But people living with it are still individuals and have the ability to do remarkable things. www.opforum.org.uk/dementia

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Expand Your Horizons

Education in Leeds is constantly changing and expanding. There are now three universities – University of Leeds, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Trinity and, the latest arrival, – Leeds Arts University (formerly Leeds College of Art).

Then, of course there’s Leeds College of Music - a leading European conservatoire; and the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, which is attracting students from all over the world to study at Foundation, Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.

Choice is something that certainly isn’t lacking when it comes to learning in Leeds.

NSCD Looks to an Exciting Future Northern School of Contemporary

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Celebration Gala for founding Principal Nadine Senior, and the news that it will

Expect big things this year from NSCD,

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Portfolio from 2018.

member of the Leeds Dance Partnership, to establish the city as an international centre of excellence for dance.

The School is the only dance conservatoire of its kind in the North of England, and continues to attract some of the most talented dance students from

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Leeds Youth

A Woman’s Place

Opera

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Prepares for La Boheme Leeds Youth Opera has been rehearsing Puccini's wonderful opera ‘La Boheme’ since last September.

The story of poverty stricken love has been set in a refugee camp rather than the garrets of Paris, to bring home the reality that some aspects of life have not changed but hope and love can blossom anywhere.

Female teachers at Meanwood Board School 1907 (C) Leeds Museums and Galleries

On the centenary of some British women getting the vote, a new exhibition at Abbey House Museum looks at the struggles and progress that women have made in achieving equality and recognition.

‘A Woman’s Place?’ reveals how life has changed for women. “We hope to inspire women and girls to believe that their ambitions and achievements are not limited by their gender”, said Social History Curator Kitty Ross.

Brought to life through witty illustrations

by Jacky Fleming, the exhibition features stories and objects from 1860 to the present day all linked to strong pioneering women – ranging from suffragette Leonora Cohen’s WSPU badge to Olympic boxer Nicola Adams’s glove, and a gown worn by Councillor Joyce Challenor in the 1960s.

lived and worked in Leeds, with new commemorative ceramics by Katch Skinner. These are 1940s female jazz band leader Ivy Benson; Morley cycling champion Beryl Burton; Leeds suffragette Mary Gawthorpe; and Edith Pechey, one of the first female doctors in the UK, who practised in Leeds during the 1870s-80s.

These characterful ceramics will become part of the Leeds Museums’ collection, ensuring that we honour these women for centuries to come. “These trailblazers and visionaries are just a few of the women who helped make changes to society”, said Katch Skinner.

The exhibition will run from 20th January – 31st December 2018, alongside a programme of talks, study days and schools workshops. It is free with admission to Abbey House Museum (£4.50 adults, concessions available).

“To understand where our own lives are in the history of women’s place in the world, we need to know what that history is”, commented Jacky Fleming.

“This exhibition does just that, so we know which battles have been won, and which we still have to fight for.”

Commemorative ceramic

A Woman’s Place also honours four relatively unsung heroines who

featuring Ivy Benson and her band by Katch Skinner for LMG

With principals drawn from the northern conservatoires of music and homegrown talent within Leeds Youth Opera, the show will be a wonderful opportunity to see the future talent of the world of opera.

Performed by Leeds Youth Opera's own orchestra under conductor Tom Newall it is bound to be a high quality musical experience.

The show will be performed in the original Italian with subtitles.

This has been an exciting new venture for Leeds Youth Opera.

It has attracted some wonderful singers and the whole company has enjoyed its Italian experience.

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Arts&Culture A Packed Upcoming Season at The Playhouse

Pictured: Sunshine on Leith

The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s (WYP) Spring/Summer 2018 Season showcases new work, thrilling drama and uplifting stories of Leeds and the world.

It kicks off with a pioneering festival of theatre and dementia, ‘Every Third Minute’ (9 Feb – 31 March), which puts people living with dementia at the heart of the creative process. At its centre is a new adaptation of the best-selling novel Still Alice starring Sharon Small, which explores the effects of early-onset dementia on identity, family and relationships.

Other highlights include: James Graham’s prescient political drama This House (23 Feb – 10 March), set in the engine rooms of Westminster in 1974. Red Ladder Theatre’s The Damned United returns from 27 March – 7 April. It will also visit venues across Leeds as part of WYP’s Community Tour programme.

The hit musical Sunshine on Leith (20 April – 19 May), set to a classic soundtrack by The Proclaimers, opens in the Quarry Theatre before embarking on a major national tour.

Paula Hawkins’ best selling novel, The Girl on the Train gets its world premiere at The Playhouse (12 May – 9 June), adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel. And, Searching for the Heart of Leeds (19 – 23 June), is a celebration of the vibrant stories and people of this city. Performed by a community company, it is written by BAFTA-nominated writer Mark Catley, directed by Alexander Ferris, and with movement by Phoenix Dance Theatre.

Alan Bennett’s sharp, witty and pertinent Talking Heads will be performed in the Courtyard Theatre in June, and afterwards across the city in people’s homes and community venues. Work in the Barber Studio includes Pauline Mayers’ What If I Told You? (13 – 17 Feb) – carefully balanced theatre and dance that immerses the audience in her world.

The Season showcases new work, thrilling drama and uplifting stories of Leeds and the world

Black Men Walking (21 – 24 Feb), written by world record-holding beat boxer Testament, follows three friends who hike together on the first Saturday of every month, and find themselves looking back through history before they can move forwards.

Phoenix Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Windrush: Movement of the People (7 – 10 Feb). A lively celebration of the 70th anniversary of the arrival of SS Empire Windrush that brought the first Caribbean migrants to the UK. Birdsong (13 – 17 Feb), Rachel Wagstaff’s adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ bestselling novel, is a mesmerising story of love and courage. This adaptation marks the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1.

And, children aren’t forgotten! Family favourites like Penguins, George’s Marvellous Medicine, Teletubbies, and Peppa Pig are all included.

Pictured: Girl on the Train

The Quarry and Courtyard theatres will close for major redevelopment in June, but the Playhouse’s artistic programme will be transported to new and exciting venues, including a 350-seat theatre created in one of the Playhouse’s workshop spaces.

For full details pick up a brochure or visit wyp.org.uk

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Arts&Culture Daughters of Necessity: Serena Korda & Wakefield’s Ceramics The Hepworth Wakefield is home to an eclectic collection of ceramics by some of the great names in modern pottery, including Hans Coper and Lucy Rie. For this exhibition, British artist Serena Korda chooses a selection of these to display alongside her own work, exploring where these objects sit between function and sculpture.

Korda has worked with ceramics for several years, often combining her experimental approach to the material with her interest in the acoustic properties of objects. For The Hepworth she has created a new work, ‘Resonators’, comprising five large, richly glazed vessels with openings at each end and you are are invited to place an ear to each and listen to a range of tones.

The exhibition will also feature Korda’s ceramic sound installation ‘Hold Fast, Stand Sure, I Scream a Revolution’, which was first shown at Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art in 2016. It is made up of 29 individual porcelain mushrooms suspended from the ceiling, which will be played as bells in public performances during the Hepworth’s Ceramics Fair in early May.

In his essay ‘The Art of the Potter’ (written for Wakefield Art Gallery in the 1950s), Hugh Gordon Porteus refers to clay vessels as ‘daughters of necessity’, highlighting their status as both functional and decorative objects. As inspiration for the exhibition, Korda also looked to Greek mythology, where the Daughters of Necessity are born of Ananke, the goddess that personifies both necessity and fate. Serena relates the idea of the Daughters of Necessity to the activity of working in ceramics, using alchemical processes that embrace risk and failure.

Daughters of Necessity is at The Hepworth Wakefield until 5th July and admission is free. A solo show of work by Serena Korda will open at BALTIC in February 2018.

^ Pictured: Serena Korda, Hold Fast, Stand Sure, I Scream a Revolution, 2016.

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Catch Some of Opera’s Most Famous Music This Winter, emotions are running high as Opera North brings its Fatal Passions season to Leeds Grand Theatre, offering three blockbuster operas packed with gripping drama and some of opera’s most famous music.

First in the trio of Italian big-hitters is Puccini’s ‘Madama Butterfly’, the heart-breaking story of a young Japanese girl who falls in love with a U.S. naval officer only to be cruelly deserted by him when he returns home. Together with his child, she patiently awaits his return, not realising that he now has an American wife. ‘Madama Butterfly’ includes some of Puccini’s most popular music including the touching aria, ‘Un bel di’ (One fine day) and the ‘Flower Duet’.

Desire, betrayal and revenge also feature in Opera North’s first ever production of ‘Un ballo in maschera’ (A Masked Ball). Verdi’s insightful look at the tragic consequences of mixing politics and passion is based on a reallife event: the assassination of King Gustav of Sweden in 1792. Political intrigue gives way to an unrequited love triangle, which sets the seal on the fate of the King, despite his having decided that duty and loyalty must come before affairs of the heart. An intense and thrilling opera, it features rousing choruses and one of Verdi’s most passionate love duets, as events slowly unravel out of control.

Passion of a different hue leads to cold-blooded murder in Mozart’s masterful re-telling of Don Juan and his licentious lifestyle, ‘Don Giovanni’.

Madama Butterfly.

This witty and compelling production takes the audience through different eras, locating the action in Victorian England one moment, and at a 1950s wedding party the next. Full of beautiful music, this must rate as the composer’s darkest, craziest opera as the tense drama inexorably leads to the moment when the seducer is finally confronted by his vengeful victims…

The Fatal Passions season opens in Leeds on Friday 19th January and runs until the beginning of March, before going on tour to Nottingham, Newcastle and Salford Quays.

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Food&Drink Ibérica Takes

a Walk on the Wild Side Ibérica on East Parade recently launched its new Winter menu and it definitely has leanings towards the wild side!

At a special tasting evening we were treated to dishes where the main ingredient was Hare, Quail, Mallard, and Venison. The Hare came in croquettes with tartare sauce; the Quail was pan fried and served with mushroom sauce and pickled cranberries (a little finicky to eat); the seared Mallard breast came with colourful beetroot and pickled mushrooms; and the Venison came with confit Jerusalem artichokes, pine nuts and garlic aioli. The whole menu was really well received but it was the Venison that caused a sensation – everyone (apart from the veggies and pescatarians) was raving about it.

And, about those veggies and pescatarians – they were not forgotten. There was aubergine with sweet and sour honey sauce topped with toasted pine nuts that just melted in your mouth; a delicious Hake dish with hollandaise sauce; a Beetroot Salad with Lamb’s lettuce and hazelnuts; Artichokes in a crispy coating with a creamy sauce; and Spanish Omelette. The meal was rounded off with a Celery Panacotta and a tasty rice pudding for the veggies.

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Of course, each course was complemented by a specially chosen sherry, wine or cider.

Little did we realise what a huge gastronomic part cider plays in the lives of Asturians in Northern Spain! They are truly passionate about it, waxing lyrical about it at every opportunity. In Spain there is even a special way to pour it!

Ibérica is rapidly becoming the place to go for tapas and Spanish food in Leeds. In addition, the great food and drink is complemented by the amazing building. Located at 17a East Parade, it is in what was originally home to the Auctioneers and Estate Agents John Hepper & Sons.

Built in 1863 and designed by the architect George Corson, it combines Romanesque and Byzantine, French and English Gothic styles. The auction hall, which houses the main restaurant, is stunning with its huge, rectangular, glazed cupola.

Upstairs is a lovely private dining room, again with a decorative, glazed cupola, and wonderful, huge, food related portraits. There is also a wine bar in the basement serving over 70 carefully sourced Spanish wines.

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Spring 2018 will see the 50th anniversary of the Chevin Cross being erected on the top of Otley Chevin. First installed in 1969, the cross has become a famous Easter symbol of hope and is a fine example of a co-operative initiative by the Otley Council of Christian Churches that has become a source of comfort and inspiration to many.

The first cross, which was 36ft high, was blown down in high winds on the first night. It was re-erected the next day, albeit six feet shorter! It has been erected every Easter since (except during the Foot & Mouth outbreak in 2001), and also to celebrate the Millennium.

When a new cross was built for Easter 2000, it reverted back to the original specifications and was made with wood salvaged from the bombed Arndale Centre in Manchester.

To celebrate this occasion, Churches Together in Otley are hoping to produce a booklet and would like to hear from anyone who has helped with or been touched by the Cross over the years, or have any photos of the cross being erected (esp 70s or 80s).

Memories should be emailed in Word (one side of A4) to otleychevincross@ gmail.com. Please scan images and send them to same email. A Facebook page ‘Friends of Otley Chevin Cross’ has been set up for the anniversary.

RoCo Dramatic Society at St Andrew’s Roundhay United Reformed Church is looking for actors for its next production.

Primarily they are looking for young women, aged between 20 and 30.

Prospective volunteers should be confident with taking on a sizeable role, learning lines, building a character and performing to an audience over three consecutive nights.

If this sounds like you, then don’t hesitate to contact them.

Performance nights will be Thursday 22nd – Saturday 24th March 2018. Rehearsals will be held on Monday and Thursday evenings 7.30 - 10pm, starting on Thursday 4th January 2018.

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Hair at Gilda’s in Roundhay recently became the first dementia friendly hairdressers in Leeds and, as a result, has deepened its links with the community and taken on a number of new clients.

“The dementia awareness session provided by Dementia Friendly Communities North Leeds helped me to understand the challenges for someone living with dementia, and how I could make a difference to their day with just a little patience and time,” said Anna Griffiths, owner of Hair at Gilda’s. “I would really encourage other businesses to become more dementia aware.”

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in Roundhay A Burns’ Night Ceilidh is planned for Saturday 27th January 2018 at Roundhay Parochial Hall. Organised by the PHG Snooker Club, this is the third time it has held a Burns Night at the club and the second year it has included a ceilidh.

This will be a traditional Scottish night with dancing to the band FiddlersWreck (www.fiddlerswreck. co.uk/), and, following the ‘Address to the Haggis’, a great meal of haggis, neeps and tatties with whisky sauce (vegetarians catered for) then it’s back to dancing!

There will be an extended range of whiskies in the bar and they expect lots of participants at the poetry corner – anyone brave enough to get up and recite some Burns will gets a free dram! There will also be a raffle with prizes donated by local businesses.

Tickets (£20 adults/ £15 children aged 10-18) are available from the PHG Snooker Club, Oakwood Fisheries, Tasty Cafe, Preston Bar and Jackrabbits Pottery. For details call 0113 212 0194

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It is common in January to try and make bold predictions for the coming year. If recent times are to teach us anything it’s that only the brave or foolish try to predict. However, the new year is a good opportunity to see what we can do better in the coming year.

With this is mind, is there something in Alwoodley where your local councillors could make a difference? Something that perhaps catches your eye regularly but you haven’t had the chance to mention it to us?

We recently held a street surgery and while Neil and I were wandering, we chatted to a lady who mentioned, in passing, that when a lamppost had been replaced, a small patch of red

block paving had been replaced with tarmac that looked out of place. We were able to ensure that the red block paving was replaced. The world would not have stopped turning on this issue - but a street in Alwoodley has now improved because of our conversation.

If you know of something similar, let us know and we will try to help.

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Finally for this month, we have had advance warning of some fairly substantial road works coming to Alwoodley in early 2018, the precise dates are not yet known.

Improvements are to be carried out at the A6120/Roundhay Park Lane junction, and the A6120/A61 and A61/Scott Hall Road junctions, as part of the East Leeds Orbital Route to improve traffic flows.

The plans are in the process of being finalised, but it looks likely that these busy junctions will be busier still for a few months. As soon as I have more details I will share them through Facebook Page and of course, right here.

As always, Neil, Peter and I are always here to help with local issues. On behalf of Neil, Peter and myself, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and happy, healthy and prosperous 2018.

Have a great 2018.

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Hen Harrier Photo: Andy Hay RSPB-images.com

Smaller than a Red Kite and quite rare in the UK, the Hen Harrier is a very beautiful long-winged bird of prey. The male is a lovely silver grey above, and white below with black wingtips. The female looks completely different, dark brown with a grey-brown barred tail and a clear white rump, which gives it the name “ringtail”.

In Spring, as a courtship display, the male performs a spectacular switchback ‘sky-dance’. It breeds on the upland heather moorlands of Wales, Northern England, N Ireland and Scotland, but ranges further afield in Winter when it can be seen on fens, heaths and coastal marshes.

Its numbers are augmented in Winter by visiting Hen Harriers from mainland Europe. They feed mainly on small birds, such as meadow pipits, but also on mice and voles. Of the UK's birds of prey, the Hen Harrier is the most intensively persecuted. Once a predator of free range fowl, earning its present name, its effect on the number of Grouse available to shoot is the cause of

modern conflict and threatens its survival in some parts of the UK, particularly on the driven grouse moors of England and Scotland.

For this reason, the RSPB is currently running the LIFE project, which combines monitoring, awareness raising and working with landowners and local communities to protect Hen Harriers.

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The winning project for FoRP was its excellent History Trail Leaflet, part sponsored by Dine at the Mansion. Thanks go to John Ferguson, the driving force and main contributor to the leaflet, designer Lynne Gorner, and to Cecily Jarvis for suggesting submitting the leaflet

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The Friends of Roundhay Park was formed in 1994 by local residents who decided to get involved in caring for the park rather than just talk about it. They had the vision to create an organisation that brought all lovers of the park together. The award money will be used to fund many ongoing projects.

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Garden Round Up With Tracy Foster

Although we can expect some variable weather this month, gardeners who long to go out and get their hands dirty can choose from a long list of possible jobs.

Here are just a few:

This beautiful, vigorous climber needs pruning twice a year

Hedges

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If you have a deciduous hedge such as Beech or Hawthorn and it has become rather larger than you intended, the winter is an excellent time to do some renovation by pruning back hard whilst it is dormant. Any really drastic reductions are best done in stages, with perhaps one side being done now, and the other side next year.

This beautiful, vigorous climber needs pruning twice a year to keep it in check and to ensure it produces plenty of flowers.

The summer pruning takes place after flowering when the newly produced shoots are shortened. At this time of the year you can cut back the side shoots to two or three buds to tidy the plant up.

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Plant new bare-root gooseberries, raspberries and currants now. Rhubarb plants can also be planted out, taking care to ensure the crown is just level with the soil surface.

Hungry pigeons will be looking out for cabbages and other brassicas to eat, so it’s worth putting a cloche or net over these crops to keep the birds off.

Crops to harvest in January include parsnips, swedes, leeks, celeriac, Jerusalem artichokes and, of course, Brussels sprouts.

stronger plants come from early sowings.

These seedlings like plenty of room for their roots so sow them in old cardboard toilet roll middles, or in special root trainers filled with compost with one seed in each.

You can also sow them in a one litre plant pot (13cm diameter) with five or six seeds to a pot. Once they have germinated in a warm place they can grow on in a coldframe or on shed windowsill until the weather warms up in April or May. Pinch out the tips when three or four sets of leaves have appeared to encourage bushy growth. When the time does come to plant them out, remember that sweet peas don’t like having their roots disturbed so if you grew several together in a pot then it’s best to plant the whole root-ball and not try to separate the individual plants.

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Is Nature at Home in Your Garden? The 2018 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

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From 27th to 29th January thousands of people around the country will once again be checking and counting the birds that visit their garden, in the world’s biggest piece of ‘citizen science’. In 2017, half a million people submitted sightings of over eight million birds – an increase in the numbers of birds visiting gardens.

For example, Starlings were seen in 40% of gardens in 2016, compared with 50% in 2017. Over the last ten years, there have been increases in numbers of Goldfinches, Blackbirds and Robins, but Greenfinches, Starlings (despite the increase last year) and Chaffinches are all declining. 2017 also saw a downturn in sightings of Blue Tits, Great Tits and Coal Tits – all down by at least 10 per cent on 2016’s figures.

The weather during the breeding season can have a big impact on these small birds. 2016’s prolonged wet spell meant there were fewer caterpillars about for feeding their young. It’s likely that this led to fewer younger birds surviving than

usual. Last year also saw an explosion in the number of Waxwings visiting gardens. A lack of berries in their native Scandinavia prompted an ‘irruption’ of these stunning birds, with hundreds of sightings across the UK, even as far west as Wales and Ireland.

To take part in the 2018 Big Garden Birdwatch, all you need to do is find a good, comfortable place to watch your garden, and jot down what you see over an hour. Count the maximum number of each species you see at any one time.

For example, if you see a group of three House Sparrows together and later another two, and after that another one, the number to submit is three. That way, it’s less likely you’ll double-count the same birds. You can also use the handy online counting tool. Results can be submitted online, or using a paper form, which can be downloaded from the website. For further information, visit ww2.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/ activities/birdwatch

Building on last year’s success, Leeds Hop Growers are holding a launch event at the Horsforth Hop Shack on the evening of Friday 2nd February, where you can pick up a hop plant to literally grow beer.

You don't need any brewing experience or green fingers. Through the website, anyone with space for a large pot can pre-order one or more plants to pick up at the Hop Shack social. It's £20 for the starter pack and then £10 for extra plants.

"Hops aren't difficult to grow, and by lots of us growing a variety called Cascade all over the city we can come together to make our own special beer", said Alan Thornton from the co-operative.

The pack will include the rhizome (root), compost and string for it to grow up. They'll need to be planted out straight away and will grow high, with flowers at the end of Summer. You'll be harvesting the ‘cones’, as they are called, around September and they'll go straight into a special brew within a few hours. Hops are a perennial plant, which means they'll keep growing every year – which means more beer in the future!

Leeds Hop Growers Social and pick up of pre-ordered plants is at The Hop Shack, 135 New Rd Side, Horsforth, LS18 4QD, Friday 2nd February.

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Award Winners at Allerton Grange Fields Anna Owen and Zara Hossain-Ibrahim, students at The Grammar School at Leeds, have secured Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Awards after volunteering with Friends of Allerton Grange Fields.

Anna and Zara have been working with Friends of Allerton Grange Fields and undertaking activities ranging from litter picks and planting edible flowerbeds, to re-painting the yellow Tour de France Grande Depart bikes, which are located at the entrances to the fields.

Allerton Grange Fields, has also secured the Community Green Flag Award from Keep Britain Tidy for the third consecutive year and is recognised as one of the best managed greenspaces in the UK. “Anna and Zara’s enthusiasm and hard work alongside our volunteers has certainly helped us create a cleaner and greener public space for the enjoyment of local residents”, said Bhupinder Dev, Chair of Friends of Allerton Grange Fields.

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Sound&Vision Film Review

By Brendan Campbell THE DEATH OF STALIN DIRECTED BY: ARMANDO IANNUCCI STARRING: STEVE BUSCEMI, SIMON RUSSELL BEALE, JEFFREY TAMBOR, ANDREA RISEBOROUGH, MICHAEL PALIN, OLGA KURYLENKO, JASON

In the former Soviet Union of 1953, amid an atmosphere of terror and paranoia, where even a joke at the expense of the General Secretary could see one ‘disappeared’ or summarily executed, Stalin keels over and seems to be a goner. Immediately, his obsequious underlings of the Central Committee mobilise, jostling for position in desperate attempts to save their own skins and gain control.

The central power struggle is played out between Stalin’s deputy, the vain and feckless Malenkov (Jeffery Tambor), Committee statesman Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi) and the ruthless spymaster and chief of the secret police Lavrentiy Beria (Simon Russell Beale).

ISAACS CERT: 15 RUNNING TIME: 106 MINS Armando Iannucci, one of our finest satirists whose fingerprints can be found on much of the best British comedy of the last few decades, turns in another big screen triumph with this dizzying and hilarious account of the tumultuous events following the passing of Joseph Stalin and the undignified rush to fill the power vacuum left in his absence.

The film’s fusing of stranger-thanfiction historical accuracy and whip-smart, profanity laced dialogue makes for a hysterical combination While the fate of the Union hangs in the balance, lists of those to be rounded up, imprisoned or assassinated are revised, plots are hatched and tentative alliances are forged.

The film’s fusing of stranger-thanfiction historical accuracy and the whip-smart, profanity laced dialogue for which Iannucci is renowned makes for a heady and hysterical combination.

Beale for his outstanding turn as the thoroughly loathsome Beria; a real piece of work, this one. Predatory, devious and utterly without scruples, he seems exactly the type who is likely to survive the transition and succeed.

Until, of course, he doesn’t.

As we’ve seen from his work on The Thick of It and its US counterpart, Veep he revels in the palace intrigue and backstabbing of political scandal. The cast of characters here is a bone fide grotesquerie and Iannucci, along with co-writer David Schneider, have tremendous fun indulging their cathartic urges by having these dreadful people be appalling to one another.

An exceptional ensemble cast brings this veritable rogues’ gallery to life, Tambor, Buscemi, Palin et al are all excellent, but special mention must go to Simon Russell

As the title suggests, a thick vein of gallows humour runs through The Death of Stalin. The horrors of Stalin’s regime are bluntly depicted and while there are moments of brutality, Iannucci never misses an opportunity to highlight the absurdity amidst the chaos and cruelty.

Although the film’s premise is a comedic reimagining of actual events, their depiction here; the scheming, the backbiting, the level of high farce, often seem alarmingly plausible.

Superbly written and featuring top notch comic performances, this caustic, wickedly funny film is one of the year’s best.

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Another Impressive Line-up at Howard Assembly Room The Howard Assembly Room will be kick-starting 2018 with an impressive line-up of soul and jazz visionaries, world and roots music, chamber concerts, film screenings, talks and more.

Fast becoming Britain's foremost female jazz vocalist, Zara McFarlane deftly combines the intricacies of the genre with her Caribbean musical heritage and a deep sense of soul. Produced by drummer Moses Boyd, whose extraordinary duo Binker & Moses opened for The Bad Plus in the Howard Assembly Room last year, her third studio album Arise is set to be a treat in its live incarnation on 9th February.

Zara McFarlane

Tuvan throat-singers Huun-Huur-Tu’s appearance two years ago remains seared into the memory of anyone who witnessed it. The quartet of virtuoso overtone singers and instrumentalists returns on 25th January. The first female kora virtuoso to come from a West African Griot family, Sona Jobarteh (1Feb) brings together tradition and innovation to produce a truly distinctive new sound, drawing on her western classical training, formidable writing talents and a sensational voice.

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Led by the incomparable June Tabor, Quercus return with their effortless combination of jazz, folk and traditional song on 16th February. Two masters of Irish folk, The Gloaming’s Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, are back on 27th January in a quartet with viola and bass clarinet to further their thrilling explorations of traditional music.

From the other side of the Atlantic, cult chronicler of the American hinterlands, former Richmond Fontaine frontman, altcountry luminary and acclaimed author Willy Vlautin presents a special evening of lyrical prose and literary song on 4th February.

As Spring approaches, a series of chamber concerts brings the spirit of Italy to Leeds, beginning on 2nd March with Venezia e Napoli, a sparkling programme of Fauré, Poulenc and Liszt by the celebrated FrenchCanadian pianist Louis Lortie,

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Sound&Vision Live Music Listings January 2018 Duncan Reid | Fri 5 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £11. Former bass player/ singer/ front man with legendary punk group The Boys.

Emma Fisk/Jim Birkett | Sun 7 Jan | Inkwell, 1:30pm - 4pm, £7 - £9.

Renowned Jazz violinist & one of the most respected, in-demand guitarists on the UK jazz scene.

Halflives | Wed 10 Jan | Santiago Bar, £5.50 Italian five-piece straddling the line between pop & alternative, combining crashing guitars with electronic flourishes, influenced by the likes of You Me At Six & Bring Me The Horizon.

Seaway | Fri 12 Jan | Key Club, £12.10.

Infectious, fun, carefree pop-punk.

Hidden Giants | Fri 12 Jan | 360 Club @ The Library Pub, £6. Distinctive band combining masterful songwriting with dynamic playing & an eclectic range of influences.

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The Hallé Orchestra | Sat 13 Jan | Leeds Town Hall, £13 - £35. The UK’s oldest working orchestra ranking among the UK’s top symphonic ensembles. Programme: Delius – Paris, Ravel - Piano Concerto in G, Bach (orch Elgar) - Fantasia and Fugue, Elgar - Enigma Variations To Kill a King | Tue 16 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £11. Folk-inspired five piece which weaves narrative lyricism with orchestral passages including strings, brass & five-part harmonies.

Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Series | Wed 17 Jan | Leeds College of Music,1:05pm. Programme:

Schubert - Violin Sonata (Grand Duo), Ravel - Violin Sonata No 2 This is The Kit | Thu 18 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £17.60. Banjoled minimal psychedelia.

The Marrakesh Express | Fri 19 Jan | Otley Courthouse, £10. A tribute to the Byrds & Crosby, Stills, Nash &Young.

Lord Huron | Sat 20 Jan | Leeds Beckett University SU, £16.50.

Choral Americana which should appeal to fans of My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes & Band of Horses.

Corporation Pop | Sun 21 Jan | The Grove Inn, 3pm, free. Classic pop refreshment from the late 1960's era.

The Deslondes | Mon 22 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £13.20. New Orleans-based country-soul band combining elements of early Stax, Sun & Atlantic records with a raw, stripped-down sound.

Fangclub | Tue 23 Jan | The Library, £5.50. Grunge/indie trio serving up big riffs & sweaty moshpits.

Voodoo Room - The Music Of Hendrix & Cream | Thu 25 Jan | Seven Arts, £10. Stunning classic power trio, featuring some of the UK's finest musicians. An incredible high energy show, delivered in the true spirit of these legendary superstars.

Livewire AC/DC | Fri 26 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £14.30.

Tribute to one of rock's greatest bands, over two hours of High Voltage Rock 'n' Roll.

The Barr Brothers | Sat 27 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £13.20.

Canadian folk quartet

Los Camaradas Salsa Band | Sat 27 Jan 8pm | HEART Headingley, £8. The Afro-Cuban rhythms of Son Montuno are made for moving your hips. The Colombian dance rhythm of cumbia is infectious. salsaband. org Stuart MacDonald/Dennis Rollins | Sun 28 Jan | Seven Arts, 1:30pm, £8. - £10. Swinging, frenetic, funky bop & lyrical jazz standards.

Hot Snakes | Sun 28 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £19.25.

Band founded by Rick Froberg & John Reis, kicking out an absolutely furious noise, combining Drive Like Jehu's bloodthirsty, seesawing posthardcore & the stuck-onoverdrive garage rock that Reis made with Rocket From the Crypt.

Elder Island | Sun 28 Jan | Headrow House, £7.70. Odd, magical, eccentric, intoxicating pop utilising guitar, vocals, cello & more.

A. Savage | Tue 30 Jan | Oporto, £10.45. Frontman of New York post-punk band Parquet Courts performs solo.

Dead Boys | Wed 31 Jan | Brudenell Social Club, £19.25.

American punk rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, among the first wave of early punk bands, & known as one of the rowdiest & most violent punk groups of the era.

Sinfonia of Leeds | Sat 3 Feb | 7.30pm St. Edmund's Church, Lidgett Pk Rd, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture; Shostakovich’s Symphony No.9; Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2. Tickets: 376 0318, sinfoniaofleeds.eventbrite or on door

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As the new year approaches, we are all ready to make resolutions, follow a new diet, start an exercise routine.

We begin working on lifelong goals….. and then we give up, get too busy and forget about them. Don’t let another year pass without taking on a challenge and adding a little spice to your life.

Sign up today for one of the challenges run by St Gemma’s Hospice and make this year the best yet! Get fit by training for a 10k run, full or half marathon.

Build up your stamina and, who knows, you might be signing up for the Yorkshire Marathon by this time next year.

Take part in a skydive and see the curvature of the Earth from 15,000ft, or fly at 130mph strapped to the wings of a bi plane on St Gemma’s Wing Walking challenge. Don those trainers and sign up to trek along the Great Wall of China or maybe brave the Alps.

Over 3,000 people will receive care from St Gemma’s Hospice throughout the year St Gemma’s also organises its own London to Paris bike ride where you can cycle through two of Europe’s most exciting cities. Or stick closer to home by taking in the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

Every New Year people will rush out and join a gym with the intention of getting fit or losing weight, but drop out before their membership expires. Millions of pounds is wasted nationally in the process.

It only takes a few minutes to start your journey. Register for one of these challenges and St Gemma’s will help you every step of the way.

Over 3,000 people will receive care from St Gemma’s Hospice throughout the year. It provides vital support for patients suffering from terminal illnesses, as well as support for their families and friends through the social work and bereavement teams. The running costs of the Hospice will be over £9.7 million in 2018 and it relies on people’s help in raising the majority of these costs.

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Younger Life 'Snap out of It' Yorkshire children’s author Donna Iliffe-Pollard has joined forces with mental health counsellor Lynn Crilly to tackle very real mental health issues in her latest book, ‘Snap Out of it’.

The book follows the friendship of 15 year old Bea, who has anorexia, and her classmate Harry who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Bea seems to have it all, but you can hide a lot behind a smile, a dodgy outfit and oneliners. Underneath, her ever-shrinking body is fighting a secret battle that rages more ferociously as each day dawns. For Harry, life couldn’t get any worse. As his bizarre rituals spiral out of control, the demon on his shoulder grows stronger and stronger sending him into a downward spiral.

“It’s time to end the stigma surrounding mental health in children and young adults”, said Donna, a Child Friendly Leeds Ambassador who was drawn to write the book after watching a childhood friend struggle with bulimia and depression. “What better way to develop a clearer understanding than through fiction.”

Mental Health Therapist Lynn Crilly is well known for her work in the field of teen anxiety and disorders. “I welcome the government’s latest pledge to tackle mental health in children but feel there is much more to be done”, she said. “We hope this book will help families going through similar problems.”

Mental health charity, Men Get Eating Disorders Too, has given the book its seal of approval. “This book carefully navigates the struggles of the two main characters in a most powerful and thought provoking way, sensitively tackling many of the difficulties surrounding Mental Health, Sexuality and Identity in teenagers today. Highly recommended.”

All Saints: Proud of its Strong Relationships All Saints C of E Primary School in Kirkby Overblow provides a safe environment where children can develop academically, spiritually, physically and socially, and learn a wide range of skills to equip them for the future. Every child is valued and supported to progress in their education, and encouraged to show respect for others. The school strives for excellence in all areas, whilst ensuring that learning is fun and children are motivated to learn.

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All Saints is particularly proud of the strong relationship existing between children, staff and parents, and believes that this is key to the success of the school.

Conveniently situated in Kirkby Overblow village and easily accessible via both the A61 and the A658, the school welcomes families from across the Harrogate and North Leeds area. Before and after school care is available onsite.

“The whole-school ethos is one of raising aspiration for all and is underpinned by a dogged determination to eradicate second best. It is easy to see why the school’s motto, ‘We all flourish and achieve as a child of God’, is so apt.”

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Students Ask Drivers to #SpeedDown Allerton Grange students recently conducted a speed check on Talbot Avenue during National Road Safety Week. The week of action was run by the road safety charity, Brake, who lead the campaign and provided resources for schools and community groups.

Supported by Safer Schools Police Officer, PC Nigel Brown, and his colleagues from West Yorkshire Police, the students used a speed gun to monitor the speed of vehicles travelling along the road outside the school. A number of them were found to be travelling over 24mph and were pulled over, reminded of the speed restriction in place, and asked to slow down.

“Poor weather conditions meant that drivers needed to slow down in order to react in time, should anything have happened”,

said PC Brown. “At this time of year, it’s dark in the morning and students might not be fully awake and paying attention to the road. Lots of people are doing the school run, perhaps rushing to drop their children off and get to work. We all need to take notice of speed limits, especially around schools. They are there for a reason.”

Cllr Hamilton and Cllr Macniven attended the events to show their support. “We can all do our bit to make our communities safer”, said Cllr Hamilton. “Slowing down and parking considerately means everyone can use our roads safely.”

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Younger Life Richmond House School Richmond House School is an independent preparatory school in Far Headingley, catering for girls and boys from age three to 11. It offers a nurturing, family environment and small class sizes, along with specialist teaching in music, PE and languages.

The school is renowned for its high standards of education. It received the top grade of ‘excellent’ across the board in the most recent full ISI inspection, and consistently gets outstanding 11+ examination results.

With over ten acres of land, which includes an outdoor yurt classroom and a range of sports pitches and tennis courts, the school has a excellent sporting reputation and its strong culture of music and drama is demonstrated in impressive performances and concerts throughout the year.

Children are encouraged to develop and explore their own interests and strengths, academic or otherwise, and they leave at age 11 as well-rounded and self-assured individuals.

Richmond House recently introduced Outdoor Learning to its timetable for all children, delivering elements of the curriculum in a new and exciting way.

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Moor Allerton Snooker Club Stonegate Rd LS17 6EL (opp. fire station). Snooker players for social & league play welcome. 2 tables & bar open every evening. Details: John Stancliffe 294 9327

Leeds Judean Table Tennis Club Stonegate Road, LS17 6EL (opp. fire station). Play table tennis. Open to all ages & ability. Details: Doug Fern 267 0342, Ivan Lewis 07966 236969

North Leeds Leopards Junior Rugby League Club, based at Far Moss Sports Ground Alwoodley, offers a superb environment for children aged 6+ to learn, play & enjoy the sport.

Emphasis is on skill development & fun. The club has a number of age level teams. Details: Madeleine 07813 561090

Leeds Shotokan Karate Club Mon/ Wed, 6.30 – 8pm at Roundhegans RFC, Chelwood Dr. LS8 2AT. Classes for all abilities from age 7+. If you are looking to keep fit, develop your karate skills or a family activity for you and your children. Details: Steve Cuddy 0777 980 097, www. leedsshotokankarate.co.uk

PHGC Snooker Club at Oakwood Clock Friendly, community focused club keen to welcome new members.

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Leeds Softball is looking for new players to join Thurs indoor softball sessions, starting 11 Jan - 29 March, 7-8pm in Green Hall, Carnegie Sports Centre, Leeds Beckett University, Headingley Campus LS6 3QQ. Perfect for beginners to learn fielding & batting. First session free, £5 thereafter. Details: LeedsSoftball@ gmail.com, LeedsSoftball.com

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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

Life Drawing Sessions 7.15pm at Otley Cricket Club. Friendly & informal group who draw from live model, male & female. Bring own materials, no tutor. Cost £6-£8, depending on numbers. Details: Anne-Marie 07427 679035

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. Details: John Irving 293 1465 COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Oakwood Farmers’ Market Third Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Oakwood Clock. Details: www. oakwoodfarmersmarket.com GROUPS/CLUBS Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed, 7pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome. Details: Paul Gelder 269 7111, pagelder@hotmail. co.uk, www.alwoodleychessclub.org. uk Friends of Gipton Wood meet 10am last Sat of month, & some Sunday afternoons. Join them for a fun & interesting hour including wild flowers, birds, toadstools, tree recognition & archaeology. Details: Chris 266 7569 & Facebook Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Action Mornings Meet in meadow at end of lake on Gledhow Valley Rd. Activities to include meadow cutting & litter picking. Details: www.fgvw. co.uk/html/news.htm#Dates Friends of Roundhay Park organises regular volunteer working parties to help with maintenance of this beautiful park on 2nd Sat & 4th Thurs each month. Members can enjoy a variety of outdoor work & meet new friends. Details: secretary@forp.org, www.forp.org

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, Anne 07530 040349 or Facebook Gardening for Health with The Conservation Volunteers 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: Jess Kandola 274 2335, j.kandola@tcv. org.uk Leeds Decorative and Fine Arts Society Talks, visits, study days.

Meets 3rd Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, LS6 4BP. Details: 808 6313, www.leedsdfas.org.uk, secretary@leedsdfas.org.uk Leeds & Harrogate Social Club is moving into the city! Join their weekly Tuesday club nights in Foley’s Bar (corner of Headrow & East Parade), 8.30pm on the balcony. Full calendar of events – theatre, walks, badminton, films, meals, bookgroups, weekends away. Details: enquiries@ leedsivc.org.uk Leeds Hospital Alert Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Next meeting: 9 Jan at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Details: 278 5495, info@leedshospitalalert. org.uk

Leeds Microscopical Society Meets two Thurs per month.

Talks, demonstrations & practical evenings. Enjoy the microscopical world of nature. Visitors welcome.

Details: Mike Smith 293 5991, leedsmicroscopical.org.uk 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 5512 Leeds RSPB Group meets Weds 17 Jan, 7.30pm at Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Ln, LS2 9DX for an Iillustrated talk by Mark Pearson on ‘Filey Bay: seabird nirvana’. Sat 27 Jan: Coach trip to Potteric Carr, dep 8.10am Roundhay, 8:30am Leeds, call 07722 120540 to book. Details: rspbleeds@googlemail.com National Trust Association Leeds Tues 9 Jan, 10am at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd: ‘Nostell Priory’ a talk by Jenny Layfield £3. Details: Phil McShane 225 1166, phil_mcshane@ yahoo.co.uk

Shadwell Horticultural Society meets 2nd Thurs, 7.30pm in Methodist Church, Main St. for interesting talks on gardening topics. Details: Susan Frost 273 8821 Slaid Hill in Bloom meets 1st Sat at 10am outside The Dexter, Wigton Ln. for 2 hours. Followed by lunch.

Details: www.slaidhillinbloom.org Welsh Society Welsh lessons to suit all levels, plus a varied entertainment programme. Details: 269 4268 & 286 8660 West Yorkshire Fuchsia & Pot Plant Society meets Wed 17 Jan, 7.45pm at Paxton Hall, Kirkstall Ln, Headingley & A review of 2017 & a look forward to a new year for their plants. Members are invited to bring plants for advice on over wintering. Visitors welcome.

Details: Graham Wheatley 256 3055, wheatleygraham@yahoo.co.uk White Rose Speakers Club meets every 2nd & 4th Mon, 7.30pm at Horsforth Museum, LS18 5JB. Helping people improve their public speaking skills, boost their selfconfidence & have fun. Everyone welcome. Details: Pauline 269 3542

MUSIC 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). Details: info@ cantabile-choir-leeds.org.uk CoMA Leeds Interested in playing contemporary music with a difference? Friendly, enthusiastic ensemble is looking for musicians to take part in a Leeds event March 2018 (part of a nationwide festival).

Monthly rehearsals at Harehills Lane Baptist Church LS8 4HE. Details: phone/text 077421 96622 Leeds Youth Opera Singing & drama for 12 - 25 years. Rehearse Sat am in central Leeds for staged shows in Feb & July. Junior LYO (8-12) meet Sat 3 - 4.30pm. Details www. leedsyouthopera.org Fading Cells 4-piece electro-acoustic ukulele combo offers free easy listening/sing-a-long entertainment with well-known pop tunes from 60s onwards, for charity work, fundraising etc. Details: Bob Bond 07800 982156, baldeaglejones.bj@ gmail.com Folk Fiddle Group meets Thurs 7pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, LS2 9BN. A relaxed group of enthusiastic folk musicians it welcomes new members on any instruments, violinists especially welcome. No previous experience with folk music necessary.

Details: Iveta 07547 112171, www. leedsfolkfiddlegroup.co.uk

Leeds Guild of Singers Confident sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? New members in all voice groups welcome, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: secretary@leedsguildofsingers.org.uk Leeds People’s Choir meets Wed, 7.30 - 9pm, at Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Sq. Singing songs of joy, peace, struggle, liberation from around the world. Open to anyone who enjoys singing. Details: Ruth Bell 07984 352157, sruthbell@gmail.com, www.leedspeopleschoir.co.uk Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at Lidgett Park Methodist Church Hall, Lidgett Pl, LS8 1HG. All abilities welcome. £6 per session.

Details: jen@bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup.wordpress. com SENIORS Chair Yoga Tues, 12 noon at Lidgett Ln Community Centre. Gentle chair-based approach to yoga, aimed at older people & suitable for all abilities. First session free!. £4.

Details: Andrew or Roisin 887 3595 Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat. Transport can be provided.

Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne & Paul 268 2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_chaplin@ hotmail.com Don’t Act Your Age a social improvisation group for the over 50s, meets Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. No experience necessary. £6 per session.

Details: Ron 266 7722 Lunch & Chat First Monday of each month, 1pm at Tree Tops Centre (next to Thackrah Court, Shadwell Lane).

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Volunteer with Older People Moor Allerton Elderly Care (MAECare) works with older people in LS17, helping to reduce social isolation & improve quality of life. They need volunteers (aged 16+) to help with friendly visits, offer help at groups & activities or provide occasional lifts. Expenses (incl mileage or fares) are offered. Details: 266 0371, info@ maecare.org.uk, www.maecare.org.uk Roundhay Tea & Chat Club meets Tues afternoons, just off Street Lane.

Varied programme of speakers, music, meals out & theatre, but mainly opportunity to socialise & make new friends, Current membership is 70 - 96. Details: Carole 07808 030 702 RVS Community Action for Roundhay Elderly welcomes people over 65 at their 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 RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours for over 60s in Chapel Allerton.

Friendly trips, events & clubs, incl. model making (Tues 3pm, 45 Potternewton Ln), Games Group (Wed 2pm, Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre), Singing (2nd & 4th Mon, 1am Inkwell), monthly meeting with entertainment (1st Tues 2pm Methodist Centre). Details: Stephanie or Dan, 887 3596/ 07876 745627 Sporting Memories Thurs 11am – 12 noon at The Tiled Hall Café Central Library. Listen to & share Sporting Memories with older sports fans.

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The Tea Cosy+ Dementia Café.

Specifically for people with dementia & their carers. Open 1st Wed each month, 11am - 1.30pm, Lidgett Lane Community Centre, LS17 6QP. Tea & coffee, homemade sandwiches & cakes, support for carers, Singing for the Brain. £2.50 per person.

TALKS Café Economique Tues 9 Jan, 7.30pm at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton LS7 3PD. Dr Julie Gosling from the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, presents ‘The Price of Wellbeing and the Costs of Cutting Corners’. £4 on door

SUPPORT Leeds Coeliac Group Fri 26 Jan, 7pm at Sheesh Mahal Indian Restaurant, 346 Kirkstall Rd, LS4 2DS - Gluten free meal. Details & to book: 07941 667 865, stevescott34@hotmail.co.uk Leeds Healing Centre from 5 Jan, will be at HEART, Bennett Road, Headingley, LS6 3HN. Fri noon - 2.30pm. Healing to aid relaxation & promote wellbeing by professional team of volunteers. £5, no appointments necessary.

Details: 07985 121810, www. leedshealingcentre.org. Also at Friend’s Meeting House, Roundhay, Thurs 7pm - 8.30pm. Details: 07949 972690 Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-judgmental 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 Parkinson’s UK (Leeds) provides support for all affected by Parkinson’s disease. Wed 10 Jan: 2pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Talk about Wiltshire Farm Foods. Details: Carol 01943 513607/ cookcarolann55@ gmail.com, Harry hsut31@ntlworld. com Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club For former cardiac patients. Friendly, evening exercise classes with qualified Phase 4 instructors. Details: 07949 307955, wghcardiacclub@gmail.com, www. wharfedalecardiacclub.org.uk

Leeds Cafe Scientifique meets 17 Jan, 8pm at Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton for a talk by Prof Andy Challinor on the ‘Impacts of Climate Change’. Free.

Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society & City Museum Thurs 18 Jan, 2pm at City Museum, a lecture,

by Prof Stephen Mobbs on ‘Volcanic disruption of air travel: Can we do better?’. All welcome. Details: www. leedsphilandlit.org.uk/events.html Royal Meteorological Society (Yorkshire) Monthly informal public talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds.

25 Jan: ‘Meteorological Tsunamis’

by David Williams (University of Liverpool). Free & open to all. Details: yorkshire@rmets.org, tinyurl.com/ rmetsyc Yorkshire Historical & Archaeological Society (Family History Section) Sat 13 Jan, 11am at Swarthmore, 2 – 7, Woodhouse Sq. LS3 1AD. A lecture entitled ‘The Old Cinemas of Leeds’

by Jane Ellis. Visitors welcome.

WOMEN’S GROUPS Alwoodley WI meets 3rd Wed, 7.30pm at St Barnabas Church Hall (off The Vine). Learn, chat, laugh, make friends & help the community. Aged 18-80 – you are 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 Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs, 10.30am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Details: Joan McShane 225 1166 Roundhay WI meets 2nd Thurs, 7pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd, LS8 1JN. 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 Soroptimist International of Leeds meets 2nd Mon, 7.30pm at Weetwood Hall Hotel, LS16 5PS. Visitors welcome. www.sigbi.org/leeds/ MISC/ EVENTS Community Hall Available for Hire Roundhay Parochial Hall (near Oakwood Clock) is considering applications from community groups interested in hiring the Main Hall on Saturday mornings (also available some Sat pm). Suitable for activities like dance, some sports (not football), & children activities.

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