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The days are getting brighter and hopefully we are all emerging into a brighter future!

Exciting recent developments this month include the announcement of Leeds first Literature Festival; and a Northern Short Story Academy. Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre present their first collaboration – The Rite of Spring and Puccini’s short comic opera ‘Gianni Schicchi’. And, Banff Mountain Festival returns to Leeds Town Hall with more stunning films from around the world.

Thanks to the Friends of Roundhay Park’s ‘Mums on a Mission’, there is a fabulous new children’s

playground in the park for families with young children to enjoy. For gaming fans, the National Science and Media Museum is once again hosting the Yorkshire Games Festival. And, Yorkshire Life Aquatic is presenting ‘The Human Aquarium’ at the St John Shopping Centre - looking at the world through the eyes of sea mammals.

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10 16 20 24 26 38 40 46 10 Leeds in Your Lunch Hour Dr Kevin Grady, presents another series of lunchtime lectures at Holy Trinity Church.

16 Slung Low Announces Classes for Spring Term - Cultural Community College presents more PWYD courses in Holbeck.

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24 A Brand-New Re-working of ‘The Rite of Spring' - Phoenix Dance Theatre and Opera North collaborate for the first time.

26 New Lakeside Playground in Roundhay Park - After months of fundraising, the new Lakeside Playground is now open.

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Matt, who wowed the judges on Professional Masterchef and runs the Foundry restaurant in Leeds, will be leading the kitchen at the event.

He will be serving his famous roast dinner – which was recently crowned Britain’s best – to around 300 guests.

The Sporting Social is back for a third year, hosted by TV’s Clare Balding, and featuring sports personalities who will reminisce about their greatest moments, on and off the field. Big names in athletics, football, cricket

and rugby will also take on the audience in a fast-paced sports speed quiz to see if their brains match their brawn! Last year guests included Sir Chris Hoy, boxer Johnny Nelson, Paralympian Hannah Cockroft and footballers Dominic Matteo and Danny Mills.

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Life&Style Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Celebrates its 200th Anniversary!

For two centuries the ‘Phil and Lit’ has played a significant part in the city’s cultural life through its lectures, concerts, publications, support for research and education, and most notably through the legacy of its magnificent museum which people can still explore and enjoy. This year marks the Society’s bicentenary and a series of special events is being organised to celebrate highlights from its long history and its role in the city today.

The story begins in 1819, when post-war Leeds was booming, pots of money were being made by the new industrialist entrepreneurs, but there was deep concern that the town was lagging behind culturally and intellectually. A public meeting was called to whip up support for a Philosophical and Literary Society to promote ‘Natural

Knowledge’ (we’d call it science) and Literature in the town. The cream of Leeds commercial and professional society joined – merchants, bankers, doctors, lawyers, clerics, artists. Many subscribed a massive £100 each for an ambitious new building to house lectures, scientific demonstrations and a museum – one of the first purposebuilt halls of its kind.

‘Philosophical Hall’ opened in Bond Street in 1821, with lectures on chemistry, geology, anatomy, etc from a range of eminent speakers. Over the following years the Society attracted some of the most famous figures of the day to lecture on new and exciting ideas and developments in science and the arts – naturalists, archaeologists, physicists, writers, social reformers: a rich input into the life of the town, stimulating innovation and discussion.

The Society’s museum was inundated with objects donated by its enthusiastic members, reflecting their wealth, global travels and breadth of interests. Rare natural history specimens were solicited from explorers like Livingstone.

The Society’s curators carefully classified, displayed and conserved everything – outstanding collections of Roman

sculpture, historic coins, geological and botanical specimens from across the world, rare animal skeletons (even ancient hippo bones found in Armley), as well unique items like the fabulous mummy of Nesyamun and the iconic Bengal tiger (once a rug!). The building had to be hugely extended, with a new entrance portico in Park Row. It took on an educational role and became recognised as the leading provincial museum of its day.

But society was changing, and in 1921, after long deliberation, the Society took the decision to donate Philosophical Hall and its entire collection to the Council as a public museum for the city. Twenty years later in WW2 the building was hit by a bomb and badly damaged, though

luckily most of the objects survived. It was patched up and used until 1966 when everything was transferred to rooms in the central library building and finally in 2008 to the splendidly restored Mechanics Institute building: the present City Museum. But the Society retains its connection: it is still based in the City Museum and helps to support the work of the whole museum service.

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A major part of the Society’s work has always been its publications: reports of its proceedings, sent out to other learned societies across the world, and its one-off papers and volumes. One of the first of these was the account published in 1828 of the carefully planned opening after 3,000 years of the coffin of the mummy Nesyamun and the meticulous unwrapping and analysis of the body: exemplary research and reporting for its time. 180 years later, in 2008, the Society published the first complete translation of the hieroglyphic texts on the coffin. Its many publications over the

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years have covered new research and important developments in science and the arts, across the cultural borders.

Today the Society continues to offer lectures, open to everyone, across a wide range of topics, and holds special events like its annual science fair. An important aspect of its work is the award

of grants to support cultural activities in the city. You can find out more at www.leedsphilandlit.org.uk, together with details of all the bicentenary events this year, which include a series of exhibitions at The Leeds Library in Commercial Street starting in March and, later in the year, a conference highlighting the Society’s first 100 years and the part it played in the city’s history.

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Leeds in Your Lunch Hour The history of Leeds comes under the spotlight again when Leeds historian, Dr Kevin Grady, presents another series of free half-hour lunchtime lectures (1.15 - 1.45pm) at Holy Trinity Church, Boar Lane, LS1.

Wednesday 6th February: ‘The Lost 18th & 19th Century Churches and Chapels of Leeds City Centre’ tells the intriguing story of the twenty or more now demolished 18th and 19th century churches and chapels of Leeds city centre.

Pictured: Leeds Colour Cloth Hall in 1812

Wednesday 13th February: ‘The Age of the Cloth Halls’ Its magnificent cloth halls were once the pride and powerhouses of Georgian and Victorian Leeds.

Wednesday 20th February: ‘The Remarkable Story of Hunslet’: From Medieval Manor to Industrial Suburb The amazing evolution of Hunslet from the Middle Ages to the present day is revealed, with many previously unseen images.

Pictured: Hunslet Feast Penny Hill 1850

“My lectures aim to tempt city centre workers and people with time to spare to pop into Holy Trinity Church at lunchtime to enjoy half an hour of the fascinating and entertaining history of Leeds”, said Dr Grady. “The lectures are free, require no booking, and will be full of surprises!

“The redevelopment of Leeds city centre over the last two hundred years means that we have lost many remarkable Georgian and Victorian buildings, which would now be architectural treasures. This year I look at the Leeds cloth halls, its lost churches and chapels, and historic Hunslet before slum clearance and motorway development wiped away much of its character.

The final lecture tells the story of Leeds Civic Trust’s historic blue plaques scheme and how it both recalls the heritage we have lost and celebrates the wonderful heritage still with us today that makes Leeds such a remarkable city.”

Wednesday 27th February: ‘The Writings on the Walls’: The Story of the Leeds Civic Trust Historic Blue Plaques Scheme The lively story and highlights of the scheme which began in 1987 with the aim of erecting just a dozen plaques and expanded to reach over 150 thirty years later.

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Chloe Receives Point of Light Award Chloe Tear, a third year Psychology and Child Development student at Leeds Trinity University, recently received a Points of Light award, which recognises volunteers who are making a difference in their community and inspiring others.

Chloe is a disability activist and creator of the award-winning blog ‘Life as a Cerebral Palsy student’. She writes about her experience of living with disabilities, raising awareness of conditions such as cerebral palsy and sight loss. Her blog has had over 80,000 views and she has written for 45 organisations including Scope, the Royal Institute of Blind People, Huffington Post, and the BBC. She is listed on the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100, which recognises the most influential disabled people in the UK. Chloe works closely with ‘CP Teens’, which supports teenagers and young people living with cerebral palsy and other related illnesses.

“To be awarded with a Point of Light for my volunteering work is unbelievable!” said Chloe. “It is such an honour to receive such a

prestigious award and I cannot thank everyone enough for their support along the way. I am proud to be able to use my experiences to support, educate and empower others. I hope this is just the beginning of the work I do towards raise awareness for disability and I am excited to see what the future holds.”

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Leeds Trinity Leeds Trinity University is holding a series of workshops and writing days to help aspiring and established writers develop their writing style and work towards completing a novel, poetry or short story collection.

‘Write through the Winter’ consists of three workshops on aspects of creative writing and four ‘Space to Write Days’, where writers can work on their projects in a creative and friendly environment.

The workshops include plot and structure, dialogue and place, editing and rewriting. They will be led by Leeds Trinity alumni, including children’s and young-adult novelist Liz Flanagan; author Ali Harper; crime novelist Liz Mistry; and poet and writer Maria Stephenson, who will lead the Space to Write Days.

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The series is an addition to the Leeds Trinity Writers' Festival, which takes place on 13th March and is now in its fifthteenth year. The Festival has become a highlight on the local writing calendar, providing an opportunity to

work with professional writers, attend workshops and listen to readings from the featured writers.

“Over the years, our Writers’ Festival days have sown the seeds of many poems, stories, and even novels that have gone on to be published”, said Oz Hardwick, Poet and Professor of English and Creative Writing at Leeds Trinity University. “These workshops offer a further level of support for writers wishing to develop their craft.”

Write through the Winter takes place 10am – 4pm at Leeds Trinity University on: Saturday 26th January: Plot and Structure with Ali Harper; 23rd February: Dialogue and Place with Liz Flanagan; and 30th March: Editing and Rewriting with Liz Mistry, (£25 each/ £50 for all three).

Space to Write Days (10am – 4pm) are on: Saturdays 19th January, 9th February, 9th March, and 6th April, (£15 per session).

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By Eveleigh Bradford

William Denison Roebuck, FLS (1851 – 1919) Naturalist, Collector, Writer Slugs and snails are unpopular creatures, the gardener’s voracious enemy, but for William Denison Roebuck they were endlessly fascinating subjects for examination and investigation. A friend remembered him sitting at the tea table with a slice of bread and butter in one hand and a jar of recently collected snails in the other – not as a tasty delicacy, but to gaze at while he ate, in the hope of identifying a rare specimen.

He was born in Leeds in 1851, the son of a printer, David Roebuck. He was seven when Charles Darwin published his ground-breaking work ‘On the Origin of Species’ and perhaps this was one of the triggers which led him to devote his life and energies to the pursuit of the natural sciences, observing, collecting, writing, and creating a system for the collection of data which would make his name nationally known. He certainly admired Darwin’s work, and years later in 1880 it was he who arranged and led a deputation from the Yorkshire Union of Naturalists to Darwin’s home at Down in Kent to present him with a memorial address.

In his youth his parents bought a holiday house in Pannal, where he could roam the countryside and study its teeming natural life: butterflies, bees, insects, and particularly molluscs, all enthralled him. He found friends who shared his passions. He and three others founded the Leeds Shell Club, exploring, collecting and classifying their finds. This was a time of intense interest in natural history and new methods of scientific investigation, and other enthusiasts soon joined them. A Yorkshire Conchological Society was formed with William Roebuck as its Hon. Secretary, which evolved into a national society: the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, founded in 1876 (one of the first of its kind in the world). Later, in the 1890s, he pioneered through the Society a national scheme for the compilation of a systematic record of the distribution of British land and

freshwater molluscs across the country which became known as ‘Roebuck’s census’ and laid the foundation for other similar studies of species distribution.

In 1870 he helped to found the Leeds Field Naturalists Club and was the inspirer and organiser of the Yorkshire Union of Naturalists, which brought together some forty naturalist societies with thousands of members across the county. For thirty years he was the dedicated Secretary of the Union and editor of its influential journal, ‘The Naturalist’. He instituted new ventures like the popular annual ‘Fungus Forays’ which got people out fungus-hunting and recording their finds. Under his guidance the Union became a powerful and successful instrument of local scientific research. (150 years later it still flourishes, as does its journal).

He became a recognised authority on slugs and snails, here and abroad – in his honour a new ‘large and peculiar’ specimen of slug found in Zanzibar was named after him!

He contributed to important studies of bees and was author of the entomological chapters in the respected Victoria County Histories for the northern counties. His work led to his election as Fellow of the Linnean

He became a recognised authority on slugs and snails, and a new ‘large and peculiar’ specimen of slug was named in his honour!

Society (FLS). An enthusiastic communicator, he collaborated in various publishing ventures: ‘A Handbook of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire’ in 1881, which became a standard work; ‘Land and Freshwater Shells: An Introduction to the Study of Conchology’ in 1889 (aimed at young collectors); and ‘A Monograph of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles’ in 1894.

1915 (now in the University’s Special Collections). He was widely travelled, in India and Africa. He never married but lived most of his life with his parents and sisters, originally near the centre of town but from about 1899 in Hyde Park Road, overlooking Woodhouse Moor.

His heart seems to have been totally dedicated to his work and specialist interests. In 1915 his achievements were recognised by the University of Leeds with the award of an honorary degree of Master of Science.

His enthusiasms extended into other fields. He was a lifetime member of the Philosophical and Literary Society and the Thoresby (Historical) Society, and a founder and later president of the Leeds Philatelic Society – he had the pleasure of showing his extensive, unique collection of postage stamps and labels to King George V, another stamp enthusiast, on the royal visit to Leeds in

He died in 1919 aged 68, after a stroke, acknowledged as a pioneer in the scientific, methodical investigation of the natural world, and a born naturalist - ‘No living creature, however lowly it might appear on the scale of creation, failed to interest him’.

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Slung Low Announces Classes for Spring Term

has been chosen by the participants from the first term

Pictured: The Slung Low team - James Blakey, Joanna Resnick, Sally Proctor, Matt Angove & Alan Lane Photo: Joseph Priestley

After a hugely successful first term at their Cultural Community College, the Leeds theatre company Slung Low has unveiled a new programme of Pay What You Decide cultural classes. The first term attracted over 350 people and half of the courses were sold out within 24hrs of the term’s announcement!

The new term starts 17th February at The Holbeck, Jenkinson Lawn, LS11 9QX and offers a range of cultural activities including Woodwork, Podcasting, Asian Cookery, T’ai Chi, Fire Eating, and Mental Health First Aid. The courses will be led by artists from the region, who will share their skills, experience and passions. These include poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan, author Adelle Stripe and the team from Manjit’s Kitchen.

The curriculum has been chosen by the participants from the first term, who have automatically become members of the College.

“For this second term we’ve listened to what people told us they wanted to learn”, said Alan Lane, Slung Low’s Artistic Director. “We’re committed to growing the college community as widely as possible and excited to welcome new and old friends.”

Slung Low aims to create unlikely, ambitious and original adventures for audiences outside of conventional theatre spaces.

Recently the company produced the award-winning ‘Flood’ by James Phillips as part of Hull UK City of Culture 2017. The Cultural Community College is a major part of the company’s long-term ambition to create

Leeds People’s Theatre – a citizen theatre that produces outdoor political theatre for the city combining Slung Low’s staging style with a programme of participation and citizen training.

The Cultural Community College is supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Arts Council England. An advisory board made up of educators from across the education spectrum including universities, theatre education departments and the private sector will support the team throughout the new term.

For further information, visit www. slunglow.org/cultural-communitycollege/

Ceramics, Opera, Food

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and Music at Sunny Bank Sunny Bank introduces its Spring programme with Slip: an exhibition of contemporary ceramics, print and drawing. Ten ceramicists celebrate the diversity of process and sculptural form that can all be produced using a form of clay. Amongst those exhibiting are a number of Yorkshire artists including Eric Moss and Ben Arnup, Jo Lee, Colin Jowitt and former Ones to Watch winner Siamak Foroutan. This work will sit alongside stunning graphite abstracts from studio holder Brisbane Taylor and beautifully composed still life prints by Sarah du Feu.

The West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra is teaming up with the Gallery, Trouble at Mill and Salvo’s restaurant to present an evening of gorgeous Italian food and great music. Tickets (£36) are available from the Gallery.

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Sunny Bank’s Spring Programme also includes The Leeds Vintage and Home Fair on 9th /10th February in the historic Old Woollen building; and Opera at the Mill on Friday 15th / Saturday 16th March. ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ will be conducted by Davide Levi who has worked with some of the finest orchestras and opera companies in Europe and returns to the Mill to conduct the West Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra.

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Life&Style Where Could a PGCE from Leeds Trinity University Take You? Sam Stones completed his PGCE Business at Leeds Trinity University in 2015. In the three years since then, Sam has made a big impact in his teaching career, quickly progressing to Associate Leader in the Faculty of Maths, Computing, Economics and Business.

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He has carried out research on the progression of white-working class boys, led an international fourweek residential trip to Borneo, been published in

education journals, and worked as an examiner and moderator. He is also studying for a Masters in Education at Leeds Trinity University and mentors current PGCE students there. Last November, in recognition of everything he has achieved, he was named as a Yorkshire Teacher of the Year.

Sam’s is one of many success stories from Leeds Trinity University’s PGCE programmes.

Having trained teachers for over 50 years, the University has developed a supportive and flexible structure for its University-led route which gives you the time to gradually develop confidence and experience at your own pace – whether you join them with plenty of school experience or are changing careers after a long time out of education. It also offers School Direct and School-Centred Initial Teacher Training routes, for those who feel ready to go straight into a school.

All three routes provide a wide range of subject areas – from Maths to Modern Foreign Languages – and benefit from hundreds of partnerships that the University has developed across the region. From small rural primary schools to inner-city high schools, these partnerships ensure that you’ll develop the knowledge, skills and practical experience you need to teach.

Where you choose to train will have a long-term impact on your teaching career, so it’s crucial that you make a decision that’s right for you. To find out more about training to teach at Leeds Trinity, the University is holding a PGCE Open Day on Saturday 23rd February, 11am – 2pm. To book your place, visit leedstrinity.ac.uk/PGCE

Pictured: Sam Stones Teacher of the Year

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PGCE Open Day Saturday 23 February, 11.00am – 2.00pm If you’re interested in becoming a teacher, come to our PGCE Open Day to discover why studying at Leeds Trinity University could be the start of an amazing and rewarding teaching career.

Book your place today – leedstrinity.ac.uk/pgce For more information on our postgraduate courses, visit leedstrinity.ac.uk/postgraduate or call 0113 283 7150

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The First Ever Leeds Lit Fest!

The first ever ‘Leeds Lit Fest’ will take place at venues across the city from Wednesday 6th – Sunday 10th March.

The programme will celebrate the vibrant and thriving literature scene that exists in Leeds with local writers, performers and artists showcasing their talents alongside those from across the UK and internationally. There will be author talks, workshops, performance, poetry and spoken word events, including a Storytelling Takeover at Carriageworks Theatre.

Partner organisations will include The Leeds Library, Leeds Libraries, Carriageworks Theatre, Chapel FM, The Leeds Big Bookend and Northern Short Story Festival, Headingley LitFest, Hyde Park Book Club, MILIM, Leeds Minster, Leeds Church Institute and #foundfiction. The Festival will use some of the most creative spaces in the city with a lineup that will see more than 30 events taking place over the five days, incorporating the rich mix of influences from the different partners, all of whom have extensive experience of bringing literature events to the city.

“For many years, the partners involved have been putting on their own literature events and festivals very successfully but the city itself has never had its

We feel that the time is right for a Leeds Lit Fest that is citywide and that celebrates its literature past, present and future own literature festival”, said Carl Hutton, Chair of the Leeds Lit Fest Working Group and CEO of The Leeds Library. “We feel that the time is right for a Leeds Lit Fest that is citywide and that celebrates its literature past, present and future. In wanting the Festival to have the city at its heart, we have looked to include some of the venues, organisations and people that have championed writing in the city for many years.

We are keen for Leeds Lit Fest to have its own distinctive character, that it is quirky, challenges, and presents a fresh approach to how a literature festival can be.”

Fiona Gell from the Leeds Big Bookend and Northern Short Story Festival said: “We are delighted to be one of the partners involved in the first ever Leeds Lit Fest. For many years we have worked with and championed writers, poets and performers of Leeds – such as Caryl Phillips, Chris Nickson, Frances Brody, Clare Fisher, Becky Cherriman, Ian Harker, Ian Duhig, Tony Harrison and Alan Bennett. There is so much writing talent in the city and it is crying out for a platform such as this. We hope that the Leeds Lit Fest will be the start of something great for the city and that it will continue for many years to come.”

‘Kes’ Returns to Leeds Playhouse

The story of young Billy and his unlikely friendship in challenging circumstances is so impactful.

As part of the theatre’s Spring 2019 season, Leeds Playhouse is bringing the wonderful Yorkshire story ‘Kes’ to its Pop-Up stage. Fifty years on from the Ken Loach film, this stage adaptation

by Robert Alan Evans received rave reviews when first performed at The Playhouse in 2016.

Kes is being remounted by Associate Director Martin Leonard and designed by Max Johns. Max will also design ‘random’

by Debbie Tucker Green, which will play in rep with Kes for the final two weeks of the production.

Jack Lord reprises his role from the 2016 production, and Lucas Button makes his Leeds Playhouse debut as young Billy Casper. Both Jack and Lucas have just finished working together on the War Horse UK tour.

Kes plays in Leeds Playhouse’s Pop-Up theatre from 25th January to 16th February.

“This is such a momentous year in Leeds Playhouse’s history, and the perfect opportunity to restage this much-loved Yorkshire tale”, said Amy Leach, Leeds Playhouse Associate Director.

“The story of young Billy and his unlikely friendship in challenging circumstances is so impactful."

Based on the Barry Hines 1968 novel, A Kestrel for a Knave, the story tells of the unique friendship between boy and bird as 15 year old Billy Casper adopts, cares for and trains a Kestrel. Contending with a bullying older brother and tyrannical school master, Kes opens up young Billy’s life, allowing him to fly.

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NSSF Academy to Support 12 Yorkshire Writers

Pictured: Back: Anna Chilvers, Andrea Hardaker, Jenna Isherwood,

The Northern Short Story Festival Academy will be supporting twelve short story writers from Yorkshire in 2019.

The selected writers form the first year’s intake to The Northern Short Story Festival Academy which was launched last year. Among them is a Pushcart nominee, the winner of the Bare Fiction prize, the winner of the Walter Swan Writing Prize, and a Best of British Short Stories author.

The Northern Short Story Festival Academy is a development programme that promotes writing excellence and aims to help short story writers in Yorkshire take their writing to the next level. Participants will join a monthly workshop critique group led by writer Anna Chilvers where they will critique each others’ stories. They will also have an opportunity to have their work critiqued by an experienced short story writer or literary editor. They will showcase their work at the Northern Short Story Festival at The Carriageworks from 31st May – 2ndJune.

"When we opened our Academy programme to applications, we did it knowing that there was a lot of talent in the region, and our academicians are proof of that”, said SJ Bradley, Programme Director, Northern Short Story Festival. “Our programme will help them develop critical and professional skills and become better writers.

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“We are unaware of any other scheme that offers a development programme to so many short story writers. We're doing it as a voluntary organisation with a tiny budget and are very grateful to Arts@Leeds, Leeds City Council, our sponsors and supporters for enabling the Academy scheme, as well as our year-round programme of events which offers high-quality support and meaningful development for all writers.”

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VERVE Premieres Adventurous New Dance at The Riley VERVE, the award-winning postgraduate dance company of Northern School of Contemporary Dance, premieres an exhilarating new show at the Riley Theatre on Chapeltown Road, on 22nd/23rd February.

Their self-titled mixed bill brings together four distinctive pieces of dance, specially crafted for them by some of the most engaging voices in contemporary dance today. This year’s guest choreographers include Joan Clevillé (back after the success of his work ‘The North’ at Riley Theatre in 2017), Maxine Doyle (associate director of the internationally renowned PUNCHDRUNK), Ben Wright (Artistic Codirector of Candoco Dance Company) and acclaimed Israeli choreographer Noa Zuk. From cinematic visuals and poetic storytelling to humorous theatricality and daring physical ability it’s guaranteed to be a wild evening out.

This year’s company comprises thirteen exceptional dancers from the UK, Chile, Italy, Portugal, Singapore and Uruguay, each on the cusp of their professional careers.

Every year VERVE tours to venues up and down the country, delighting both seasoned dance audiences and those new to dance with their fierce physical precision and captivating energy.

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Pictured: Jeanguy Saintus

A Brand-New Re-working of ‘The Rite of Spring’ Collaborating for the first time, Phoenix Dance Theatre and Opera North will present a re-working of the ballet ‘The Rite of Spring’ at Leeds Grand Theatre on 16th, 23rd and 28th February, and 2nd March, at 7.30pm.

This 20th century piece is set to a groundbreaking score by Igor Stravinsky. The 1913 premiere almost caused a riot in Paris as unconventional choreography and shockingly dissonant music provoked anger from the audience.

“By presenting brand-new contemporary choreography alongside the thoroughly modern and complex score performed

by Opera North’s orchestra, we are becoming a part of the colourful history of this piece over 100 years after it was first performed”, said Sharon Watson, Artistic Director, Phoenix Dance Theatre.

In his UK choreographic debut, internationally-acclaimed Haitian choreographer Jeanguy Saintus is to rework the piece. “I am thrilled about my upcoming adventure with Phoenix Dance Theatre and am looking forward to exchanging ideas, and movements with the dancers and the creative team”, he said. “To re-envision a revered narrative choreographed by luminaries sounds like quite a feat. I will bring my truth to this rite of passage, embedding the initiation into how I experience Haitian culture.

There will be dialogue. There will also be discomfort. But throughout, we will value respectful empathy.”

‘The Rite of Spring’ also sees the return of ex-company dancer Yann Seabra, but in a different guise – he will be designing the costumes. Since leaving Phoenix, Yann trained in Theatre Design at Motley

Theatre Design in London and has designed for leading directors in dance, opera, film and TV. “I was lucky enough to work with some talented choreographers and make long-lasting friendships at Phoenix Dance”, said Yann. “Phoenix also gave me the opportunity to engage in my new adventures as a designer and stimulated me to move on to my new career. I am thrilled to return as a designer, working once again with Sharon Watson, who’s commitment continues to drive and grow the company.”

‘The Rite of Spring’ will be presented as part of a double bill with Puccini’s short comic opera ‘Gianni Schicchi’.

“Opera North has long sought to programme a new version of The Rite of Spring”, said Richard Mantle, Opera North’s General Director. “We are delighted that Jeanguy Saintus will be choreographing this new version of one of the most significant pieces of dance music of the 20th century, and we are equally excited to collaborate with Phoenix Dance Theatre for the first time for this visceral, gripping work.”

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CommunityNews New Lakeside Playground in Roundhay Park a Huge Success

Pictured: Richard Critchley, Sara Dawson, Laura Webb, Petra Smith, Julia Wilson, Lexi Moffatt

After months of fundraising, the new Lakeside Playground in Roundhay Park opened just in time for Christmas. Themed around the history of Roundhay Park, the new playground features a castle, pirate ship, static train, musical pipes, eight swings, somersault bars, stepping pods, an explorers’ bridge, inclusive roundabout, springers and a spinner bowl.

The Friends of Roundhay Park Fundraising Committee, made up of Laura Webb, Petra Smith, Lexi Moffatt, Sara Dawson and Julia Wilson, was dubbed ‘Mums on a mission’!

“This whole project just goes to show how you can achieve anything if you give it to a bunch of busy mums!” said Laura. “I’m really proud of what we achieved and how the community and local businesses got behind us and supported us every step of the way to make it happen.”

The team wanted to ensure that children of all abilities would be able to enjoy the new

playground and the Committee worked closely with PhysCap and John Jameson school, who offered insight and advice to help make the playground a place that all families could enjoy.

Kompan, the playground supplier, matchfunded the project £50,000 after the Playground team won the company’s 2018 competition, and worked hard to install it before Christmas, often battling torrential rain, which required regularly draining the site.

“We were delighted to see such a worthy winner of our 2018 match-funding competition”, said Simon Burke of Kompan.

“It has been fantastic to be part of this project with the Friends of Roundhay Park.”

“We are delighted with the fundraising efforts of our members, which means that a wonderful new playground for the youngest children in the area has been built

at the Lakeside”, said Richard Critchley, Chairman of Friends of Roundhay Park.

“This has been achieved through the efforts of young mother members, who FoRP supported in raising the staggering amount of money needed. We would also like to thank our volunteers who painted the fences surrounding the playground.

“We are grateful, too, to the many local businesses who contributed so generously, not forgetting the large organisations, the support of the Parks Department and local councillors, without whom we would not have been able to go ahead.

“The Friends are rightly proud of all their efforts that enhance and improve the park. These support the sterling work of the Council’s workers who keep the park in good shape and make Roundhay Park such a wonderful venue for the people of Leeds to enjoy.”

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CommunityNews Cllr Barry Anderson Adel & Wharfedale Ward

The State of the City 2018 Every year the Council holds its ‘State of the City’ event for councillors, which is themed around how the city is progressing in terms of business, health and social factors. This year’s event featured a Pudsey-business and how it involves young people by showing them how the company works. The company was keen to promote manufacturing as a career and has taken on a number of apprentices.

There were eight workshops covering a range of topics – including active lifestyles,

housing, living with long term conditions, the environment, and arts and culture.

Guest speakers outlined the issues people have to deal with and what is being done to help overcome them. At the active lifestyle workshop this was not just about physical health but also about how people’s mental health could sit alongside an active approach through community cohesion. Improving transport links in order to encourage active lifestyles was also addressed.

In the workshop regarding living with long term medical conditions, we were made aware of how certain conditions could be managed through digital applications and social prescribing, which helps people through support-based activities related to their needs.

Adel & Wharfedale Ward to have a number of local amateur dramatic companies, clubs and societies showcasing all kinds of cultural skills from flower growing and arranging to painting and exhibitions of local art.

A workshop dedicated to environmental activities focused on waste management and how communities can take ownership for their area. There is some great work going on – for example, Leeds in Bloom, local litter picking groups, and many of these involve and include children and young people who take pride in their area.

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In terms of the arts and culture, every community in Leeds has its own definition and there is a huge variety of events in our various communities. We are very lucky in

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Over £200,000 will be distributed to community projects that provide locally-based activities in the most deprived areas of the city. Working with Leeds City Council, Leeds Community Foundation launched the Holiday Hunger campaign in 2018, providing funding for over 40 projects which enabled vulnerable children to access food, fun activities, and learning and support for families.

“Healthy Holidays was one of Leeds’ success stories of 2018”, said Cllr Debra Coupar. “We are so pleased that the programme enabled children and their families to access over 4,500 food and activity sessions during the 2018 Easter and Summer holidays. We are delighted to be able to support the initiative in 2019.”

Pip Goff, Partnerships Director at Leeds Community Foundation said: “In 2018, we funded a fantastic range of activities – from wool craft to street dance, sport and cooking to gorge scrambling - all delivered alongside a healthy and nutritious cooked meal or packed lunch. We saw new connections and lasting partnerships formed as a result of the programme.

“The Healthy Holidays programme meant children benefitted from trying new experiences and activities, making friends, visiting new places, developing skills and going back into school with happy memories to share.”

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The Goosander is a member of a small but distinctive group of diving water birds known as ‘sawbills’ – a reference to their long serrated hook-tipped bills, which is a dark red colour in the Goosander.

It is larger than a Mallard with a thick neck, and male and female birds have very different plumage. The male has a white body, black back and dark green head. In Winter its white plumage is flushed pink, as if seen under a setting sun. The female, in contrast, has a grey body, a reddish-brown head with a drooping crest, white throat, brown neck and grey breast.

It is a bird of fresh water, breeding in upland lakes and slow flowing rivers, usually close to woods or forests.

It feeds on a variety of fish, including young salmon, trout and eels, and nests in holes in trees, tree stumps and sometimes special nestboxes. Young birds in trees must jump to the ground soon after hatching to reach the safety of water. Outside the breeding

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Garden Round Up With Tracy Foster

It may still be Winter, but as the days grow longer the urge to garden is difficult to resist! Here are some gardening jobs to do now: Plant Some Bulbs

Although most bulbs are planted in Autumn

Although most bulbs are planted in Autumn for a Spring display of flowers, there are lovely examples for planting now to bring colour a little later in the year. Lilies are a great choice for Summer colour and scent, or you could try Eucomis for an exotic look, Liatris with their fluffy mauve flower spikes in late Summer or Agapanthus for blue or white heads of starry flowers.

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Force Rhubarb for Delicious Early Stems

flowers, there are lovely examples for planting now

By covering over your rhubarb crowns to exclude light, you can encourage them to grow more quickly and put up pale, tender stems with delicious flavour.

You can buy fancy terracotta forcing pots for this, but really anything will do. My Gran used to use an old rusty bucket which worked perfectly.

There have been rhubarb farms in Yorkshire since the 1800s and each year the crisp, forced stalks are sent directly to London where huge sums of money change hands for a box of the best.

This handsome fellow is made of washed plastic pots

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Once the snowdrops have finished flowering, large clumps can be carefully dug up, split apart and re-planted in smaller clumps or shared with your gardening friends. This is a much more reliable method of increasing your stock than planting them as dry bulbs.

Get Ready to Sow Everyone you speak to seems to have far too many plastic plant pots. It makes sense to wash and re-use any that you do have and now is the perfect time to do it so that you are ready to get sowing seeds next month.

If you do need new seed trays and pots, new bamboo versions are now available which have the advantage of being totally biodegradable when they eventually wear out.

Plant Pot Scarecrow Here’s an idea for some half-term gardening fun that will use some of your surplus plastic plant pots. This handsome fellow was made by the REAP garden group a few years ago, he is made of washed plastic pots threaded onto string and decorated with sticky tape.

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Headingley Spring Open Gardens This year, Headingley Open Gardens is planned for Sunday 28th April. The change from mid-Summer to Spring offers an opportunity to showcase Spring flowers.

Once again, Headingley Open Gardens is inviting people to take part and show off their gardens. "We always welcome new gardens for this event and it's not too late to sign up for this year”, said Matthew from Headingley Development Trust, who organise Headingley Open Gardens. “I find people can sometimes be a little nervous about offering to open their gardens – thinking, perhaps, that they have to pristine. It’s much more about having an interesting variety of gardens to visit, both large and small."

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Film Review

By Samuel Payne

STAN & OLLIE DIRECTED BY: JON S. BAIRD STARRING: STEVE COOGAN, JOHN C. REILLY, SHIRLEY HENDERSON, STEPHANIE HYAM, DANNY HUSTON, NINA ARIANDA, RICHARD CANT CERT: PG RUNNING TIME: 97 MINS "Let's watch some of their films this weekend", a teenager whispers to her pal as the credits roll. Perhaps the ultimate commendation for ‘Stan & Ollie’— a new biopic about the turbulent lives of comedy icons Laurel & Hardy.

From superstardom in Thirties Hollywood to desperation in Fifties Britain, Jeff Pope’s sensitively executed story follows the final performances of Laurel and Hardy as the two ageing stars tour music halls up and down the country. When empty houses and broken promises begin to strain their fragile relationship, an old rift reopens — threatening their chances at a big screen comeback.

A whole generation has grown up in the media-rich digital age, yet so many have seemingly missed out on the films of Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, the Marx Brothers, Abbott and Costello and numerous other monochrome masters.

Like so many, Laurel & Hardy’s work has been relegated from mainstream programming to the preserve of boutique cinemas and specialised film festivals. That is, until now…

‘Stan & Ollie’ goes a long way to bring the genius of Laurel & Hardy back into focus, demonstrating why the double act was so popular for so long. In a casting masterstroke, Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly jump into Laurel & Hardy’s shabby shoes with pin-sharp recreations of memorable sketches, scoring plenty of laughs with a modern audience. Coogan is unrecognisable in a transformation which perfectly mimics Laurel’s elfin-like mugging, whilst Reilly channels Hardy’s blustering vocal rhythm and gait with uncanny accuracy. Combined with some truly award-winning make-up appliances, you’re instantly convinced the duo is the genuine article.

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly jump into Laurel & Hardy’s shabby shoes with pinsharp recreations But comedy pratfalling aside, it’s the off-screen dynamic which captivates and underpins this film. We learn that Stan and Ollie riff off each another with a similar, if less inflated rapport to their on-screen personas. During a blazing row which becomes physical, the exchange displays perfect comedy timing and evidences how in-tune the pair were with each other’s rhythms — even when off-duty. It would seem they were the perfect odd couple in life as they were on screen.

Gradually, the rigours of live performance take their toll, and tensions revive a decade-old argument: Following a dispute over money, Laurel’s studio contract was terminated, yet Hardy continued performing in his partner’s absence. It was a wounding betrayal for Laurel, who failed to completely forgive his co-star. The conflict escalates at a party, and provides a real assault course for Coogan and Reilly to interrogate the core of their characters beyond firststage caricature. The result is a superbly nuanced, sincere two-hander which gradually unpacks the complexities of friendship and, ultimately, the politics of forgiveness.

Some noteworthy antagonism is further waged by the acerbic Ida Laurel and Lucille Hardy. Providing two double-acts for the price of one, Shirley Henderson

and Nina Arianda deliver a hilarious subplot of distrust and dislike, mirroring their husbands’ lives with an unexpected and very moving resolution.

Director Jon S. Baird has somehow secured big screen values on a modest budget of just $10 million. Opening with a breath-taking shot which snakes through a checklist of iconography on a Hollywood backlot, the film soon transfers to the less glitzy landscape of Post-war Britain. Baird blends authenticity with nostalgia, signposting red telephone boxes and tea from china cups at every opportunity.

It feels like Britain viewed through the eyes of a tourist, with photography as vibrant as a Fifties seaside postcard.

As a biopic, ‘Stan & Ollie’ succeeds as a great technical achievement. The film also stands independently as a heartfelt and intimate story about the complexities of professional commitment and comradeship. It is ultimately a fable of forgiveness, framed by the pressures of chasing fame and fortune. But most importantly, through its bittersweet finale, it delivers the one last cinematic hurrah the duo failed to achieve themselves, and succeeds in reviving their work for a new generation to enjoy. Without doubt, ‘Stan & Ollie’ is another fine mess worth getting yourself into.

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Sound&Vision Another Great Night at The Brudenell The Brudenell Social Club consistently nurtures an eclectic music scene, making itself an essential stop on national tours for all sorts of acts. In this case it was The Alarm, the classic rockers of the 80s, the transatlantic troubadours Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts, and Californian newcomer Julia Othmer. It was a night of classic rock nostalgia for some, and an intriguing portal into a still evolving scene for others.

Julia Othmer, a singer songwriter/ keyboardist from San Diego was on her first tour of the UK. She is positive and engaging both on stage and off, keen to praise her supporters, fellow bands, the venue and herself. Her closing song was a celebration of self-affirmation – it’s always pleasant to be surrounded by a crowd chanting “I’m frickin’ awesome”!

Ryan Hamilton and the Harlequin Ghosts (formerly known as The Traitors) were probably as close to a headline act as you can get from a support group. The five-piece is fronted by Ryan Hamilton from Texas, backed by four British musicians. The band can only really do what it does thanks to the Internet, giving the first rather modern twist to a band steeped in Texan country and classic 80s rock. The band was promoting their soon to be released album which they are incredibly excited about, describing it as the best thing they’ve ever done. The songs range from a homage to Country, to the almost

pop-punk sounding new single Bottoms Up, Here’s to Goodbye, hinting that the influences of the 90s and early 00s can’t be easily escaped. The band was complimentary about Leeds, praising the turnout, the energy, the excitement, and the engagement they always receive from the city. Like Julia Othmer, the band was keen to explain the family atmosphere of the tour and thanked The Alarm for lending the band gear, space, and support. Apparently, this is what U2 did for The Alarm once and they wanted to pass on that tradition.

The Alarm walked on stage to a sea of cheering. Still sporting some rather 80’s hairstyles these classic rockers put on quite a show. The music was tight and anthemic with the crowd loving every minute of it. One can almost wonder why these guys didn’t become the international sensation instead of U2.

There was only one downside: after the feel-good energy of the support bands The Alarm did seem a bit dated. For all their stage presence and camaraderie, they were the old hands here riding a wave of nostalgia.

However, The Alarm remain giants of the music scene two decades after their heyday. Not only do they still command a stage, they also genuinely care about the emerging scene, supporting new artists, celebrating established ones, and curating a community that wants to engage and be part of something bigger than themselves. There were no egos here, only passion.

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Banff Mountain Festival Celebrates its Tenth Year The Banff Mountain Film Festival is celebrating its tenth year and returns to Leeds Town Hall on 7th and 8th February.

The Tour features two different collections of new films from some of the most intrepid film-makers in the world, starring pioneers and explorers tackling extraordinary expeditions in the wildest corners of the planet.

Films are selected from hundreds entered into the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which takes place every November in Canada. Highlights include:

This Mountain Life – Martina and her 60-year-old mother Tania embark on an epic ski traverse from Vancouver to Alaska – six months and 2,300km of journeying though relentless mountain wilderness.

This is a multi-award-winning film and riveting portrait of the human passion for adventure, set high in the peaks of British Columbia.

RJ Ripper – is a mesmerising blend of mountain sports and culture as mountain biker Rajesh (RJ) Magar explores his homeland of Nepal, from the streets of Kathmandu to the mind-blowing Himalayan mountains beyond.

For the Love of Mary – 97-year-old George Etzweiler started competing in the annual 7.6 mile race up Mount Washington aged 69... and is still taking part nearly 30 years later. He carries something special in every step – the memory of his late wife of 68 years, Mary.

For a little taste of the action visit https://youtu. be/W-4YPeyZMSA For more information and to book tickets, visit www. banff-uk.com

Review: ‘Singing You This Song’ by LeeSun LeeSun is a Leeds-based singer/songwriter producing chilled-out, easy listening, art-pop tracks. The sound is a little reminiscent of Kate Bush and Björk, and the subject matter keeps things familiar: whether its relationships in love and family, taking the listener to darker places of pain and loss, or lifting them up again with aspirations for oneself or others – feelings LeeSun describes as having “no other way to get out”. The album describes itself as being “about honesty and unashamedly feeling and expressing your own feelings in any moment.”

It achieves this by dancing gracefully between styles. The second track ‘My Life’ takes a defiant stand, celebrating selfassurance with a large vocal backing in an upbeat pop style highlighted by soaring trumpets, while the fourth track ‘Dry Your Tears’ almost falls into a blues dirge or spiritual, replete with ominous basslines and chords, and an echoey, dirty guitar – less Norah Jones, and more Tom Waits. The penultimate track provides a wonderful sense of resolution. Titled ‘I’m Coming Home’ it is almost a traditional folk ballad on a finger

picked guitar, about the prodigal son’s return, satisfying and comforting in its emotion.

The depth of this album reflects the team behind it. Between all the contributing musicians, artists, photographers, and engineers this album combines the efforts of twenty people.

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Yorkshire Games Festival at NSMM The Yorkshire Games Festival returns for its third year at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, from 6th – 10th February.

2019 will see the Festival build on its remit to celebrate games culture and introduce a new generation to the science and art of games development.

The five-day event will provide a contentrich schedule celebrating games culture, design and production. Game Talks will feature knowledgeable speakers like ‘Broken Sword’ supremo, Charles Cecil, who will cast light on his career and the next phase in Revolution’s quest to make ground-breaking adventure games; Brjann Sigurgeirsson of Swedish development powerhouse Image & Form, known for its 2D action-platformers ‘Steamworld Dig’ and ‘Steamworld Heist’, will talk about his years working on the series; Rami Ismail of Vlambeer will give valuable insight into the world of indie games development; Mette

Andersen from IO Interactive will talk about designing levels in the ‘Hitman’ series as ‘social spaces’; Hwa Young Jung will discuss ‘art games’ as an alternative career path; and Gem Abdeen will give an invaluable insight into the imagination behind ‘Media Molecule’, and how the studio created ‘LittleBigPlanet’, ‘Tearaway’, and ‘Dreams’. There will also be a speaker from MachineGames - the studio best known for its work on the ‘Wolfenstein’ series.

“In visiting events like the Yorkshire Games Festival, I get to share the fascinating stories and experiences in game development from both my career as a developer and as a traveller”, said Rami Ismail. “The games industry has grown into a space that is open to anyone who is willing to put their mind

to it. I'm excited to share what I've learned, and to learn from the creators and audiences attending."

The Young Developers Conference (in partnership with BAFTA), will focus on 11-18-year olds, featuring free and accessible events for young game developers; and Let’s Play! Family Weekend offers workshops, game demos and live shows, promoting intergenerational gameplay.

A Festival pass also allows businesses and enterprises to attend ‘Up Your Game’, a two-day business matchmaking event organised by Enterprise Europe Network and facilitating collaboration, innovation and investment across business sectors. It will include themes on animation, games, motion graphics, special effects, as well as augmented reality and virtual reality.

Tickets for the Yorkshire Games Festival are available from National Science and Media Museum box office, or by calling 08719 025 756.

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Courthouse. £16. Twice receivers of the Scots Trad Music Awards ‘Folk Band of the Year’ & nominated for ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

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Acoustic Nights @ The Barn, Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Sugarwell Rd, LS7 2QG. Skilled guitarist playing country/blues/guitar funk. £3 on door. BYOB.

The Dead South Thurs 7 Feb 02 Academy.

Club £6.60. Folk, blues & Country.

£20.35. 4-piece acoustic ensemble from Saskatchewan, blending elements of folk, bluegrass, classical & rock.

Hookworms Fri 1 Feb, 7.30pm Leeds Town

The Blues Band Fri 8 Feb, 7.30pm at City

Hall £16.96. 5-piece psychedelic/noise rock band from Leeds. Support: The Orielles & Bilge Pump. Tickets: 376 0318

Varieties. The band is celebrating 40 glorious years as Britain & Europe’s leading exponents of one of the greatest musical traditions of all time.

Serious Sam Barrett Fri 1 Feb, Brudenell Social

Graces Sat 3 Feb, 7.30pm at Hyde Park

Book Club, 27 Headingley Ln. £6.72 adv.

Combining ambient soundscapes, distorted guitars & recognisable pop sensibilities. The melancholy prowess of the band embraces the volatility of growing up, finds the dirt and celebrates it. New EP is set for release.

Ari Hoenig Trio Sat 9 Feb, 8pm at Seven Arts,

Ferris & Sylvester Mon 4 Feb, 7.30pm at Oporto

Tuesday Night Live: Celia Bryce Band 12 Feb,

Bar. £6.60. Archie’s blues influence & Issy’s soft folk tone create a distinctive genre of their own.

8pm at Headingley HEART. Traditional Irish & Country with a tinge of the Blues.

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Headingley HEART. An evening of Traditional Irish Music £3/£5 donation.

Book Club. £7. "They're strange people from Liverpool. They look a little weird, but they rock like crazy!" - Iggy Pop, 2018.

Chapel Allerton. Top-notch NYC drummer makes a rare visit to Leeds with guitarist Tom Ollendorff & bassist Conor Chaplin.

Sharp, streetwise modern jazz. Support: Matt Nichols sextet

Leah Senior Wed 6 Feb at Hyde Park Book

Corporation Pop Sun 17 Feb, 3pm at The Grove

Inn. Free. ‘Classic pop refreshment from the late 1960's era, served in full colour by on shore pirates from Leeds’.

Steve Aoki Mon 18 Feb, 7pm at Leeds

University Union. £25.95. Also known as Kid Millionaire, he is an American electro house musician, record producer & founder of Dim Mak Records.

Tuesday Night Live: Laurel Canyon 19 Feb,

8pm at Headingley HEART. Americana with distinctive vocal harmonies. Donations £3/£5 Palace Wed 20 Feb, 8pm at Belgrave Music Hall. £11. 4-piece self-described alternative blues-rock group with laid-back style. Their enchanting blues rock jams are a joy.

Steve Harley Acoustic Trio Sat 23 Feb, 7.30pm

at City Varieties. An intimate, unique & atmospheric show, promising subtle lyricism, mingled with great improvisation & rocky rhythms.

Bang Bang Romeo Sat 23 Feb, 7.30pm Headrow

House. £7.70. A propelling force for femalefronted bands the group's larger-than-life performances are sending audiences wild!

Club – an other-worldly presence & unique lyricism. Breakthrough album ‘Pretty Faces’ has its own form of psych-folk revival. Her songs evoke the familiar, the peculiar, the poetic & the plain.

John Scofield Wed 13 Feb, 7.45pm at Howard

Kagoule Wed 6 Feb, 8.30pm at Mabgate Bleach. £6.60. Lo-fi grunge trio recall the energy & ideas of Bikini Kill, the sugardusted grunge of Smashing Pumpkins & confrontational post-hardcore blueprint of Fugazi & Slint.

Submotion Orchestra Thurs 14 Feb, 7.30pm

Tuesday Night Live: CDM Trio 26 Feb, 8pm

Brudenell Social Club. £16.50. Live project from Leeds-based dubstep label Ranking Records, incorporating deep bass-driven grooves & dense textures in their progressive live dubstep sound.

at Headingley HEART. Jazz standards & originals with a flamenco twist. Donations £3/£5

The Ramonas Thurs 7 Feb, 8pm at Brudenell

Root & Branch Fri 15 Feb, 8pm at The Cardigan

Social Club. £11. Trying to capture the magic of the Ramones in their early days. Their onstage energy level is intense.

Arms. Traditional music from UK, Ireland & the Appalachians. Fiddles, cello, mandolin, tenor banjo, bouzouki. Repertoire includes

Assembly Room. £26. Legendary Jazz guitarist & Possessor of a very distinctive sound. His music encompasses post-bop, funk-edged jazz &R&B.

Mothers Mon 25 Feb, 8pm at Belgrave Music

Hall. £11. An alternative folk-rock band from Athens, Georgia

Lau Tues 26 Feb, 7.30pm at City Varieties.

New music written in Shetland & highlighting Lau’s experimental approach to folk music with minimal arrangements in song form which include themes of togetherness & forgiveness.

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A Million Steps for Alzheimer’s Research Keith Loudon (85) from Horsforth has raised over £13,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK by walking in and around Leeds in his One Million Steps Challenge.

Currently Chairman at investment management and stockbroking firm Redmayne Bentley and a former Lord Mayor of Leeds, Keith also arranged a series of lunchtime walks with colleagues through Leeds city centre, which increased donations as well as encouraging people to socialise and enjoy time away from the office.

“This cause is very close to my heart as I have first-hand experience of supporting a loved one affected by Alzheimer’s disease”, said Keith.

“We must work together to make a difference and ensure younger generations do not have to go through this. We urgently need more research into dementia.”

There’s an estimated 850,000 people in the UK with the condition and there are currently no treatments to slow or halt the causes of dementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK specialises in finding

preventions, treatments and a cure for dementia. It is currently funding 143 research projects.

For further information, visit www. alzheimersresearchuk.org. You can still sponsor Keith at www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/keith-loudon1

Bramhope Bowls Club is on The Up! The 2018 bowling season was hugely successful for Bramhope Bowls Club. The teams played in the Airedale and Wharfedale League and in the previous season the Wednesday Pairs team gave the Club its first ever success by gaining promotion to Division 2.

At the end of the season, the Monday Evening team won its division and was promoted, and the Saturday afternoon side also gained promotion, losing only one match all season and finishing as runners-up in its division.

With the team successes already achieved, the Club is always looking to attract new members with or without previous bowling experience.

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The Adventures of Jenny & Philip: The Naughtiest Girl in the World!

Yorkshire Life Aquatic: The Human Aquarium Exhibition

Jenny, a young girl from Yorkshire who has aspirations to be the naughtiest girl in the world, doesn’t appreciate her long-suffering aunt and uncle with whom she lives, and the safe, loving environment that they provide for her. Her best friend, a talking cat named Philip, takes Jenny on adventures in her imagination where she sees children who are far less fortunate than her. In the end, Philip succeeds in teaching her a lesson about being grateful for what she has, and the importance of helping others.

The Human Aquarium, a new exhibition presented by Yorkshire Life Aquatic, will run from 15th – 28th February at the St John Shopping Centre in Leeds. It looks at the world through the eyes of sea mammals. Using Mer-folk in place of marine mammals, examining aquariums and their inhabitants through thoughtprovoking images, installations, films and interactive activities, created by Leeds-based artists and collaborators.

What is it like to spend your life in a tank?

And, for those still in the oceans, what effects do single-use plastics have on their environment? Why should it matter to us?

family friendly workshops will feature Mermaid Mondays, Dolphin Scramble, Ocean Plastics, Sculpting the Future and the Forever Octopus. Sculptures will be made from single use plastics to demonstrate the amount of waste created by our throw away culture and the impact on the planet.

‘The Adventures of Jenny & Philip: The Naughtiest Girl in the World’ is a modern fable about appreciating what we have and helping those who are less fortunate and is the first book in a new series by awardwinning, Leeds-based author DawnMaria France.

Despite the success of documentaries like ‘Blackfish’ and ‘Blue Planet’ that dealt with issues of captivity, plastics and recycling, do we really know what we are buying into? How do our habits effect the bigger picture?

Aimed at ages 4 –7, this timely story ties in to many difficult events happening in the world right now, but it is also fun, engaging, joyful, and accompanied by beautiful illustrations.

The Human Aquarium is a free, family friendly event. Volunteers will be on hand to talk about opportunities to see dolphins and whales in the wild and discuss the use of single-use plastics.

Like to help? YLA is looking for volunteers to help during the exhibition.

If you are interested, contact lucy@ yorkshirelifeaquatic.co.uk

"I have written a children’s book set in Yorkshire, because as a northern woman, a sense of place and home is important to me”, said Dawn-Maria France. “I wanted to include engaging characters and a storyline that instils a sense of joy.

I also wanted to create the main character as a strong little girl, with faults like everyone, but with an ability to listen and learn."

There will be an evening of environment themed talks by organisations like The World Cetacean Alliance, PlasticFree Me, Greenpeace Leeds, Love the Oceans, Zero Waste Leeds and The Real Junk Food Project. And, a range of

Yorkshire Life Aquatic is a Leeds based Community Interest Company, working in and around water. It focuses on promoting health and wellbeing and positive body image and highlights environmental and animal welfare issues through arts projects.

Cutting-Edge Fun in Heart Dissection Workshop Back by popular demand, these totally unique workshops at Thackray Medical Museum are perfect for children who love to get ‘hands-on’.

With the help of experts from St James’s Hospital, they will be given an animal heart and guided through a dissection to find out what the heart does, how it does it, and why it is one of the most important organs in the body.

Workshops take place at 11am, 1pm and 3pm from 18th – 22nd February and at 11am and 1pm on Saturday 23rd February. With two floors of interactive galleries exploring the world of medicine, the museum offers a day out for the whole family.

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Family Fun at the Arium The Arium, Leeds City Council’s horticultural nursery on Thorner Lane, Whinmoor, LS14 3FB, is celebrating February Half Term with two free fairground rides – most suitable for children aged seven and under.

guaranteed to set you up for the whole day! The Arium has been working with a local coffee company to produce a special coffee for the cafe, and all staff are now ready to show off their new barista skills!

If it’s a little nippy outside, there will also be storytelling sessions in the corner of the café, where children can listen to some of their favourite tales whilst curled up among cushions and throws and a colouring and crafts table to keep them busy too. There’s no need to book a place for any of the activities.

Opening times are from 9am – 4pm Monday to Saturday, and 10am – 4pm on Sunday.

The nursery will be full of Spring pots of popular varieties, including Narcissus Tete a Tete, grape hyacinths, snowdrops and violas – enough to cheer up the greyest of wintry days.

The café now has a brand new breakfast menu to tempt you and The Arium Big Breakfast is

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Abbey Runners meet Tues, 7.30pm at Holt Park Active. New members of all ages & abilities are welcome. Give it a try for a couple of weeks, with no obligation to join.

Details: www.abbeyrunners.co.uk

University of Leeds Staff Walking Club Walks of varying lengths (5 – 15 miles) every weekend. No subscription, transport can be provided & everyone is welcome.

Details: David Shaw 285 7480 / d.c.shaw@ leeds.ac.uk

Adel Scottish Dancers meet Tues, 7.45 – 9.45pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall.

Keep fit, meet new friends & have fun with Scottish dancing. First class is free. Details: www.rscdsleeds.org.uk Adel War Memorial Association Snooker Section Church Lane, Adel. Three tables available most afternoons & evenings, 7 days a week. Details: Dave 267 0572 Cookridge Rambling Club Leaves Cookridge Village Hall car park Sundays at 9.30am.

Walks 6/9 miles. Transport can be provided. New members welcome. Details: Sandra 261 9732, cookridge.ramblers@ outlook.com 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 Bramhope Arts Club meets Mon, 7.30pm at Bramhope Village Hall & there’s a warm welcome for all. Fun & friendship, help & encouragement for artists of every experience level. Details: Ian Milne 230 0094 Horsforth Art Society meets Wed 7.30pm at The Studio,15 Back Ln. Horsforth LS18 4RF. Demonstrations, workshops, art, printing, woodcarving. New members welcome.

Details: Terry 268 8231 Stainbeck Art Club meets 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm at Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. 12 Feb: Painting with acrylic inks - Practical workshop with Clare Dean; 26 Feb: Practical: Painting with inks.

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Book & Jigsaw Sale 9 Feb, 10am – 12.30pm at Cookridge Methodist Church, Tinshill St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club Winter Rd. Indoor Nets Monday pm – men, women, Dalesway_Advert_29.2.16.pdf 1 29/02/2016 13:53 older juniors; Friday pm – younger juniors.

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Free Afternoon Tea 2nd Wed, 2 - 3:30pm at Left Bank Leeds, Cardigan Rd. Lovely free tea & cake! No need to book, just turn up.

Horsforth Farmers’ Market (sponsored

by Horsforth Churches Together), Sat 2 Feb, 9.30am – 12.30pm at St Margaret’s School car park. Details: 258 3521, www. horsforthchurchestogether.btck.co.uk Open Door Café Relax & enjoy a drink & homemade cakes every Fri 10am – 12 noon at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Horsforth – bottom of Town St. opposite Hall Park. www.ebcleeds.org.uk GROUPS/CLUBS Amnesty Leeds Letter Writing Group meets every 4th Tues. Lovely, relaxed meeting of friends fighting injustice & making a difference + tea and cakes! Details: 269 7068, johnhales24@yahoo.com Cookridge & Horsforth U3A meets Mon 4 Feb at Cookridge Village Hall for a talk

by Fran Sandham – ‘A Solo Walk Across Africa’; & 18 Feb at St Margaret’s Church, Horsforth when Stuart Atkins will present ’Sammy Cahn – Song Writer’. Meetings start 10.30am. £2. Annual membership £15.

New members welcome. Details: www.cookridgeandhorsforthu3a. wildapricot.org Cookridge Gardening Club meets monthly on Wed, 7.30pm at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall, Tinshill Rd. 20 Feb: ‘Titus Salt - Part 2’ with Maria Glot, Annual membership £10/ visitors £2 per session. Details: Katherine 267 1815 www.cookridgegardenclub.btek.co.uk & Facebook

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Horsforth in Bloom, an active & friendly group, meets 1st Saturday of each month (2 Feb) 10am in Horsforth Museum. Details: www.horsforthinbloom.co.uk Kaleidoscope Social Group holds club nights Wed, 8pm at the Lawnswood Arms. The singles social group meets across North Leeds for meals out, visits, concerts, games nights etc. Don't be lonely - go along to their club nights & make new friends.

Details: Rita 217 1747 Leeds & Harrogate Social Club 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, book groups, weekends away. Details: enquiries@ leedsivc.org.uk

Leeds Horticultural Society meets 6 times a year 8pm St Chad's Centre, Far Headingley.

5 March: ‘Growing & Sowing Sweet Peas’, David Matthewman; 2 April: AGM & Spring Show - Demo from Gordon; 7 May: Hilary Hutson on ‘Gardening in Troughs & Sinks’. Membership £10/ couple £15. All welcome Details: Pat 225 0030, Viv 267 3880

Leeds Transport Historical Society meets monthly (11 Feb, 11 March), 7.30pm at Leeds Postal Sports Association Club just off Beecroft St. Kirkstall for talks & picture shows of general transport interest. Mon 11 Feb: ‘Narrow Gauge Railways’ by John Holmes.

Details: Malcolm.hindes@btinternet.com, The Secretary, 16 Sussex Ave, Horsforth, LS18 5NP Low Carb Leeds Community Support Group

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meeting at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6. Meetings Tues 12 Feb, 12 March, 9 Apr Details: 278 5495, info@leedshospitalalert. org.uk

meets 1st Mon, 7 – 9pm at The Tower Clinic, 8 Tinshill Ln, LS16 7AP. Suggested donation £3 single/£5 couple. Details & to book: 267 2067, info@towerclinic.co.uk Meanwood Men's Society Mon 4 Feb, 7.30pm Meanwood Institute – a talk ‘From Marketing

Leeds RSPB Group meets Weds 20 Feb, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Ln, LS2 9DX, for illustrated talk by Ian Newton on ‘Birding USA’, with stunning bird photography. Also, Sat 23 Feb, coach trip to Tophill Low NR, dep 8.10am Roundhay, 8.30am Leeds – call 07722 120540 to book. Details: rspbleeds@ googlemail.com

to Ministry’; Mon 18 Feb: Visit - Lock Gates, Stanley Ferry. Meet at Comm Hall, 10am; Sat 23 Feb: Annual Dinner 8pm at Lavanta, West Park (meet there). Details: Colin 274 6316 National Veg Society meets Tues 12 Feb, 8pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Ln, Headingley LS5 2AB. John Smiles FNVS will present ‘Growing Roses & Sweet Peas for Show my way’. Everyone welcome.

Reading Group From 5 Feb 2019, a small friendly group meets Mon, 4 – 5.30pm at St Columba's Church Hall, Headingley Ln, LS6 2DH. New texts provided every week, no reading required between meetings. Small charge. Tea & biscuits.

Details: rayfrenchonline@yahoo.co.uk, leserjoanna@hotmail.com Zero Carbon Headingley - A new group formed to find ways to reduce carbon emissions in the Headingley area.

Next meeting: Wed 13 Feb 7.30pm at HEART. Details: zerocarbonheadingley@ gmail.com MUSIC Charpentier’s David et Jonathas Sun 3 March, 3pm Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds. Rare opportunity to hear this dramatic 'biblical opera' first performed in Paris in 1688.

High tenor Daniel Auchincloss returns to Leeds to sing the challenging haute-contre role of David. Details: www.leedsbaroque. org

Leeds Symphony Orchestra with Craig Ogden Sat 2 March, 7.30pm at St Chad's Church, Far Headingley. Renowned classical guitarist Craig Ogden joins the orchestra in a performance of Rodrigo’s ‘Concierto para una Fiesta’. Other pieces are: Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz, Wagner’s Rienzi Overture, & La Peri Fanfare by Dukas. Tickets £12/ U-18s free.

Details: lso.org.uk Free Range A 30-strong choir with a distinctive & varied repertoire, performs regularly. Rehearses Tues 7.30-9pm at Carlton Hill Quaker Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane LS2 9DX. Vacancies for basses, tenors & sopranos. Details: freerangechoir.org.uk Headingley Voices Community Choir Meets Thurs (term time) 7.40 – 9.30pm at Shire Oak School, Wood Lane, Headingley.

A friendly community choir singing a wide range of music - no auditions. Just turn up to a rehearsal. Details: www. headingleyvoices.com

Horsforth Choral Society Friendly, enthusiastic, mixed voice choir (Musical Director Tim Knight) rehearses Mon, 7.30pm in St Margaret’s Parish Centre, in preparation for concert on Fri 22 March, which will include oratorio choruses. Details: 261 1305, info@ horsforthchoralsociety.co.uk Lawnswood Singers Long established, friendly ladies choir welcomes new members. Sing for social events & fundraising concerts. Give them a try, no audition. Rehearse weekly Wed, 7.30 – 9.15pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms). Details: Brenda 267 1292, www.lawnswoodsingers.co.uk Leeds Baroque: The Baroque Timpani Project Sat 16 Feb, 1pm Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds. Launching crowd funding campaign to commission set of Baroque drums which they will lend to other period instrument groups. Performance of Henry Purcell's ‘Sound the trumpet, beat the drum’ & reception. Free - but please book at www.leedsbaroque.org

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Leeds Festival Chorus meets Wed, 7.15 – 9.30pm at St Chad's Church, Far Headingley. Friendly group. Happy to meet interested singers & talk about what they do, both singing & socially. Details: www. leedsfestivalchorus.co.uk

West Riding Opera Needs You to Sing!

Group of singers performing mainly popular operatic music needs voices. Meet Wed, 7.30pm at St. Chad’s, Headingley.

Warm welcome guaranteed – no audition necessary. Just turn up. Details: David Bainbridge 01274 586838/ 07960 228769 SENIORS Headingley Methodist Luncheon Club Tues, 12 noon, side entrance on Chapel St LS6 3HZ. Meals to be ordered in advance from 275 5615/ 275 1592 or 257 6547. £5 for two courses + tea or coffee.

LunchPlus A 2-course meal + craft, quiz, table-top games etc. Fridays monthly (8 Feb, 8 Mar, 5 Apr, 3 & 31 May, 14 July) 12.30pm at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Hall Ln. Horsforth LS18 5JE. Suggested

donation £2. Book via church office 259 1283 or lunchplus@ebcleds.org.uk Meanwood Lunch Club meets Thurs, 12.15pm in Holy Trinity Community Hall, Meanwood. Three course meal + tea/ coffee for £5. Details: Anne 268 1131 Meeting Point Thurs, 2 – 4pm at Bramhope Methodist Church. Run in conjunction with OPAL - £2 entry. Speakers, activities, trips out, refreshments & companionship for older people. Details: OPAL on 261 9103 St Chad’s Lunch Club Wed 12 noon (term time), at St Chad’s Parish Centre LS16 5JT. Open to anyone of retirement age, £4 for 2-course meal, tea/coffee, biscuits & chat.

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SPIRITUAL Meanwood Methodist Church congregation now meets Sundays in the lower hall of Holy Trinity Community Hall, Meanwood.

Details: Anne 268 1131 Drop-in Meditation Classes Mon (Feb 4, 11, 25), 11am -12.15pm (£5); Tues (Feb 5,12, 26), 7.30 - 9pm (£6) at Ratnasambhava Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 22 Wetherby Rd, Oakwood, LS8 2QD. Meditation & Meal 15 Feb, 7 - 9.30pm (£15). Guided meditation & 3-course vegetarian meal. Booking essential. The Confidence to Change 17 Feb, 10am – 1.30pm (£15) 1/2 day course on overcoming negative thoughts & habits.

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Open Mon-Thurs, 10am – 3pm. Drop in & see what they do. Details: 275 7988, step.2.step@btonnect.com

Aphasia Leeds A friendly, welcoming group for people with Aphasia following stroke or head injury. Drop in to Pudsey Wellbeing Centre, Robin Lane, 1st & 3rd Thurs each month, 1 - 3pm. Details: aphasialeedsuk@ gmail.com

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