Fashion and Lifestyle The HuddLitFest Tipi returns with a Great Gatsby themed launch The award-winning Huddersfield Literature Festival has announced the return of its Tipi in Lawrence Batley Theatre courtyard this May. The Tipi will launch on 13 May with a glittering Great Gatsby-themed free launch to commemorate the centenary of the publication of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. A partnership initiative between By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Pickering farm shop to host Easter Egg hunt and miniature railway rides A Pickering Farm Shop is to host a second Easter Egg hunt following the success of last year's event. Between 14th and 21st April, the Cedarbarn team will host daily Easter egg hunts and train rides on the miniature railway at the Thornton Road venue in Pickering. The By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Xscape Yorkshire completes new lift installation featuring artwork by local artist Yorkshire-based abstract artist, Nicolas Dixon, has transformed the side of the new lift into a contemporary and engaging display for visitors to admire when visiting the centre. Using biomorphic shapes and vivid colours, the hand-painted artwork, named “Everything in its right place” also features subtle depictions of local landmarks and By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Felicity Aylieff: Expressions in Blue at Yorkshire Sculpture Park 5 April - 14 September 2025 The Weston Gallery and Outdoors Expressions in Blue is a solo exhibition of monumental sculptural works in porcelain, painted in tones of rich cobalt blue oxide using expressive brushstrokes full of movement. These hand-thrown ceramic vessels and stacked monoliths stand up to an impressive By The Editor • 6 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Yorkshire Sculpture Park new exhibition featuring Laura Ellen Bacon Opening in time for the Easter holidays at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Into Being is a new exhibition by Derbyshire-based artist Laura Ellen Bacon. Designed for the 18th-century Chapel in the grounds of YSP, this new sculpture is woven in sustainable Somerset willow and responds to the building’s architecture, with By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Sunny Bank Mills’ print festival returns Sunny Bank Mills’ annual Print Festival is back over the weekend of 1st – 2nd March in the iconic 1912 Mill in Farsley, Leeds. The Print Festival comprises Leeds’ biggest Print Fair; free drop-in zine, bookbinding and printmaking workshops for all ages; a pop-up exhibition and workshop from the People Powered By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Record year for Wakefield shopping centre A Wakefield shopping centre is celebrating its best ever year after welcoming around 11.35 million visits in 2024. A resurgent Trinity Walk built on a good 2023 with record numbers of visitors last year thanks to a raft of new openings and successful events like Star Walk, Princesses of By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Countdown is on to Springtime Live 2025 Tickets are now on sale for the hugely popular Springtime Live on Saturday April 5th, which invites families with young children to celebrate the best of farming and the countryside. Springtime Live is hosted by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, organisers of the Great Yorkshire Show and held on the Great By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Tykes Restaurant marks 20th anniversary with interior redesign & new menu Tykes Restaurant at Sandburn Hall, near York, has been fully redesigned and refurbished to mark the 20th anniversary of this ‘popular and much loved’ restaurant. Tykes is part of the 1,000 acre Sandburn Hall estate seven miles from York that includes the 40-bedroom Sandburn Hall Hotel, Sandburn Hall Golf By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Afternoon Tea with Lexus + Harvey Nichols Join us for a delicious afternoon tea with Lexus and Harvey Nichols on Tuesday 18th March as we celebrate Mother's Day in the Fourth Floor Brasserie We have two sittings, 12 noon or 2.30pm. There will be a fabulous selection of sandwiches and cakes as well as By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle A brass concert and portraits exhibition with comedian Bill Bailey BBC Arts’ Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey and a BBC Radio 2 Loves Brass concert are just some of the latest creative and cultural highlights to come from the BBC to mark Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture. With the eagerly anticipated year of UK City of Culture now in By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Northern Ballet brings literary heroine, Jane Eyre, back to the region Audiences can join one of literature’s most iconic heroines on a journey of resilience, romance and redemption as Northern Ballet’s critically acclaimed Jane Eyre heads to two Yorkshire theatres this spring as part of a new national tour. The production opens at Leeds Grand Theatre from 14 – 22 By The Editor • 2 min read
