Fashion and Lifestyle Sketch book Social Yorkshire Businesswoman associate editor, Freda Shafi had the pleasure to take part in probably the most therapeutic activity in a long time last month organised by Yousef and Clifford of Sketch Club Social. We sketched inside Leeds Minster! Sketch Club Social was created to get like minded artists, sketchers, together By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Where the bodies are buried The Weston Gallery Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) announces the first UK museum solo exhibition by artist Lindsey Mendick. Lindsey Mendick’s solo exhibition will transform The Weston Gallery at YSP, taking the form of a multi-media installation that investigates dreams, Gothic stories, television and cultural experiences from the 1990s. Bringing By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Sister Act is back in the habit at Leeds Grand Theatre Brace yourselves sisters – the habit is returning to Leeds! Direct from London, this eagerly anticipated brand-new production of Sister Act comes to Leeds Grand Theatre in 2023. All your prayers have been answered with a stunning cast, including TV and West End legend Lesley Joseph, Olivier Award-winner and star of By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Yorkshire Country Properties' starter homes prove a success The roll-out of starter homes in West Yorkshire by Yorkshire Country Properties (YCP) is proving a resounding success. Much-needed starter homes are an integral part of YCP’s new developments at Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale, while they have sold out at Shepley and Netherthong. YCP’s Sam McGregor explained: “We By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Ukrainian refugee launches spring fashion range One year on from escaping the start of the war in Ukraine, Yana Smaglo is launching her second Ukrainian fashion range for the Spring, something she had only dreamed about a year ago. Having only had 15 minutes to throw her possessions in a bag, Yana left Ukraine last year By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Tony Hadley ex Spandau Ballet plays Holmfirth Picturedrome Tony Hadley, thought his future lay in medicine until as a young lad he won a holiday singing competition and decided his vocation was to sing. The rest is history! Tony went on to front 80s New Romantic band Spandau Ballet By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Reflections of an Indian Dancer takes audiences on a beautiful journey Reflections of an Indian Dancer – a bold new solo show that beautifully blends contemporary western dance and classical Indian Kathak – is coming to Leeds Playhouse next month, encouraging audiences to explore their own sense of identity through movement and memories. Sooraj Subramaniam will perform his deeply personal and often poetic By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle One month to go until Springtime Live 2023 Tickets are on sale now for the hugely popular Springtime Live on Saturday April 1, which will celebrate the best of food, farming and countryside. Families can get up close to farm animals including rabbits, goats and sheep thanks to Ian's Mobile Farm which is based in Aberford By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Leeds 2023 opens new hub in Trinity Leeds A new Leeds 2023 pop-up hub has opened on the ground floor of popular shopping and leisure destination, Trinity Leeds. Free events, activities, exhibitions and a new range of merchandise will be showcased in the heart of the city centre, 7 days a week until the end of the year, By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Six new stores and centre manager all set for Trinity Walk A West Yorkshire shopping centre is set to welcome six new stores – and a centre manager – in a successful start to the year. Trinity Walk in Wakefield will play home to Europe’s biggest sports and fitness retailer, Sports Direct, who will take over a prominent space across two floors By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Robust Christmas for Jo Browns Joe Browns, the Leeds-based fashion and homes retailer, has announced what it called a ‘robust Christmas’ with sales up +19.5% in the four weeks to 25 December 2022. The strong figures were delivered against a backdrop of external economic factors including the on-going cost of living crisis, which continues By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle New Sunny Bank Mills exhibition is a source of joy A brand-new exhibition, featuring the work of the talented members of the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, has opened at the Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley near Leeds. The exhibition, which launches the gallery’s 2023 programme, showcases how the artists respond to the word “source” and what it means By The Editor • 2 min read
