What's on Leeds Playhouse to stage new musical featuring the hit songs of Sir Tom Jones WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT?, a brand new musical featuring the iconic songs of the internationally celebrated singer Sir Tom Jones, and written by the Tony-Award winning Joe DiPietro (Memphis the Musical), will premiere at Leeds Playhouse on 23 September. WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT? takes Henry Fielding’s classic comic novel, By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Garden Centre partners with TV gardener for fourth year A Bradford Garden Centre is continuing its collaboration with a Yorkshire gardener and TV presenter. Tong Garden Centre has partnered with Leeds based garden designer and ITV’s Love Your Garden presenter, Katie Rushworth for a fourth consecutive year. Of the renewed collaboration, Tong Garden Centre’s Marketing Manager, Jo By The Editor • 1 min read
Lifestyle Barnsley curator awarded fellowship Natalie Murray, Collections and Exhibitions Manager at Barnsley Museums has been announced today by The Headley Trust and Art Fund as one of the four successful recipients of the second round of the Headley Fellowships with Art Fund, a major national funding programme for museums professionals. The Headley Fellowships with By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Tour de Yorkshire land art and best dressed competitions launched Schools, community groups, businesses and landowners are being encouraged to think big and get creative with the launch of the Tour de Yorkshire Land Art and Best Dressed competitions! The Land Art competition recognises the efforts of those people who create the giant artworks which line the route each year. By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Kay Mellor’s ‘The Syndicate’ returns to BBC1 and goes Stateside BBC and Rollem Productions’ are delighted to announce a new stand-alone series of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular BBC One drama The Syndicate from the pen of the BAFTA award-winning writer Kay Mellor (creator of Band of Gold, Fat Friends, In The Club and Girlfriends). When the owners of By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle National Trust celebrate 125th anniversary with Historic House Hotel The National Trust is a unique charity founded in 1895 by three people who saw the importance of the United Kingdom’s heritage and open spaces and wanted to protect them for everyone to enjoy. Almost 125 years later, these values are still at the heart of everything the National By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Perfect for Glamping– Go Eco Adventure5 Stove Glamping this Summer? Why not think about setting up your own home from home in your garden. Think of cosy summer evenings with the warmth of a stove, perfect for that hot chocolate or tasty snack. The Ultimate in Warmth, Character, Ambience, Practicality, and Versatility – Adventure 5 really the mark. By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Bride discovers 'perfect' wedding dress in charity shop A bride who made it to the battle rounds of hit BBC show the Voice brought tears to her mother’s eyes after discovering her dream “Grace Kelly” wedding dress in Bluebell Wood’s Rotherham charity shop. It came after a devastating few months where Ruth Lockwood-Sorsby and her husband-to-be By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Partnership for bookshop and Huddersfield Lit Fest The thriving independent bookshop based in Holmfirth will be hosting book stalls at HLF2020 events across the town this March A new partnership has been announced between the Huddersfield Literature Festival and independent bookshop, Read, for the March 2020 Festival. Read, which opened in Holmfirth in February 2019, recently featured By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Shaping the future of tourism in Yorkshire Yorkshire’s profile has never been higher but what needs to happen to make sure the county remains a number one visitor destination? That’s the question being asked by a new independent tourism study which goes fully live today. The broad ranging consultation, commissioned by Welcome to Yorkshire (WtY) By The Editor • 1 min read
Lifestyle The 5 Best UK South Coast Destinations Famed across the globe for its beauty, the British South Coast is well worth a visit – so, who could blame you for wanting to go there? With so many splendid areas along the coast, it can be hard to decide which ones to head to. That’s why we’ve By The Editor • 2 min read