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Devilish Temptation

Joy is shortly to draw more attention to its array of all things feminine in the form of a fashion show on 31 March which heralds the arrival of their highly anticipated new collections: an elegant, soft-focus, lingerie-inspired Boudoir collection, 1950’s vintage candy-cane coloured Punch and Judy dresses…

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Aerial performance artists Urban Angels make use of the ethereal surroundings and high ceilings of Leeds’ Holy Trinity Church to celebrate recent funding from the Arts Council and their award for the artsmix 2009 Emerging Artists Award in the category of enterprise. This is a scene from a special performance…

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Preview Verdi's Requiem

Halifax Choral Society, Edinburgh Choral Union, North of England Concert Orchestra and conductor John Pryce-Jones bring Verdi's famous mass to Halifax

The initial impulse to the creation of this Requiem Mass came with the death of Rossini in 1868. Verdi assembled a group of prominent Italian composers to write a movement each for a commemorative Mass, being assigned himself the finale, the Libera Me. The project fell through - it was…

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Preview Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne's treason-touting ballet comes to Bradford

As dance editor, it is probably best that I don’t mark myself out with some highfalutin comment like ‘classical ballet is boring’. It’s not, of course. But there’s no denying that traditional tutus and tights productions, with all that lengthy mime gesticulating and faithful adherence to archaic storylines, can prove…

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Preview We English & Immersion

Two new photography exhibitions take up home National Media Museum in Bradford

Next time you’re in Bradford, whether it’s for a great curry or a showing at the upcoming International Film Festival, be sure not to miss the two exhibitions taking place at the National Media Museum. Award-winning photographs of an English road trip, by Simon Roberts, are on show alongside images…

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Preview Ensemble 360

The Sheffield ensemble perform music for piano and wind in Halifax

This concert takes place under the auspices of Halifax Philharmonic Club, now in their 65th year, and features Ensemble 360, now firmly established where The Lindsays once played, with pianist Tim Horton, in a programme of music for Piano and Wind.

It was Mozart who showed the way for this…

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Preview Oliver Neilson: Self-Assembly Yesterdays

Sophie Haydock meets an award-winning visual artist

“A street artist in reverse” is how Leeds-based artist Oliver Neilson describes himself. Instead of contributing to the art of the streets with spray-paint and tags, he reclaims abandoned bits of it and hauls it back to his studio - reforming it as original art work of his own.
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Feature Pavel Buchler Wins The Northern Art Prize

We hear from to the man who's just scooped this year's Northern Art Prize

The enigmatic artist Pavel Büchler, 57, originally from Czechoslovakia and now living and working in Manchester, has been named the overall winner of the third annual Northern Art Prize. He was one of four short listed artists competing for the prize.

For a man who has only won one other…

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