By Liz Coggins on August 6, 2020
Travel

Country house hotel group, Hand Picked Hotels has announced they are welcoming dogs to their hotels from August 2020. With historic country house hotels in the UK surrounded by acres of grounds and gardens and charming Channel Island resorts located on or near sandy beaches and cliff top paths, Hand Picked Hotels provide the ideal […]
By Liz Coggins on August 6, 2020
Food & Drink

Malton, Yorkshire’s Food Capital, will be hosting its renowned Monthly Food Market on Saturday 8th August. With public health and safety front of mind there will be fewer vendors than usual to ensure social distancing guidelines can be met. But visitors can rest assured, the 20+ market stalls will feature a huge variety of treats […]
By Liz Coggins on August 4, 2020
Food & Drink

Gino D’Acampo’s My Restaurant is a little piece of Italy right in the middle of Harrogate. It’s no secret that Italian’s love their food both sharing and savouring it in a relaxed atmosphere and this restaurant is exactly the place to do that. It was a breezy and rainy summer’s day, just after the lockdown […]
By Liz Coggins on July 31, 2020
Past Events

Park Bench Theatre brings live theatre back to York with an outdoor season of monologues for all ages in the city’s Rowntree Park from 12 August to 5 September. The productions will be presented in carefully laid out and spacious gardens, allowing audiences to keep socially distanced from each other. Matt Aston, artistic director of […]
By Liz Coggins on July 29, 2020
Past Events

The hit musical Waitress, presented by Barry & Fran Weissler and David Ian, has rescheduled its first ever UK and Ireland tour which will now open at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, on Saturday 1 May 2021. Waitress is based on the 2007 movie written by Adrienne Shelley. Music and lyrics are written by GRAMMY award-winning, […]
By Liz Coggins on July 27, 2020
Food & Drink

It’s easy to understand why The Restaurant Bar and Grill in City Square is a firm favourite with lovers of good food, wine and relaxed but sophisticated dining. As one of the first wave of customers after lockdown, even as a restaurant reviewer and food writer, I was a little nervous at what to expect […]
By Liz Coggins on July 27, 2020
Family

After what has been an extremely challenging number of months for parents, carers and children; Leeds City Council’s Breeze team are thrilled to announce their newest summer offering. As a result of the pandemic, the usual Breeze activity programme is unable to go ahead this year. However, to replace this, Breeze will be bringing you […]
By Liz Coggins on July 27, 2020
Family

As lockdown restrictions ease, Opera North has announced two new summer camps which will be held in Leeds next month. From 17 to 21 August, a Creative Arts Camp will take place at Herd Farm Activity Centre in the north of the city. Open to all 8 to 11-year-olds with a passion for creativity, […]
By Liz Coggins on July 22, 2020
Museums

A flamboyant and fanciful dream to create a menagerie filled with animals and plants from across the globe at the heart of a Leeds suburb. And although the grandiose scheme was ultimately doomed to failure, the remnants of the Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens can still be seen around Headingley almost two centuries later. Now […]
By Liz Coggins on July 22, 2020
Past Events

One of the world’s best-loved musicals GREASE is back – grittier and more glamorous than ever before! After a whirlwind summer romance, leather-clad greaser Danny and girl-next-door Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High for senior year. But can they survive the trials and tribulations of teenage life and find true […]