By Liz Coggins on August 12, 2024
Theatre
Whether your preference is for salsa dancing or sleepovers, the Howard Assembly Room is the place to be this summer as the central Leeds music venue prepares for two very different HAR Lates. A Night in the Havana, with co-promoter DJ Lubi, gets the dancing underway on Saturday 24 August. Fifteen-piece Latin orchestra Timba […]
By Liz Coggins on August 8, 2024
Jazz & World
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club return to York Theatre Royal on September 13 with a stunning new collection of music, narration and projected archive images and footage, celebrating Ronnie Scott’s Soho Songbook. Since its humble beginnings as a basement music bar where musicians would jam, through to the internationally acclaimed music venue it is today, Ronnie […]
By Liz Coggins on August 8, 2024
Travel
When you enter through the hallowed doors of Langley Castle its easy to see why it was awarded the title of Best Hotel for Romance – this place is the stuff dreams are made of. You can sleep like a princess amid the regal interior of Langley and having slept in dozens of castles both […]
By Liz Coggins on August 6, 2024
Theatre
Harrogate Theatre is bringing sensational stories to the stage this September, thrilling audiences with three back-to-back classic over a three-week period with three fantastic titles. Watch the drama unfold with this celebration of outstanding theatre. Dracula by Bram Stoker, presented by Blackeyed Theatre THU 12 – SAT 14 SEP The month kicks off with […]
By Liz Coggins on August 6, 2024
Theatre
There is nothing more than to love and be loved. Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage in a brand-new production, marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel. A mesmerising story of one man’s journey through an all consuming love affair into the horror of the First World War. […]
By Liz Coggins on August 5, 2024
Food & Drink
Restaurants come and go in the city centre but San Carlo in South Parade is one of the longest established Italian restaurants in Leeds. Standing boldly with its familiar flame burning outside and its canopy blinds and terrace it has always enjoyed a good reputation for its food. It was early in the week when […]
By Liz Coggins on August 2, 2024
Health & Beauty
Looking for fun activities in the local area this summer? Lush has you covered with deliciously sweet-scented parties to delight all the senses, have now started and will run throughout August. With exclusive product making workshops and gourmand skincare consultations on offer, guests can spend the sunny months smelling like a jellies & ice cream […]
By Liz Coggins on August 1, 2024
Theatre
I Remember it Well with Judi Dench & Gyles Brandreth On stage – in person – for a special performance the great Dame Judi Dench and Gyles Brandreth bring their West End and Royal Albert Hall sell-out show to the Grand Opera House York on Thursday 10 October 2024. Quite simply, it’s the story of […]
By Liz Coggins on August 1, 2024
Museums
High tea with a difference was served up by staff up at Temple Newsam House this week as the historic mansion prepares to lift the lid on centuries of secrets below stairs. Members of the house team donned 19th century costumes and took to the rooftop to take tea in style, surrounded by breath-taking views of […]
By Liz Coggins on July 31, 2024
Food & Drink
Ilkley’s iconic Box Tree Restaurant is the ultimate experience in innovative sophisticated fine dining. The Box Tree is one of the oldest buildings in Ilkley and was originally a Yorkshire stone farmhouse dating from 1720, home to a generation of gentleman farmers. The restaurant acquired its name from the box trees that were planted way […]