By Liz Coggins on December 13, 2024
Health & Beauty, Uncategorized

Fragrance is always a great gift for the men in your life – whether father, husband, partner or very best friend. But instead of going down the same path this year why not indulge him in one of the many new launches or chose something different he’s bound to love. Bleu de Chanel is pure […]
By Liz Coggins on November 4, 2024
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The Great Yorkshire Vegan Christmas Festival from Vegan Events UK is returning for its 10th year this November and is bigger and better than ever with 100 stalls. So get ready for festival highlights not to be missed at South Leeds Stadium, Belle Isle, Leeds on Saturday 30th November. There will be 100 diverse vegan […]
By Liz Coggins on May 7, 2024
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Moby Dick comes to York Theatre Royal from 6th to 8th June October 1839. The Pequot is due to sail out of Nantucket and her skipper, one Captain Ahab, is in need of a crew. Seeking fortune and adventure, a humble schoolmaster named Ishmael ships aboard, joining a company charged with one task: to wreak […]
By Liz Coggins on April 9, 2024
Health & Beauty, Uncategorized

April is a month when we take stock of our beauty needs for the spring and summer. Months of damage by central heating and icy blasts will have taken its toll on the skin whilst we need to lift our mood with a glimpse of the new colours for spring. So we’ve chosen some […]
By Liz Coggins on February 20, 2024
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The new musical, based on the iconic story by L. Frank Baum, is coming to the Alhambra Theatre, as part of a UK and Ireland tour, and following a celebrated run at the world-famous London Palladium. The Wizard of Oz will star RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner and Dancing on Ice finalist, The Vivienne who […]
By Liz Coggins on September 27, 2023
Food & Drink, Uncategorized

If you haven’t dined at the Pizza Express in the Arena Quarter, Leeds then its time that you did. Pizza Express has come a long way over the years since it first opened in London in 1965. There is no better example than the Pizza Express in the Arena Quarter that equals any of the […]
By Liz Coggins on July 27, 2023
Theatre, Uncategorized

As a young child I remember on wet Sunday afternoons watching the black and white Hollywood musicals of the 30’s with my gran. I was always totally blown away by the sheer magic of it all – a magic that has been retained in the stage production of 42nd Street. Starting life as a novel […]
By Liz Coggins on July 17, 2023
Travel, Uncategorized

Sipping a glass of cold Chardonay in the smart and sophisticated surroundings of The Big Blue Hotel bar it’s difficult to imagine that I am only yards away from Blackpool’s award winning Pleasure Beach, globally recognised as one of the world’s leading theme parks. The Big Blue Hotel provides the perfect hotel for just any […]
By Liz Coggins on June 26, 2023
Museums, Uncategorized

It’s a hidden horticultural gem where generations of gardeners have cultivated exotic fruits and blooms for more than 230 years. Centuries ago the hothouse, tucked away at the top of Temple Newsam’s Walled Garden, was used to ripen pineapples and grow colourful flowers for the aristocrats who lived at Temple Newsam House. Now a new […]
By Liz Coggins on June 14, 2023
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Fathers Day is about making sure father figures understand how much they mean to us and saying thanks for all their patience and understanding during the year. So whether you are buying for your dad, dad-in-law, grandpops or just someone whom you feel deserves it, why not ditch the socks and give them something really […]