Here is everything that's going on around Leeds this weekend. Written on2nd December 2024Ella AldridgeThings To Do If the weekend has caught you by surprise and you still don’t have plans, fear not, because we’ve rounded up what’s going on this weekend in and around Leeds. ...
The University of Kent has seven colleges in total. Of the seven colleges, six are named after distinguished scholars, while the seventh college is named after a town. Each of these colleges is managed by a Master. The colleges at the University of Kent are: Darwin College (named after Cha...
It involves not only the double bill of opera and dance, but concerts, a season of French films and an exhibition, currently on show at Leeds Town Hall, which the company will take on tour with the double bill. An entire brilliant culture is being evoked, and we see and hear the ...
Architecture is not simply building. Over 2,000 years ago, Roman architect MarcusVitruviusPollio defined two base realities in building: “Firmness” (Safety) and “Commodity” (Use) and then offered what turns building into architecture: “Delight” (Beauty). ...
For readers who do not live in Britain, I should perhaps explain something about the exalted status of the BBC (nicknamed “Auntie”) in that country’s national mindset. (This reputation has been seriously damaged by recent scandals, including official cover-ups of abusive and pedophile behavior...
Hoosier Hotshots—I picked up this compilation off Discogs on a lark and it has been in regular rotation ever since. Marketed as a musical comedy ensemble in the 1930s, these guys played the tightest Country/Jazz I’ve ever heard, and with mindblowing virtuosity. A blast from start to fi...
Here’s what we know as the country girds for more potential violence. Where has the unrest taken place? Protesters over the weekend took to the streets of a dozen cities across Britain, most of them in England. Trouble broke out from Aldershot in the south to Sunderland in the north and...
[The] council’s priority areas are for the elderly and children and we don’t understand why the council is not utilising these libraries to deliver these priorities. “Reducing them to three libraries – with the lowest literacy rates in the country – it does not add up.” Library ...
She spent years of her childhood ducking for cover in bomb shelters, and even was hit by shrapnel on her chin, Variety notes. Her acting career is historic, working her way up from Rome to Hollywood. She also became the first person from any country to earn an Oscar for a performance ...
In my own home, I favor neutral, calming color palettes and love to decorate with art and decor pieces collected on my travels. Gardens team Rachel BullHead of Gardens I am Head of Gardens at Homes & Gardens. My editorial career began 15 years ago on Country Living magazine, sparking a ...